Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 13

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Episode 13
A month had passed since Jeon Jae-woo’s awakening.
With the turn of the month came the appearance of new Ruins.
The Ruin System posted each nation’s conquest record for the month.
European Union first. United States second. Republic of Korea third. China fourth.
Korea had managed to secure three Legendary Grade Ruins, propelling itself to third place.
As a side note, the Ruin conquest rankings function much like Olympic medal standings.
No matter how many Normal and Rare Grade Ruins a nation conquered, clearing a single Legendary Grade Ruin ranked higher.
[Republic of Korea Ruin Exploration: All-Time Record Broken!]
[Hunter Bureau Director Yoo Jung-tae: Gratitude to all Hunters who risked their lives for the Republic of Korea.]
[Next Month’s Performance: The Key Question—Can Korea Maintain Its Top-Four Ranking?]
[The Legendary Ruin Conqueror Remains Silent… Anxiety Growing As Anticipation Soars.]
└ Feels like forever since I’ve felt this national pride…
└ Is this really Korea? The Korea that used to be so pathetic? Korea’s truly legendary…
└ Korea isn’t legendary—the person who conquered the Legendary Ruin is. It’s because one person did incredibly well, so if we do nothing next month, it’s meaningless. Our country absolutely isn’t a Hunter superpower.
└ Why hasn’t the Hunter Bureau announced who conquered the Legendary Ruin yet? They do know where this person is, right?
└ And then if suddenly next month we hear Japan or China cleared a Legendary Ruin in an hour, that’d be legendary.
└ If that happens, I’m finding whoever wrote that last comment and killing them.
Naturally, public reaction was intense.
Meanwhile, Japan had failed to secure a single Legendary Grade Ruin that month.
It was Jeon Jae-woo, of all people, who had conquered the Legendary Ruin that Japan had been targeting.
As public sentiment turned against the government’s incompetence, Japanese officials were in agony.
By contrast, Korea had obtained two additional Legendary Grade Ruins beyond the two Jeon Jae-woo conquered, for a total of three, earning third place.
Kim Yu-min stated his gratitude to the Hunter who had given him the armor, crediting it for allowing him to clear a Legendary Grade Ruin with relative ease.
Moreover, when Jeon Jae-woo distributed the sword he’d received to the elite Hunters who had entered with Kim Yu-min, their combined combat power exceeded all imagination.
Director Yoo Jung-tae, having received an impressive scorecard, placed a call to Jeon Jae-woo.
[Thank you. Hunter. On behalf of the Hunter Bureau—no, on behalf of the entire Republic of Korea, I offer my sincere gratitude.]
“What did I do? I only gave you a few items.”
[Because of those items, we were able to conquer one more Legendary Grade Ruin. This success is entirely due to you, Hunter.]
“Then when can you transfer payment for the items? My living expenses are almost completely depleted.”
[Ah. I’ll deposit the funds immediately. I apologize—I’ve been occupied with Ruin conquest preparations.]
About an hour later.
A notification arrived: money had been deposited into his account.
Jeon Jae-woo opened the banking app with trembling hands.
Just how much had they transferred?
The Knight King’s Armor, over a hundred swords from the Sword Tomb Ruin, and gold excavated from the Golden Palace Ruin—the combined value of everything.
The moment he checked his account, Jeon Jae-woo nearly fell backward.
The balance showed well over one trillion won.
‘What? Am I reading this wrong?’
He’d handed over resources from Legendary Grade Ruins—it definitely shouldn’t be mere hundred billions, but could it really be one trillion?
No matter how many times he recounted, it appeared to be one trillion, yet it felt unreal.
[The amount exceeds one trillion won. Creator.]
Only after Myeol-gyeop, who never made mistakes, confirmed it again did Jeon Jae-woo finally accept the reality.
In truth, he’d received over one trillion won, but that wasn’t the entirety of the sale proceeds.
First, the Knight King’s Armor had sold for approximately one trillion won.
Then, when combined with the gold and swords from the Golden Palace, the total exceeded two hundred billion won.
Beyond that, Director Yoo Jung-tae, using his authority as Hunter Bureau Director, granted Jeon Jae-woo numerous additional privileges as a reward for conquering the Legendary Grade Ruin.
First, he received tax and fee exemption—zero taxation or commissions whenever he sold Ruin resources to the government.
Second, he didn’t have to pay separate fees whenever Hunter Bureau personnel were deployed to retrieve resources from Ruins he’d conquered, plus an enormous pension distributed monthly.
In truth, the Knight King’s Armor alone was worth several trillion won—offering this much was entirely justified.
However, distributing all the funds at once could create various complications, so instead they granted multiple privileges distributed over time.
Still, for Jeon Jae-woo in that moment, seeing over one trillion won deposited into his account was enough to make his legs shake.
‘This is insane. Seriously.’
Was it really acceptable for one person’s bank account to hold so much money?
Jeon Jae-woo looked at Eldritch and spoke.
“Eldritch. You can use your Abilities inside the house whenever you feel like it now.”
“Hmm? Is that truly acceptable?”
“Of course. Why would I worry about repair costs for a place like this?”
With money overflowing like this, there was no need to stress and hold back from doing what he wanted.
‘What should I do with all this money? I suppose I should move first?’
Jeon Jae-woo, turning these thoughts over in his mind, decided to call his parents first.
When he rang the house, his father picked up.
“Hello?”
“Dad? It’s me.”
“Why the sudden call? Did you run out of allowance?”
“Come on, Dad—I’m hardly a kid anymore. I called because something good happened, and I wanted to tell you about it.”
“Good news? Did you land a job or something?”
“No. It’s better than getting a job.”
“Better than a job? Did you win the lottery or something?”
The lottery. In a way, awakening a Transcendent Grade Ability was like hitting the jackpot.
He’d fill in the details later.
“Dad, you still have a lot of the mortgage left, don’t you?”
“About two billion won left. I’ll pay it off soon enough. But why are you asking all of a sudden?”
“I’m going to take care of that for you. And I’ll send you a monthly allowance from now on, so just take it easy and rest.”
His father fell silent for a moment on the other end of the line, then suddenly grew stern.
“Listen here, you brat. Whether you got a job or won the lottery, someone your age should be thinking about saving money. What kind of future are you planning if you’re going to just throw it all away?”
Well, when you could make enough to have three generations living idle for life without running short, it changed your perspective on spending.
“No, really—let me just buy a house instead. How about you come stay there? I’ll get you something brand new, facing south with a great view and…”
……
His father went silent for a moment.
“Dad?”
Then his voice came back, considerably worried.
“Did you get seriously hurt somewhere? Have you even been to a hospital?”
……
A moment later, he tried calling his mother.
“You crazy kid! What do you mean talking like that in the middle of the day—have you lost your mind?!”
It felt like she was swatting him through the phone, so he gave up.
‘I’ll just have to actually buy a house and bring them there.’
***
The day after the final rankings were posted.
Next month’s new Ruins were announced.
The moment the new Ruins were revealed, the entire world held its breath.
This time, a single Ancient Grade Ruin had appeared.
[New Ancient Grade Ruin Announced. Name: The Eternal Sun.]
[Expert Opinion: The Republic of Korea currently lacks the capacity to clear an Ancient Grade Ruin.]
[Hunter Bureau Director Yoo Jung-tae: Nothing has been decided yet. The Hunter Bureau will maintain all options and act in the national interest.]
[Legendary Grade Ruin Cleared in 5 Minutes—Will He Challenge an Ancient Grade Ruin?]
The Korean media poured out articles related to the Ancient Grade Ruin.
┗Oh, been a while since we got an Ancient Grade Ruin.
┗Are we going to try clearing an Ancient Grade Ruin this time?
┗Hype. Last month one person carried the whole team and barely got fourth place. No way we can clear an Ancient Grade Ruin on our own strength.
┗So if that one person who carried the team goes with us, wouldn’t clearing an Ancient Grade Ruin be totally possible?
‘An Ancient Grade Ruin.’
An Ancient Grade Ruin—it would be a lie to say he wasn’t tempted by it.
Other powerful nations besides Jeon Jae-woo had to be eyeing it too.
They might lack the strength, but every other country was equally covetous, looking to snatch it for themselves.
Which nation would manage to claim that Ruin this month?
Of course, there wasn’t just one Ancient Grade Ruin in existence at this point.
Every Legendary Grade Ruin that appeared each month was cleared without exception, but there were a few Ancient Grade Ruins that remained unchallenged.
Yet every Ancient Grade Ruin left uncleared had its own reasons.
The remaining Ancient Grade Ruins were the ones even hunter superpowers found difficult to clear for various reasons.
The tier above them, Mythic Grade, hardly needed mentioning.
In any case, now that a new Ancient Grade Ruin had appeared, assuming there were no complications, nations would scramble to secure it.
For reference, Ancient Grade Ruins were not a goal for the Republic of Korea.
No matter how much time was given, Korea’s hunter forces fell far short of what was needed to clear an Ancient Grade Ruin.
This time too, the Ancient Grade Ruin would likely become a battleground among China, India, and the European Union—nations with hunter populations as vast as their total populations.
Even hunter superpowers like the United States and Japan only attempted Ancient Grade Ruins occasionally, on a trial basis.
And here, on the Korean Peninsula, a twenty-six-year-old from the Republic of Korea was watching the Ancient Grade Ruin with considerable interest.
[Currently Accessible Ruins]
Ancient Grade – The Eternal Sun…
The Ruin’s name was The Eternal Sun.
Just hearing the name didn’t give any hint as to what kind of Ruin it might be.
‘Surely they don’t actually want me to fight the sun itself?’
Even Myeol-gyeop and Eldritch wouldn’t know what kind of Ruin this was until they entered it directly.
Jeon Jae-woo, seized by curiosity, spoke as if muttering to himself.
“…What if we just go in and come back out? Just to see?”
If they were going to attempt Ancient Grade Ruins or higher in the future, they’d promised to notify the Hunter Bureau first.
But just checking what kind of Ruin this was shouldn’t be a problem, right?
Myeol-gyeop answered his cautiously offered opinion.
[If the Creator wishes it, there would be nothing wrong with attempting it thus.]
“You sure about that? You were worried about entering Ancient Grade Ruins.”
[With Eldritch present, I should be able to protect the Creator reliably, so I foresee no major issues.]
Eldritch let out a soft laugh and nodded.
“I too consider Ancient Grade Ruins manageable if accompanied by a golem of this caliber.”
It seems Myeol-gyeop must be quite formidable, if even Eldritch acknowledges it.
Whether it was due to the nature of golems in general, Jeon Jae-woo couldn’t say, but Myeol-gyeop paid little mind to anything other than the one called the Creator.
Even when Eldritch first emerged, it showed no reaction whatsoever.
Eldritch, by contrast, was openly fascinated by Myeol-gyeop.
Not in any openly hostile or favorable way—more like the attitude of a mad scientist who’d discovered an interesting experiment.
Still, as long as their master Jeon Jae-woo remained whole, they wouldn’t do anything harmful to each other.
“All right. Let’s head in, everyone.”
After all, this was just to confirm what kind of Ruin it was. Just confirmation.
Jeon Jae-woo accessed the Ruin System and entered the Ruin called The Eternal Sun.
Ancient Grade Hunter’s Ruin Strategy Guide
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