Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 25

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Episode 25
Allen’s eyes widened visibly, his composure shattered in an instant.
“That… how is that even possible?”
Jeon Jae-woo possessed not one but two Additional Conquest Permits—a fact that clearly astonished the deputy director.
Allen’s shock was entirely justified.
Even the United States, a superpower among hunter nations, held only three permits in total.
And of those three, one belonged to a private hunter while the government controlled merely two.
Yet here stood a hunter with no organizational affiliation, scarcely weeks into his career, carrying two permits of his own.
Possessing two Additional Conquest Permits was a matter entirely separate from individual strength.
These items were extraordinarily rare.
Even clearing numerous Ancient-tier or Legendary-tier Ruins offered no guarantee of obtaining one.
‘Could the Korean Hunter Bureau have given them to him?’
No—Korea, a minor hunter nation, could never have secured two permits in the first place.
The only logical conclusion was that Jeon Jae-woo had obtained them through his own strength and effort.
‘Additional Conquest Permits hidden within a newly conquered Ancient-tier Ruin… I never imagined…’
The man possessed not just ability, but extraordinary fortune as well.
Jeon Jae-woo rose from his seat.
“In that case, I’ll be taking my leave. A permit or two isn’t tempting enough to make me reconsider my nationality.”
“Wait, I—”
Allen reached out, but his hand found only empty air as Jeon Jae-woo departed.
As he left, turning down the proposal, Myeol-geop spoke to him.
[Creator. Would it not be wiser to accept their offer?]
Jeon Jae-woo understood perfectly what Myeol-geop meant.
Each time he conquered a Ruin henceforth, he would regret the loss of even a single use of a Conquest Permit.
“With your combined strength alone, you’ll gather plenty of permits anyway. And thanks to No-boom, we already know which Ruins contain additional permits.”
[Even so, obtaining even one more permit would benefit you, Creator. You could undertake Ruin conquests in the United States as well, could you not?]
“The risk of leaving the country now isn’t worth whatever gain we’d get.”
He’d already explained it himself—accepting anything from a state institution meant owing that state a debt.
If he fled overseas, the public would rain down condemnation. Jeon Jae-woo was ordinary enough that he’d rather not shoulder all that blame alone.
He’d need the conscience of a stone to bear every scrap of criticism hurled at him.
When he finally escaped the Americans and arrived at his front door—
Someone came sprinting toward him from nearby with all their might.
Narrowing his eyes, he recognized Yu Jeong-tae, the bureau director.
The moment Yu Jeong-tae spotted Jeon Jae-woo, he rushed over at blazing speed.
“Hunter Jeon Jae-woo!!!”
“Yes… yes?”
“You’re not going to America, are you?”
“What?”
“You’re not planning to leave for the United States, are you??”
……
Yu Jeong-tae clung to him like a child, tears and snot streaming down his face, determined not to let him go anywhere.
His desperation was so palpable that passersby stopped to whisper about it.
‘But I just came back from meeting with the Americans… how does he even know that?’
***
After clearing up the misunderstanding with Jeon Jae-woo, Yu Jeong-tae returned to the Hunter Bureau.
The tension that had coiled so tightly within him finally released all at once, leaving his legs unsteady.
In the bureau director’s office, Minister Lee Chul-soo had been waiting for Yu Jeong-tae’s return.
The moment Yu Jeong-tae stepped through the door, Lee Chul-soo jumped to his feet and asked urgently.
“Well? What did he say? What about Hunter Jeon Jae-woo?”
Seeing Yu Jeong-tae shuffle in looking utterly drained, the minister’s heart lurched—surely something terrible had happened.
“You don’t mean…?”
Yu Jeong-tae sank into the chair across from Lee Chul-soo and spoke.
“No, sir.”
“No? No what?”
“We did meet with representatives from America, and they did propose that he change his nationality. But Hunter Jeon Jae-woo refused.”
“Ahhhhh…”
Lee Chul-soo exhaled deeply, as if the very ground had opened beneath him.
At least he had turned down America’s proposal. That alone was worth the relief.
Lee Chul-soo called the president, who had been fretting anxiously, and informed him of the facts.
Ally nation or not, the government intended to lodge a formal protest with America over this matter with every resource at their disposal.
But Jeon Jae-woo’s refusal didn’t mean they could simply relax.
A foreign government official had come openly to Korea to poach the nation’s talent.
There had been attempts to lure away talented individuals in the past, but rarely anything this brazen.
It showed just how desperately they wanted to bring Jeon Jae-woo over to their side.
Yu Jeong-tae had anticipated that various nations might pull any number of schemes to recruit him, but—
“I never expected them to move this quickly, I must admit.”
Given Jeon Jae-woo’s remarkable accomplishments so far, it was hardly surprising.
Any hunter superpower would covet him.
If they could recruit Jeon Jae-woo alone, a nation that had once merely stood among several superpowers would transform into an unassailable transcendent superpower.
“What exactly did those Americans promise the Hunter Jeon?”
“They offered a single Additional Conquest Permit just for becoming a U.S. citizen. Of course, that’s separate from whatever other benefits he might receive.”
Minister Lee Chul-soo’s body stiffened at these words.
“…That alone would certainly tempt any hunter.”
Especially one with considerable ability.
Korea had never secured even a single Additional Conquest Permit, so even if they’d wanted to offer one to Jeon Jae-woo, they couldn’t.
Only hunter superpowers like China and India possessed a handful each, aside from the United States.
And they were offering it—not even as a condition of becoming a government hunter, but simply for changing nationality to become an American citizen.
It was frankly strange that Jeon Jae-woo had rejected such an offer.
“But if he turned down a proposal like that, doesn’t that suggest the Hunter Jeon has genuine affection for his homeland? That’s fortunate, isn’t it?”
Yet Yu Jeong-tae shook his head.
“No. It doesn’t seem he refused out of patriotism.”
“?”
“When he conquered that Ancient-tier Ruin, he obtained two Additional Conquest Permits as rewards. So he apparently saw no need to accept America’s offer.”
Minister Lee Chul-soo’s jaw dropped.
“…That fellow’s not only talented—he’s lucky too.”
“Fortune smiles on the nation’s strongest hunter. We should count ourselves blessed.”
“Still, we never know when another country might approach him next. And each time, we’re powerless to do anything…”
Leaning back against the sofa, Lee Chul-soo suddenly began musing aloud.
“Director Yu. The Hunter Jeon still hasn’t married, has he?”
“No, as far as I know. But he’s still only in his mid-twenties.”
So why was Lee Chul-soo suddenly asking about Jeon Jae-woo’s marital status?
The minister’s expression grew serious, as though he were contemplating something weighty, before he finally spoke.
“Since the Hunter Kim Yu-min lives next door, what if we arranged a match between the two of them?”
“……??”
Yu Jeong-tae’s brow furrowed at this absurd suggestion.
Was he seriously considering creating some sort of hunter dynasty, like the old family conglomerates?
Though admittedly, Kim Yu-min was around the same age as Jeon Jae-woo, strong enough to be the first name anyone thought of when Korea came up, and undeniably charismatic.
Kim Yu-min was more popular than top-tier idols.
If the two of them became close, it would certainly make things smoother for the Hunter Bureau to maintain a good relationship with both.
But it was absurd to order an S-rank Hunter like Kim Yu-min to go seduce someone for him.
‘If they did work out, and they happened to leave the country together as a package…’
A chill ran down Yu Jeong-tae’s spine as he imagined a scenario he’d desperately rather not contemplate.
If the two of them married, they might end up losing both of them instead of just one.
“…I think it’s better not to force anything artificially.”
If they were naturally drawn to each other, that would be good news on its own.
Meanwhile, back at home, Jeon Jae-woo used all the Conquest Permit papers he’d left with Myeol-geop.
While they were safe with Myeol-geop, he thought it wiser to use them preemptively—people might flock to him hoping to steal the permits.
“But how do you use this thing? Do you channel mana into it like a scroll?”
“You tear this scroll to activate it, Creator.”
Whoooosh…
The moment Jeon Jae-woo tore the Ruin Conquest Permit, a strange mana enveloped his body.
[You have used a Ruin Additional Conquest Permit.]
[You have used a Ruin Additional Conquest Permit.]
His status window then showed two additional Ruin Conquests added to his allowance.
[Conquerable Ruin Count (7)]
His available Ruin Conquests, which had dropped to five after conquering one more Ancient-tier Ruin, now rose to seven.
Jeon Jae-woo nodded with a satisfied smile.
Then a thought suddenly occurred to him.
‘Wait. Could I have put the Additional Conquest Permit papers inside the Heavenly Box?’
The Heavenly Box’s ability amplified the performance of materials stored inside it.
If done right, couldn’t a single Conquest Permit turn into an effect worth two or three uses or more?
But Eldritch stopped Jeon Jae-woo from going down that path.
“Think carefully, Creator. The Heavenly Box’s nature produces random items—even if the base performance improves, there’s no guarantee an Additional Conquest Permit will emerge. You might pull something strange instead.”
“But doesn’t anything that comes out of the box increase in value?”
“Not necessarily. Put in dirt, and it might become rich soil, transform into a mineral like marble, or spawn a golem like Myeol-geop. There’s no way to know.”
Hmm. That’s true.
[I agree, Creator. I’d advise greater caution before putting a Ruin Additional Conquest Permit into the Heavenly Box.]
Myeol-geop also cautioned against Jeon Jae-woo’s impulse.
Even if the original item’s performance improved, what he needed right now were Additional Conquest Permits—if something with a different effect came out instead, it would be troublesome.
Either way, once he built up enough buffer in his Conquest uses, he could test it then.
Who knew? Maybe the amplified performance would transform it into an Additional Conquest Permit worth hundreds of uses.
And soon after, the month passed without incident, and the Ruin Conquest rankings were released.
First place belonged, unsurprisingly, to Korea—the nation that conquered two Ancient-tier Ruins in a single month.
Korea, having achieved the finest record in Ruin System history, didn’t just ride high on momentum; the nation erupted.
[Korea’s first! Writing the legend of reaching first place in Ruin Conquest records.]
[Conquering two Ancient-tier Ruins in a single month is unprecedented. Who exactly is Hunter Jeon Jae-woo?]
[All lawmakers, regardless of party, unite to applaud Korea’s first-place achievement.]
└ Ate first place and now I’m stuffed.
└ Wait, Korea really came first? My chest feels so expansive…
└ Achieving first by depending on one person doesn’t really mean much.
└ Honestly, without Jeon Jae-woo it would’ve been impossible lol
└ I work at the Hunter Bureau, and I heard people came from the United States a while back. Could it be…?
As the festive mood carried the month away, the new ruins of the next month were announced.
A Transcendent-rank Hunter’s Guide to Ruin Conquest
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: Autumn
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