Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 26

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Episode 26
[Time remaining until creation complete: 00:02:11]
The Box of Heaven was combining the materials placed inside to create something.
“……”
Jeon Jae-woo gazed silently at the box, watching the remaining time tick down.
[Time remaining until creation complete: 00:00:00]
At last, twenty-four hours had passed and the creation was complete.
‘Well, then?’
Would this time produce an entity with self-awareness like Myeol-gyeop?
With a racing heart, he opened the box.
[Shield of Divine Might]
But this draw had yielded nothing but a plain weapon—a shield.
“Damn it.”
Jeon Jae-woo lowered the shield in his hand with disappointment.
When he turned to look around the corner of the room, various equipment lay scattered about—swords, bows, spears, and more.
Jeon Jae-woo had not been idle with the Box of Heaven, his unique trait.
Whenever he found decent materials, he fed them into the box immediately, hoping something remarkable would emerge.
That way, he could challenge a Mythical Grade Dungeon even a day sooner.
But creating an entity like Myeol-gyeop, Elderlich, or Nobum—one with self-awareness, capable of independent action and offering loyalty—was proving extraordinarily difficult.
The fact that a mere handful of soil from a flower pot had yielded a Transcendent Grade golem like Myeol-gyeop struck him as remarkable in hindsight.
‘If only I’d burned my luck then, perhaps something even greater than Myeol-gyeop would have emerged.’
Could there have been some kind of first-use bonus attached to the trait?
In any case, the products that emerged whenever Jeon Jae-woo put materials into the Box of Heaven and activated it were, in the vast majority, equipment.
To be fair, some of the pieces the box had produced possessed genuinely excellent performance.
If he put them on the Hunter Market, they’d easily fetch the highest grade classifications.
But Jeon Jae-woo needed money far less than he needed powerful Summoned Creatures.
For someone like him who didn’t specialize in any particular weapon, these items served no immediate purpose.
‘I’ll have to take these to the Hunter Agency and sell them.’
He could simply claim they were rewards from clearing a Dungeon.
Director Yu Jeong-tae would be delighted at the sight of this equipment.
As he was arranging the created pieces with such thoughts in mind—
‘Wait.’
A brilliant idea suddenly struck Jeon Jae-woo.
‘What if I combined all of these pieces together at once?’
Since he’d be mixing already powerful equipment once more, the result should be something incomparable to ordinary items.
Curiosity taking hold, Jeon Jae-woo decided to test this theory by dumping all the equipment he’d created so far into the box.
[Time remaining until creation complete: 23:59:59]
And then, after exactly another day had passed—
what the Box of Heaven produced was, once again, a weapon.
“Blast it.”
Though not the result he desired, even to someone like Jeon Jae-woo, who knew little about swords, this appeared at first glance to be an exceptionally fine blade.
“Ho. Quite the interesting specimen this turned out to be.”
[A weapon of remarkable capability.]
“I sense a terrifying aura emanating from that blade, Master…”
Myeol-gyeop, Elderlich, and Nobum each offered their own brief comment upon the sword.
Though he couldn’t discern its exact properties, Director Yu Jeong-tae would be more than pleased—he’d likely be shocked speechless.
Since Kim Yu-min, the Hunter who lived next door, supposedly wielded a sword and served as a vanguard, showing him this blade wouldn’t be out of place either.
As he contemplated what an appropriate price would be for a sword of this caliber—
—Flash, flash—
—”How insolent, a mere human making such presumptuous assumptions.”
“???”
Jeon Jae-woo was startled.
The blade began to flicker and emit light like an LED lamp, and a voice reached his ears.
‘What is this? Am I hearing things?’
But after consuming the elixir of immortality, there was no way his ears would experience hallucinations with his body in perfect condition.
—”That you would dare contemplate selling this body to some government bureau—what contemptible folly.”
Jeon Jae-woo glanced around to ensure no one was watching, then turned to Myeol-gyeop with a question.
“…Myeol-gyeop. Please tell me—am I actually hearing the sword’s voice right now?”
[Affirmative, Creator. The sword is speaking to you.]
Now that he thought about it, unlike the other ordinary weapons, the blade displayed a status window just like the others—Myeol-gyeop and his companions.
〈???〉 – Bound to Jeon Jae-woo
Description – A Divine Sword with consciousness that serves its master, cutting through all things beneath heaven and protecting its wielder. If the user’s cultivation is insufficiently advanced, the sword’s true potential cannot be fully realized.
Classification – Ego Weapon
Properties – Sword Energy (B-grade), Sword Energy Strengthening (sealed), Two Qi Sword Technique (sealed), Divine Sword Union (sealed), Sword Spirit (sealed), Heart Sword (sealed)
‘Ah. So I finally got what I wanted.’
This time, unlike the ordinary Summoned Creatures, it had manifested not in human form but as an Ego Sword.
An Ego Weapon—literally a special entity with consciousness, unlike an ordinary blade.
Moreover, seeing that it was bound to Jeon Jae-woo, it seemed to be similar to the characters that had appeared before.
In truth, Ego Weapons were little more than urban legend among Hunters; no one had ever proven they actually existed.
The closest anyone claimed was that when a weapon had consciousness, a tremor would run through it, responding to a Hunter’s Mana like a tuning fork.
But a weapon that actually spoke? He’d never heard of such a thing.
It had no mouth—where the voice was even coming from mystified him.
Still, the properties listed in the status window differed slightly from the others.
Sword Energy Strengthening, Two Qi Sword Technique, Divine Sword Union—they all seemed to be brilliant abilities, yet they were all sealed.
“What’s this about, then?”
[Creator. Please read the status window description more carefully.]
Now that he thought about it, there was indeed a phrase about growing alongside the master’s cultivation.
“So you’re saying I’m not advanced enough to wield this sword properly?”
[That is correct.]
The Ego Sword flickered its light and spoke again.
—To think I would be bound to such a contemptible wretch. The heavens are indeed indifferent.
“……”
Jeon Jae-woo couldn’t gauge its performance yet, but among all the characters summoned so far, this one clearly had the worst manners.
Myeol-gyeop and Nobum always spoke with formal politeness, and even Elderlich, the only one who spoke casually, treated his master with sincere devotion.
‘A sword meant to protect its master, my foot. If it sees an opening, it’ll stab me in the back.’
The sword was quite infuriating regardless of its power, yet Myeol-gyeop seemed to favor this ill-mannered blade.
[I am pleased to see such a fine weapon manifest, Creator.]
[Is it really that impressive a weapon?]
[Indeed. Now that you possess a proper blade, I believe it would be wise to begin genuine training in earnest.]
“I’ve never even held a sword in my life.”
[Have no concern, Creator. I shall provide flawless instruction in swordsmanship.]
Myeol-gyeop possessed supreme mastery in combat of any kind—there was no one alive who could match his level.
With him as a teacher, Jeon Jae-woo could master anything.
And so, almost by accident, the sword became his primary weapon.
“All right. Let’s give it a try then.”
Now that he would finally take up a sword and begin proper Hunter work, his pulse quickened.
As everyone knew, until now his Summoned Creatures had handled all the fighting.
This felt like taking his first real step as a Hunter.
Besides, what man hasn’t imagined himself as a boy wielding a legendary blade across a battlefield?
“I’m counting on you from here on.”
Jeon Jae-woo offered the greeting in good spirits and grasped the sword again, but—
—Get your filthy hands off me! How dare you touch me so carelessly, you wretched insect!!
“……”
The Ego Sword thrashed wildly from his grip, seething with fury.
Elderlich stroked his chin thoughtfully, speaking with concern.
“Hmm. This is rather troublesome. An Ego Sword rejecting its Creator… though I suppose it’s well known that Ego Weapons with strong consciousness are difficult to wield.”
[Before beginning formal sword instruction, we must first go through the process of taming the weapon to accept you as master.]
Jeon Jae-woo stared at the sword as it writhed in rejection, then asked,
“By the way, why doesn’t this one have a name in the status window?”
[Since this is a sword that grows alongside you, Creator, you must bestow its name yourself.]
Ah, of course.
The right to name the sword belonged to its master.
—Hmph. I shall grant you this privilege—choose a name befitting my station. Should it please me, I may treat you more favorably.
And there it was—the Ego Sword demanding that its name be chosen to satisfy its pride.
“Hmm…”
Jeon Jae-woo gazed at it thoughtfully for a moment, then suddenly spoke.
“Hyeong-gwang-deung. Yeah, you keep flickering on and off like that, so it suits you.”
—……???
The Ego Sword was utterly dumbfounded by the absurd name.
[Hyeong… gwang… deung…]
And when he actually saw that name appear in his status window, he yelped in fright.
“Stop—what are you doing right now!”
“What? Don’t like the name? Then how about Flickering?”
Hyeong-gwang-deung vanished from the status window, replaced by the name Flickering.
The Ego Sword trembled visibly, apparently consumed with shame.
“How dare you. How DARE you! I am the only Divine Sword in the entire galaxy, and you treat me this way?!”
The reaction was even more violent than before—clearly he’d struck a nerve.
But what exactly could the sword do about it?
“…Did you just say ‘dare’ to me?”
Even knowing that the right to name belonged to the master, it had come to this.
This wouldn’t do. Maybe he should just assign some utterly random, unrelated name as a special corrective measure.
The moment he wrote “Poop” in a single character in the status window’s name field, the sword’s attitude shifted considerably.
“P-please, Master. I beg you, don’t do this like that reckless one. A true master should respect the value of his tools, shouldn’t he?”
Hmm, the power of a single character “Poop” was surprisingly effective.
Watching the creature that had been struggling so frantically finally yield was almost amusing.
“Respect should go both ways, don’t you think? If you want me to give you a proper name, apologize for disrespecting me just now.”
“…!!”
Yet even now, the Ego Sword’s pride prevented an apology—it merely stammered and hesitated.
‘There we go. That’s the reaction I expected.’
The method to subdue this chunk of metal bound up in narcissism and rudeness was simpler than expected.
The moment he wrote “Diarrhea” in the status window alongside Poop, the Ego Sword finally declared unconditional surrender.
It offered its master a formal apology for its recent words and deeds, promising henceforth to obey.
Elderlich, watching from behind, gazed at his master with an expression of wonder.
“Our Creator is truly remarkable. To subdue that notoriously difficult Ego Sword in one stroke.”
[If one had to live one’s entire life with a name like Poop or Diarrhea, wouldn’t anyone do the same?]
“When I think about how terrible it would be if our names were like that, it’s simply dreadful.”
Everywhere, for everyone, a name holds significance.
Even in modern times, there were plenty of people who suffered because their parents gave them shameful names like beggar-rags, desperately filing for legal name changes.
In any case, Jeon Jae-woo’s contest of wills with the Ego Sword ended in a decisive victory.
Of course, since there was no telling when the sword might rebel again, he left the name field blank rather than finalizing anything.
A few days later, the list of new dungeons for that month was announced.
Surprisingly, following last month’s trend, it included another Ancient Grade Dungeon, with a dungeon subjugation guide as the reward.
The Transcendent Grade Hunter’s Dungeon Subjugation Manual
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