Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 3

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Chapter 3
Two days had passed since the Golem Myeol-gyeop successfully conquered the Legendary-Grade Ruin.
For those two days straight, news outlets and online communities burned with reports of the Legendary-Grade Ruin conquest, never pausing for a moment.
Was it only happening in our country?
Far from it.
Already, every major Hunter power—the United States, China, Russia, Europe, and beyond—had descended into chaos.
After all, with Legendary-Grade Ruins numbering barely twenty across the entire world, Korea had snatched one right from the start.
Some might say: what’s the fuss? Legendary-Grade Ruins yield about twenty new ones each month anyway.
That, too, misses the point.
Assets are always better in abundance, and the same holds true for Ruins—the more you claim, the better.
More than that, these aren’t ordinary assets; they’re repositories of rare resources tied directly to national power.
Over two hundred nations hunt for Ruins, yet this month’s finest grade offered only about twenty Legendary-Grade specimens.
Isn’t it strange that they aren’t fighting themselves to pieces over claiming them?
Foreign powers, ignorant of the details, had begun racing to accelerate their Ruin conquest speeds, fearful of losing more Legendary-Grade Ruins to Korea.
……
Jeon Jae-woo, standing at the center of all this chaos, turned his head and stared fixedly at his Golem.
“You really did all that?”
[Yes, Creator.]
The status window alone was proof enough—so why was I asking again?
But I still couldn’t quite grasp it as reality.
“But why’d you have to pick a Legendary-Grade Ruin of all things?”
[You instructed me to select any Ruin, so I determined that proceeding with the highest-grade Ruin would be the most optimal course of action.]
Ah. Right. I never specified which one to enter.
Still, I never expected it would march straight into the highest Legendary-Grade Ruin.
Thanks to that, I’d drawn far more attention than I’d bargained for.
Two hundred years had now passed since Mana, Monsters, and Awakened Hunters first appeared on Earth.
And Ruins had begun manifesting only a few decades ago.
Of course, no one yet knows who creates Mana or Ruins.
Unknown though it may be, it must be the work of some higher-dimensional cosmic entity.
In any case, what mattered was this: for the past few decades, invaluable Ruins—repositories of tremendous resources—had been appearing in the world every single month.
Within Ruins lay treasures of staggering rarity and natural resources so precious they made conventional wealth look trivial by comparison.
Ruins were graded, from highest to lowest: Mythic, Ancient, Legendary, Rare, and Common.
Naturally, higher grades yielded superior rewards.
Anyone on Earth capable of handling Mana could attempt to explore a Ruin, and whoever first achieved one hundred percent exploration success became its owner.
Once exploration was complete, only those with the owner’s permission could enter afterward.
Which meant that owning a Ruin itself had become power and authority in this world.
It needs no explanation why everyone desires to own one.
Tallying every Ruin that had appeared to date—from the most precious to the most mundane—the total across the entire globe exceeded three million by far.
However, as mentioned, Ruins don’t exist on Earth’s physical land; they exist instead in a virtual space accessible only to those with such abilities.
Each month, thousands of Common-Grade Ruins appeared. Hundreds of Rare-Grade.
About twenty Legendary-Grade Ruins, and on average roughly one Ancient-Grade.
The highest grade, Mythic, did exist, but appeared once every year or so—an exception to the rule.
This month, not a single Ancient-Grade Ruin had spawned.
The highest grade this month was twenty or so Legendary-Grade Ruins.
Yet the moment one Legendary-Grade Ruin appeared in South Korea, it was conquered.
Thus, one of the newly spawned Legendary-Grade Ruins instantly became the personal property of a Korean individual.
……
As Jeon Jae-woo stood there in a daze, unable to process reality, the Golem conjured another notification window.
[Creator, if by any chance I have made an error, please inform me. I shall correct my conduct going forward.]
Jeon Jae-woo shook his head and spoke.
“No. You didn’t make a mistake. I should’ve explained things properly from the start…”
Rather than any blunder, I’d just handed a repository of resources—a Ruin—to someone who’d been unemployed just weeks ago, gifting them sudden wealth beyond measure.
There was nothing legally or systematically wrong with the action.
But the fact that I’d essentially broadcast to the world that I possessed enormous power right after awakening was what troubled me.
I’d drawn far too much attention.
“Ugh… I wonder if this’ll be okay.”
Jeon Jae-woo worried that government agencies or foreign powers would soon track him down and threaten him into surrendering the Ruin.
The scrutiny and pressure that descended on an ordinary person who suddenly acquired tremendous resources or ability.
Wasn’t that just another tired cliché by now?
It was then that the Golem—Myeol-gyeop—typed on the keyboard again and spoke to me.
[Your Grace need not worry so much.]
Even when told not to worry, the worry comes anyway.
Does this golem have the ability to read minds too?
[You truly need not be concerned, Your Grace. I am capable of protecting you from most any threat.]
……
Jeon Jae-woo’s eyes snapped wide open.
‘Wait. Now that I think about it—this one cleared a legendary ruin all by itself.’
Conquering a single ruin was no ordinary feat.
Even Hunters with A-grade or B-grade Traits, those considered elite in the industry, needed dozens or hundreds to gather just to conquer a common or rare ruin.
Yet if this being had soloed a legendary ruin in less than an hour, it stood to reason he possessed extraordinary power.
‘Just how strong is this thing?’
Could this be one of the strongest active Hunters in the entire world?
“Tell me—how exactly strong are you?”
[It is difficult to provide precise information due to lack of a comparative standard at this point in time, but among the weapons deployed in wars of old, there existed no unit capable of matching my power.]
He still didn’t entirely understand what was being said, but one thing was clear—this being possessed tremendous strength.
Yet no matter how impressive words alone sounded, his grasp remained incomplete.
“Could I watch you fight this time? Come into a ruin with me?”
[Of course, Your Grace. I exist only to obey your commands.]
Well, well. Our Myeol-gyeop certainly is obedient.
Right then. To verify this, I’ll need to head to a ruin.
There’s a dungeon right outside the apartment, but there are too many people there, and he didn’t want to draw attention, so a ruin where he could conduct a private conquest would be ideal.
Come to think of it, this would be his first time actually entering a ruin.
Jeon Jae-woo used Mana to enter the ruin.
Whoooosh.
‘Ah. So this is how it works.’
The method of accessing the ruin system to enter a ruin.
They said you’d automatically understand it the moment you Awakened, and so this was what they meant.
A notification window appeared before his eyes.
[Currently Available Ruins for Entry]
Mythic – Dawn’s Path, Twilight’s Veil, Absolute Darkness, Boundary, Pioneer’s Way…
Ancient – Divine Decree, Transcendence…
Good grief. He didn’t need the Mythic or Ancient grades with names that frightened him just hearing them.
Naturally, the Legendary grade was out as well.
This time, he’d simply enter a common ruin without fuss.
Jeon Jae-woo took a deep breath and selected a ruin to enter.
[Common Ruin – Ancient Golden Palace]
Whoosh!
In the next instant, both Jeon Jae-woo and the golem vanished from the studio apartment.
***
Jeon Jae-woo and his golem had been transported into the ruin via spatial shift.
Jeon Jae-woo swallowed hard.
A landscape he’d never seen before materialized in an instant before his eyes.
There stood an entire palace, a grand structure gleaming in gold from end to end.
‘So this is what they call a ruin.’
Magnificent it may not be in every respect, but it was certainly overwhelmingly ornate.
Though not every part of the palace was built entirely of gold, of course.
Ruins take different forms depending on their type.
This one happened to be a common ruin, the lowest grade available.
He’d heard that some ruins had diamonds embedded throughout their palaces and temples.
Moreover, to avoid drawing unnecessary attention, he’d chosen an older ruin rather than one that had recently emerged.
Of the ruins that had appeared so far, not all had been successfully conquered by Hunters upon discovery, so quite a few remained unfinished.
Yet even after entering a ruin of the lowest grade, he felt an unmistakable oppressive weight.
‘I’ve awakened a Transcendent-Grade Trait myself… though not that I have any special ability I can actually use directly.’
So Myeol-gyeop had conquered a ruin that pressed down on him like this, entirely alone.
And even a ruin two grades higher than this one at that?
Myeol-gyeop, whether sensing his master’s thoughts or not, prepared to advance deeper into the ruin.
[Your Grace, I shall now commence the conquest.]
“Yes, let’s go together!”
He didn’t want to be alone.
And so one man and one golem stepped forward into the ruin.
Glimmering and gleaming.
True to its name as a golden ruin, the light of the precious metal embedded throughout the palace’s interior was almost blinding.
The walls, the ceiling, the chandeliers, the floor itself.
There was nowhere in this place that lacked gold.
The bright yellow-gold light made it difficult to keep one’s eyes open.
If the legendary place called El Dorado truly existed, wouldn’t it be something like this?
‘Just a single piece of gold ore from this place—how much would that be worth?’
Now he understood why people were so obsessed with ruins.
But the cardinal rule of ruins was that nothing—not even a hair—could be touched until the Hunter completed their conquest.
Inside the palace, there was something moving besides Jeon Jae-woo and Myeol-gyeop.
A low growl echoed through the chamber.
Small shapes were moving within the palace.
Creatures wielding pickaxes, smashing them against the golden walls.
Goblins. Monsters, pure and simple.
‘Wow. Real, actual goblins.’
Having only just become a Hunter, this was his first time seeing a monster in person.
Then a notification window appeared with the conquest completion conditions.
[Conquest Condition for ‘Ancient Golden Palace’: Eliminate all the goblins stealing gold from the palace. (0/3000)]
Jeon Jae-woo’s jaw fell open.
“Three… three thousand?”
Ruins were never something a single Hunter could tackle alone.
In the Dungeons back on Earth, a Hunter could hunt as many monsters as they wanted and call it a day.
But conquering a ruin completely required cooperation as standard practice.
Large raid teams gathered, prepared thoroughly, and then conquered the ruin together.
‘…Now I’m starting to understand why.’
Since this was the lowest-grade ruin, the goblins were technically the weakest of monsters.
But even the weakest monsters were still monsters.
And the condition of hunting all three thousand of them seemed, any way you looked at it, unreasonable.
To hunt monsters, one had to use their Trait, but no matter how strong a Hunter was, against those numbers, Mana depletion and exhaustion would set in, and eventually they’d become goblin food.
Moreover, simply finding and locating all the goblins throughout this vast ruin was far from easy.
It was work that couldn’t possibly be finished in a day or two of hunting.
Jeon Jae-woo looked carefully at his golem.
Could Myeol-gyeop alone hunt all those monsters?
But Myeol-gyeop seemed entirely unbothered by the goblin numbers.
A deep rumble resonated outward.
Drawing up Mana and stepping forward, it displayed a notification window.
[Then I shall commence the operation, Creator.]
Transcendent-Grade Hunter Ruin Conquest Methods
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: Autumn
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: June 16, 2026
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