Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 37

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Episode 37
Inside a newly discovered Common Grade Ruin this month.
Russian Hunters wielded swords and spears, locked in combat with Monsters.
Though it was the lowest-tier Ruin, even this level posed a formidable challenge to lower-ranked Hunters barely keeping a small company afloat.
Yet they willingly endured the agony of brushing against death because they held an unwavering conviction: conquer a Ruin, and their lives would blossom.
The certainty that a Ruin was a treasury beyond compare—priceless.
Not only these Hunters, but every Hunter who cleared a Ruin thought the same way.
They believed Ruins were gifts bestowed upon humanity by the divine.
No one saw them as a threat or a risk.
Of course, the interior of a Ruin was perilous, but to catch a tiger, you had to enter the tiger’s den.
Unlike Gates, Monsters didn’t spill into the real world, so the risk wasn’t particularly grave.
After a month of relentless effort, the Russian Hunters’ clearance of the Ruin succeeded.
[Clearance of the Common Grade Ruin ‘The Prison of Rusted Iron Bars’ is complete.]
“…You all did well.”
As the expedition leader offered words of encouragement to his subordinates, the true Ruin clearance came to an end.
“Phew. I’m exhausted.”
“Friend, today is special—shall we have a shot of vodka before we leave?”
“No. If I drink vodka on top of everything else, I really will die.”
“What’s wrong with you? Isn’t vodka just water to us?”
Just as everyone was about to exit the Ruin in good spirits.
“??”
All the Hunters’ eyes widened in confusion.
A notification window suddenly appeared from the Ruin System.
Everyone was bewildered by the unexpected occurrence.
“What? What’s this?”
“Did you get a notification too?”
“…A Countdown?”
The message in the notification window read as follows:
[Therefore, for the aforementioned reasons, all Ruins that remain uncleansed as of now can no longer withstand the Monsters’ energy and will release them onto Earth. All nations are urged to clear each Ruin before the Countdown ends.]
This notification was transmitted to every person on Earth capable of wielding Mana.
The moment word spread, the International Hunter Organization and nations across the globe were thrown into complete turmoil.
“What?! What on earth is happening?!”
“Director Miller! Please explain what’s going on!”
“……”
Officials from the international organization demanded explanations from the world’s foremost experts on Mana, Hunters, and Ruins, all gathered in a single room.
Yet how could these specialists know anything about a Ruin System that showed no sign of activity for decades, only to suddenly make such an unusual demand?
The researchers stood silent, beads of sweat streaming down their faces.
In any case, the situation had already unfolded.
“According to the Ruin System’s announcement, uncleared Ruins will now begin spewing Monsters into our world.”
“Good heavens—random allocation by nation, once per week.”
This week, three nations—the United States, Canada, and Mexico—were each assigned one uncleared Legendary Grade Ruin.
All happened to be North American countries, whether by coincidence or design.
If these unresolved Ruins weren’t cleared within a week, Monsters from the Ruins would be randomly summoned somewhere within each nation’s territory.
Of course, Monsters already existed on Earth.
Long ago, countless Monsters poured forth from Gates, and not all of them were destroyed—they took root on Earth.
But nowadays, most of them congregate in zones called Dungeons, dedicated to Monsters alone, so with proper management they pose no great threat.
In fact, an entire industry has developed around hunting Monsters in Dungeons and using them as resources.
But that only works because Monsters are concentrated within Dungeons; when they suddenly appear in unexpected places, that’s an entirely different problem.
“The greater issue is the grade of the uncleared Ruins.”
The Ruins that have remained uncleared thus far are a minimum of Legendary Grade and above.
If the Ruins being released onto Earth were merely Rare or Common Grade, it wouldn’t be quite so catastrophic.
Ruins below the Rare Grade tier are difficult enough, but clearable with sufficient effort.
However, when the power of Monsters from Legendary Grade Ruins is aggregated, it matches the full strength of a single Hunter with a Transcendent Grade Trait—the world’s highest caliber.
“Imagine a Transcendent Grade Hunter running amok in the heart of cities like New York, Beijing, or Tokyo.”
“…If misfortune strikes and Monsters land in urban centers, the catastrophe would be unimaginable.”
“Is there any measure to clear the uncleared Ruins from this point on? Surely we can’t just sit idle.”
“……”
But everyone fell silent, lacking any viable solution.
If the rewards from clearing Legendary Grade Ruins were worth the effort, they’d have been cleared long ago.
These were all Ruins left uncleared due to practical difficulties—what strategy could possibly exist to attempt them now?
“How many Legendary Grade Ruins are still left uncleared?”
“Roughly a thousand.”
Every official in the room released a long, heavy sigh at the figure.
Well, the Ruin System had appeared on Earth decades ago now, and in all that time the uncleared Legendary Grade Ruins alone would easily number that high.
But the bigger problem was that uncleared Ruins weren’t limited to Legendary Grade.
There were far too many Ancient Grade Ruins that remained untouched as well.
At least with Monsters born from Legendary Grade Ruins, there was confidence that they could be dealt with, whatever the cost.
If Monsters poured forth from an uncleared Ancient Grade Ruin, even a superpower could be wiped from the map in moments.
One official let out a long sigh and began to lament.
“My father drilled into me since childhood that you mustn’t put off what needs to be done… I never imagined it would come back as a burden of this magnitude.”
Though in truth, this situation hadn’t arisen because someone neglected their duties.
Had it been known that uncleared Ruins would become a risk later, that would be one thing—but there had been no problems whatsoever for decades, so who could have predicted this sudden warning from the Ruin System?
“In any case, a problem has emerged, so we must find a solution somehow.”
“Yes. With a global catastrophe upon us, all nations must cooperate fully.”
Despite ideological and historical tensions that had run deep for so long, most people had agreed to prevent an unprecedented disaster.
Of course, there were those who found the word “cooperation” distasteful in this situation.
‘We haven’t been assigned anything—why should we help those Americans?’
‘Maybe all the Ruins will end up allocated to North American nations anyway, going forward.’
‘And besides, who knows where the Monsters will fall? If they land on an uninhabited island, that’s not really our problem, is it?’
When the Monsters appeared on Earth, the plan was simple: let them fall in the right places, then dispatch subjugation forces.
“We find ourselves in precisely that situation now.”
……
After hearing the explanation of recent events from Yu Jung-tae, Jeon Jae-woo found himself momentarily without words.
‘What is this sudden world-ending catastrophe?’
Just days ago he’d been clearing Ruins solo as a perfectly ordinary hunter, and now the entire genre was shifting like this?
If this was real, it was on the scale of when Hunters and Monsters had first appeared on Earth.
The press and online communities were already in an uproar with the news.
[Is this the end of the world? All we see from crisis officials are sighs…]
[Who bears responsibility for the uncleared Ruins?]
[Korean Hunter Bureau still offers no official statement…]
└ Went to sleep and woke up to find the house—no, the whole Earth—about to burn. Is this real?
└ Please tell me I’m still dreaming.
└ These lunatics didn’t clear the Ruins and now we’re totally screwed.
└ Where do we even evacuate to? There’s nowhere left to go.
└ Let’s just accept it as God’s will and stop worrying. Everyone.
A thought suddenly struck him.
‘Did I somehow cause this?’
Of all the timing—this catastrophe had erupted not long after he’d awakened.
Nothing had happened for years, and now this anomaly? It made no sense.
What if he’d cleared too many Legendary and Ancient Grade Ruins solo, somehow triggering a problem in the Ruin System?
But Jeon Jae-woo shook his head.
‘No, that’s too much. That’s pure narcissism.’
What did his awakening of the Heavenly Box trait have to do with the Ruins breaking down?
“So our country isn’t included this week, then?”
“That’s correct. Fortunately not—though we can’t know when a Legendary Grade Ruin might be assigned to us.”
There were roughly a thousand uncleared Legendary Grade Ruins remaining.
And there were roughly two hundred nations in existence worldwide.
Whether the allocation criteria were based on territorial size or population, he didn’t know, but simple division suggested South Korea would receive about five.
South Korea would have to clear five Legendary Grade Ruins—ones that had been left untouched because they were too difficult.
‘Do we even have the capacity?’
The broadcasts kept saying the whole world would unite and help each other in this global disaster.
Still, if they distributed the Monsters appropriately and cleared them strategically, it wasn’t impossible.
Besides, all those S-Rank Hunters who’d been sitting idle would now be able to join the fight against Monsters summoned to Earth.
Though the best outcome would be clearing the Ruins before the Monsters ever touched land.
“Hunter Jeon, though you’re independent, I felt I should explain the situation in detail given the influence you carry.”
“It’s not as though there’s anything I can do about it anyway.”
“I understand.”
Director Yu didn’t ask Jeon Jae-woo to clear any Ruins outright.
After all, they didn’t yet know which Ruins would be assigned to Korea.
Setting aside the fact that Jeon Jae-woo could clear Ancient Grade Ruins solo, he was still a Hunter, and a Hunter’s number of Ruin entries remained finite.
There was no way I could tackle over a thousand Ruins on my own, of course.
“For now, we must do our best to face them head-on. We’ll also coordinate thoroughly with other nations.”
Time passed after the Ruins issued their declaration of war, so to speak.
Nations across the globe signed agreements and did their utmost to prepare for this new crisis.
But the Ruins had been left untouched for decades—no amount of effort now could make a proper difference.
The United States, one of the strongest Hunter nations, barely managed to conquer a Legendary Grade Ruin just before the Countdown ended.
However, Canada and Mexico ultimately failed to conquer their assigned Legendary Grade Ruins, and the moment the Countdown expired—
the Monsters that had been sealed within the Ruins were summoned directly into those nations’ territories.
Whether by coincidence or design, the Monsters all descended precisely on the most populous cities in Canada and Mexico.
In an instant, the major cities of North America became living hells.
How a Transcendent Grade Hunter Conquers Ruins
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: June 16, 2026
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