Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 38

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Chapter 38
Canada and Mexico continued to fail at clearing the Legendary-tier Ruin they’d been assigned.
Despite receiving international support and devoting themselves to the effort, they ultimately came up short.
If Canada and Mexico could marshal the full resources to match the United States’ military capacity, clearing might be possible—but the international community balked at bearing that cost.
They too would soon face their own assigned Ruin, and every nation needed to keep some forces in reserve.
In any case, the Countdown was running out, and the threat of monsters pouring through was becoming reality.
Citizens of Canada and Mexico either fled overseas or trembled in anxiety.
Yet they held onto one last thread of hope.
If the monster swarm simply fell on an unpopulated area, there could be no better outcome.
Unlike Korea with its high population density, Canada was a prime example of low-density habitation—the odds were genuinely favorable.
But the result when the Ruin collapsed and monsters poured forth was shocking.
The Ruin’s monsters landed precisely on the most populated major cities in each country.
The fact that they struck cities—and the most densely populated ones at that—and that both countries suffered this fate made it impossible to dismiss as mere chance.
After the monsters appeared, a one-sided massacre unfolded.
At a glance, tens of thousands—perhaps hundreds of thousands—seemed to have perished.
At least because they landed in urban centers, Hunters stationed in the cities rushed to the scene quickly, but those Hunters were simply hunted in turn.
Being monsters from a Legendary-tier Ruin, the creatures were devastatingly strong.
Only by luring the monsters away and spreading them across multiple locations could Canada and Mexico finally finish the hunt.
Now that the Countdown had ended, a new Countdown would begin.
This week’s Uncleared Ruin would be distributed to the nations of South America.
Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, Colombia, and other South American countries each received one Legendary-tier Ruin.
It seemed the distribution rotated continent by continent.
Next would be Oceania, or perhaps Asia—or Africa.
[Mexico City, where Legendary-tier Ruin monsters have appeared. Current confirmed casualties exceed 50,000…]
[International community issues unified call for Uncleared Ruin resolution measures.]
[President Silva: Brazil’s efforts are essential to securing Hunter Jeon Jae-woo’s assistance.]
[Korean Hunter Association: No arrangements have been confirmed at this time.]
[International support depends foremost on Hunter Jeon Jae-woo’s own decision.]
┗Looks like Jeon Jae-woo is the only real answer to clearing these Uncleared Ruins.
┗Jeon Jae-woo’s been quiet lately—doesn’t he plan to clear any Ruins?
┗What if they manage to take him overseas and never give him back?
┗Why should we clear someone else’s Ruins anyway? We’ve got a limited number of clears, so once we finish all the other Ruins, we won’t be able to tackle ours.
┗We absolutely cannot hand over Hunter Jeon Jae-woo. The Hunter Association needs to be careful here.
People feared and resented that Jeon Jae-woo’s limited Ruin-clearing attempts were being spent on foreign countries.
The Korean Hunter Association harbored similar anxieties, but those fears were soon becoming reality.
“Director.”
“Yes?”
“Just got a call from Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They’re asking if we can connect them with Hunter Jeon Jae-woo…”
Yu Jeong-tae’s face twisted.
“Tell them absolutely not. Actually, just ignore them entirely.”
“If we keep refusing, they’re going to show up in person.”
“Those bastards.”
Trying to take a valuable talent from another nation like it belonged to them.
The way South American nations were currently speaking to Korea, when you read between the diplomatic rhetoric, amounted to a threat: hand over Hunter Jeon Jae-woo or face war.
They were essentially extorting them, demanding Jeon Jae-woo be treated as a global public resource.
Brazil and Korea were twenty thousand kilometers apart—what war was he talking about?
“Ah… this is absolutely infuriating.”
Yu Jeong-tae muttered under his breath.
Why did this planetary catastrophe have to unfold on his watch as Hunter Association Director?
“Director. Given the situation, wouldn’t it be wiser to actually connect Hunter Jeon Jae-woo and then secure something for ourselves in the process?”
“What are you saying? We can barely keep him hidden as it is, and now you want us to hand him directly to those jackals?”
“The international pressure is becoming overwhelming. In this situation, concealing someone of Hunter Jeon Jae-woo’s capability seems less like prudence and more like a moral failing…”
……
Since when had those countries demonstrated such scrupulous adherence to international morality?
Yet Yu Jeong-tae felt the weight of genuine concern.
If Hunter Jeon Jae-woo were tempted by the wealth, women, and power that South American nations secretly dangled before him and simply disappeared without a word…
“Before it comes to that, wouldn’t it be better for us to officially coordinate the connection ourselves, while at least preventing him from emigrating?”
……
Of course—Yu Jeong-tae wanted nothing more than to keep Jeon Jae-woo in Korea, for any reason at all.
But waiting longer wasn’t bringing any better ideas to mind.
Right now, with catastrophe bearing down on the world itself, there’s a consensus that every nation—regardless of ideology or inclination—must pool their strength together.
In such circumstances, concealing a powerhouse like Jeon Jae-woo risked serious international backlash.
In fact, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was reportedly facing considerable pressure over it.
But honestly, the Korean Hunter Association couldn’t control Jeon Jae-woo no matter how hard they tried.
So until now they’d been bluffing, claiming they had no choice because they couldn’t control him—but rejecting even a simple request for a connection was becoming difficult to justify.
Eventually, they’d likely end up connecting him with other nations while keeping only the minimum number of Ruin clearances necessary for Korea.
Yet deploying Jeon Jae-woo’s strength for Ruin clearances right now, setting aside personal feelings, simply wasn’t a sound choice.
No matter how formidable Jeon Jae-woo was, as a Hunter he had only twelve remaining clearance opportunities left.
But how many Legendary-tier Uncleared Ruins actually remained scattered across the world?
And even if they somehow managed to scrape through the Legendary-tier Ruins, the real problem was the Uncleared Ancient-tier Ruins.
That was when Jeon Jae-woo’s strength became absolutely essential.
Because if the Monsters housed in an Ancient-tier Ruin poured out into a single nation, unlike a Legendary-tier Ruin, the chances of that country’s actual collapse were quite high.
‘Guess we need to put out the immediate fires first?’
True, Ancient-tier Ruins were extremely rare compared to Legendary-tier ones.
With over two hundred nations worldwide, the odds of any one of them being struck were slim. People just assumed it wouldn’t be them and let it slide.
Yu Jeong-tae, who had been silent for some time, finally exhaled slowly and opened his mouth.
“Then try broaching the subject with Hunter Jeon Jae-woo.”
As he said—since the Hunter Association couldn’t control Jeon Jae-woo anyway.
He told them to try bringing it up, but Yu Jeong-tae secretly hoped Jeon Jae-woo would refuse the foreign cooperation request.
***
A few days later, Jeon Jae-woo headed to the Hunter Association in response to a summons from Director Yu Jeong-tae.
Foreigners had come looking for him—specifically, representatives from the Brazilian Government.
The reason wasn’t hard to guess.
‘It must be about the Uncleared Ruins assigned to South America.’
Now barely four days remained until the Countdown expired.
The South American nations had been trying earnestly, but so far had nothing to show for it.
Even Brazil, which boasted the greatest national power in South America itself.
After all, they’d been shelving it precisely because they couldn’t clear it until now—and desperately clinging to outside help wouldn’t change that.
Even the United States had barely managed it after pooling every ounce of national strength.
Jeon Jae-woo himself was shaken witnessing the catastrophe that unfolded in Canada and Mexico, which he hadn’t cleared.
The gruesome scenes broadcast on television had left him nearly speechless.
‘…It wasn’t a metaphor—corpses literally blanketed the entire river.’
Jeon Jae-woo was an ordinary citizen who prioritized his own interests, but he still possessed some measure of his own standard of humanity and morality.
If the people who’d come to him offered fair compensation, he was willing to help.
Though he sensed that Yu Jeong-tae and the others at the Hunter Association desperately wanted him to refuse outright.
Upon arriving at the Hunter Association, Jeon Jae-woo met the Brazilian Government’s envoy in the reception room.
The Brazilian man broke into a bright smile the moment he laid eyes on Jeon Jae-woo and began speaking with animated energy.
Since Jeon Jae-woo couldn’t understand a word, he glanced at the Hunter Association staff member seated nearby, who provided interpretation.
“Minister Lucas says it’s a tremendous honor to finally meet you, Hunter.”
“Ah, yes. Could you tell him I’m glad to meet him as well?”
The minister had come in person?
Jeon Jae-woo and the Brazilian delegation began their conversation under the watchful presence of senior Hunter Association officials.
They stationed themselves there not to abandon Jeon Jae-woo, but because they had no idea what the Brazilian Government might propose.
Minister Lucas seemed almost excessively animated, launching into various topics with considerable fanfare.
Setting aside the miscellaneous details, the core point boiled down to this:
‘They’re asking me to help clear the Legendary-tier Ruin before the Countdown ends, in exchange for fair compensation.’
In fact, Jeon Jae-woo had done his homework on the compensation for the newly assigned Ruins before coming to the Hunter Association.
And the reward for the Legendary-tier Ruin assigned to Brazil was, in fact, an Additional Ruin Clearance Right.
‘Helping wouldn’t hurt, I suppose.’
After all, his total clearance count would remain the same anyway.
Just then, the interpreter conveyed the Brazilian minister’s next words.
“If you succeed in clearing the Ruin, the minister says he will grant you an Additional Ruin Clearance Right as a reward.”
!!
Jeon Jae-woo’s eyes went wide.
The Hunter Association executives were equally astonished at this unexpected condition.
Brazil, while not matching the military might of China, India, the United States, or the European Union, remained among the world’s foremost powers.
Over the decades of Ruin clearances, it had accumulated a few Additional Ruin Clearance Rights.
“You’re truly willing to give up one of Brazil’s Additional Ruin Clearance Rights?”
“Of course. If you’re clearing the Ruin for us, the least we can do is restore your clearance count. Naturally, the rewards that emerge from the Ruin itself will be divided according to each party’s stake.”
……
The reward for clearing the Legendary-tier Ruin was already an Additional Ruin Clearance Right, but now Brazil was offering another one separately.
A smile spread naturally across Jeon Jae-woo’s lips.
He would be able to obtain two Additional Ruin Clearance Rights—there was no reason to refuse, regardless of whether his purpose was the lofty one of saving people or something else entirely.
“I accept the proposal.”
With Jeon Jae-woo and the minister reaching a positive agreement and shaking hands, the talks concluded.
The Brazilian minister, laughing loudly, remarked what a generous man he was.
The minister’s expression looked as relieved as someone who’d finally lost a troublesome tooth.
By contrast, the high-ranking officials of the Hunter Association’s faces darkened at the thought of losing Jeon Jae-woo.
Moreover, hearing that a foreign country was granting an Additional Ruin Clearance Right that Korea itself couldn’t provide left them feeling inexplicably defeated.
Ah, if it bothers you so much, why don’t you give Hunter Jeon Jae-woo an Additional Ruin Clearance Right too.
A Transcendent-tier Hunter’s Method of Ruin Clearance
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