Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 41

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Chapter 41
It had been several days since a Legendary-level dungeon was assigned to Australia.
Unlike with South America, the Australian authorities hadn’t contacted Jeon Jae-woo separately yet.
Nor were they asking other Transcendent-level Hunters from around the world for assistance.
Those others, unlike Jeon Jae-woo, had only a limited number of dungeon conquest attempts remaining, so they were preparing for when a dungeon would be assigned to their own countries—they hardly had the luxury to help someone else.
In any case, Australia seemed intent on handling the crisis on their own.
With a population of only about thirty million, Australia’s hunter force could hardly be called formidable, even being generous about it.
They were doing their best to conquer the dungeon but kept failing.
On the other hand, Australia’s very low population density was a blessing in disguise.
Even if monsters fell across the country, the damage would be less severe than in other nations, so they seemed to have a plan to disperse the creatures to sparsely populated areas and respond accordingly.
Jeon Jae-woo had no intention of helping Australia either.
The reward wasn’t an additional dungeon conquest right—a Legendary-level dungeon held no interest for him.
Several days had already passed since he’d conquered the dungeon assigned to Brazil.
Jeon Jae-woo stood quietly before his trait, the Box of Paradise, waiting alongside his other Summoned creatures.
Right now, Mutant was inside the box undergoing an upgrade.
“Master, I’m curious what form Mutant will take when he emerges. I can’t wait to see him.”
“There probably won’t be any major changes to his appearance.”
You went into the Box of Paradise yourself and came back out, but you look exactly the same.
[Time remaining until completion: 00:03:11]
There was almost no time left before the upgrade would finish.
Moments later, the countdown finally ended.
“Ah. Finally.”
The upgraded Summoned creature emerged from the box, revealing itself.
〈Mutant〉 – Bound to (Jeon Jae-woo)
Description – A Chimera possessing the highest knowledge of mana. An artificial lifeform created by the Creator God with the purpose of storing his knowledge.
Type – Chimera
Trait – Sage’s Wisdom (Transcendent).
The upgraded Mutant’s name had changed completely and unfamiliarly.
‘Mutant? Does it mean “variant form”?’
As expected, its physical appearance hadn’t really changed.
What stood out was that two S-rank traits it had before had merged into a single Transcendent-level trait.
In truth, with so many Summoned creatures around him possessing Transcendent-level traits now, the novelty had worn off—but the Lich King’s reaction seemed somewhat different.
“Ohhhhh…”
Jeon Jae-woo looked at the Lich King with a puzzled expression.
“Why the sudden reaction? Is something wrong?”
“Wrong? No—I was simply amazed that I would ever lay eyes on such a trait. I never thought I’d see the day.”
The Transcendent-level trait’s name was Sage’s Wisdom.
Even though he himself possessed a Transcendent-level trait, was this one really that remarkable?
So special compared to other Transcendent-level traits?
‘Just from the name, I still can’t figure out what kind of ability it is.’
Since it was a trait belonging to Mutant, who was a master of alchemy, it must be related to alchemy somehow.
The name Sage’s Wisdom even reminded him of the Philosopher’s Stone, the cornerstone item that comes to mind when thinking of alchemy.
Now that he had this trait, could he actually create a Philosopher’s Stone?
“From now on, this creature will be able to freely change both the nature and form of any target. Of course, its overall performance has also increased.”
So essentially the power of his two previous S-rank traits had merged and grown stronger.
“I look forward to working with you from now on. Mutant.”
In response to the greeting, the figure inside the flask waved its hand.
“Now that Mutant’s upgrade is complete, let’s all prepare to conquer some Ancient-level dungeons.”
At Jeon Jae-woo’s words, Myul-geop displayed a message of concern.
[Creator. Are you truly resolved to do this?]
“Why? Do you have reservations?”
[It’s not that I have reservations, but it won’t be easy. There’s a chance you could find yourself in danger.]
Jeon Jae-woo had set himself a goal not long ago.
Whenever time permitted, he would conquer all the Ancient-level dungeons that currently remained unconquered.
Though to be precise, he didn’t mean to conquer every single one—only those where the reward was an additional dungeon conquest right.
Of all the Ancient-level dungeons, roughly forty percent offered additional conquest rights as rewards.
Since news of unclaimed dungeon breaks spread, the entire world had accelerated their efforts to conquer previously delayed dungeons.
And among Ancient-level dungeons, those offering additional conquest rights as rewards were exactly the ones Jeon Jae-woo was most targeting.
If powerful nations managed to conquer those Ancient-level dungeons first, Jeon Jae-woo would lose the conquest rights right before his eyes, so he intended to rush and claim them before that could happen.
Of course, even if the great powers did move now, it seemed unlikely they could actually do anything about the Ancient-level dungeons that had remained unconquered until now.
An Ancient-level dungeon? Not even a Legendary-level one?
I have no idea which country it’ll be assigned to, but whenever a Break occurs, that nation’s days are numbered.
Still, judging by how only Legendary-level dungeons have been Breaking in the early stages, there’s a decent chance the Ancient-level dungeons won’t appear until after all the Legendary-level allocations are finished.
At least I have plenty of time—there are still a good number of Legendary-level dungeons to clear.
But the fact remains that it’s a problem I’ll have to solve one day.
‘I need to make sure all the additional conquest rights from the Ancient-level dungeons go to me.’
All my Summoned creatures’ traits have been raised to Transcendent-level, so I’m planning to resume Ancient-level dungeon conquests in earnest.
Still, conquering an Ancient-level dungeon is far from easy, even for me.
Even now, far stronger than when Myul-geop tackled one alone in the early days, it remains a daunting task.
Myul-geop himself is concerned precisely because Ancient-level dungeons are no joke.
‘Should I leave her behind?’
Though the Mutant possesses a Transcendent-level trait, she’s purely non-combat in nature.
Noboom can’t engage in direct combat, but at least provides useful tactical support; the Mutant, though, seems to have no practical combat applications whatsoever.
‘I’ll bring her along anyway. She’s still Transcendent-level, after all.’
Right—I need to contact the Hunter Association before entering the Ancient-level dungeon.
If I suddenly vanish, the Hunter Association—no, all of South Korea would be thrown into chaos.
I simply sent a text to Yu Jung-tae, the Association Director, saying I was heading out to conquer an Ancient-level dungeon.
If I waited for a reply, the shocked Hunter Association would create all sorts of complications and probably try to stop me, so I decided to just go ahead and return quickly.
And so, together with my Summoned creatures, I entered the Ancient-level dungeon I’d been saving.
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The name of this Ancient-level dungeon was God’s Arrangement.
The fact that “God” appears in the dungeon’s name made me a bit more tense.
[‘God’s Arrangement’ Conquest Condition: Destroy the Lightning Bolt of Thunder God. (0/1)]
‘God’s Arrangement, huh…’
Could there really be something that a god placed here according to the name?
The environment inside God’s Arrangement resembled the ‘Altar of the Death Apostle,’ the first dungeon I encountered when I started my work as a hunter.
‘My memory of it is vague now. Ah, I never actually cleared that dungeon myself, did I?’
—The sound of trickling water echoed.
Inside the dungeon, there were altar-like stairs and platforms, with something sitting alone on the raised surface.
In the center of the altar, a sword was embedded upside-down, just like in the legend of Excalibur.
I frowned slightly.
This thing had a notorious reputation—every skilled hunter who had challenged it had failed in their conquest.
The true identity of that blade was precisely what the notification displayed: the Lightning Bolt of Thunder God.
A weapon that crackled with electrical discharge—a lightning bolt taking the form of a sword, one might say.
Soon after, a single goblin materialized beside the lightning.
The moment this unusual goblin, as if entranced, seized the sword right next to it—
“What the hell.”
I let out an involuntary laugh.
The instant it grasped the blade, it began releasing an enormous amount of mana.
In a heartbeat, it transformed into a creature that was hard to believe had ever been a single goblin.
Roughly equivalent to a hunter with two or three S-rank traits.
Of course, the actual combat power would differ since it’s been possessed by the weapon and turned into a mindless puppet.
Still, if an item could empower even the weakest creature so drastically, it would be an absurdly broken artifact if properly controlled.
That’s supposedly why many hunters who entered this dungeon drooled over the Lightning Bolt of Thunder God instead of focusing on conquest.
But the actual conquest condition for this dungeon is to destroy that weapon, not the creature.
Otherwise, no matter how many monsters you slay, increasingly powerful beasts keep emerging, seizing the sword and charging at hunters.
Naturally, the difficulty would skyrocket exponentially with each new powerful creature.
The weapon is certainly formidable, but it doesn’t compare to a hunter with Transcendent-level traits.
Moreover, even with such a powerful weapon, if the wielder is only a creature of goblin-class caliber, strong hunters working together could easily clear the dungeon.
The problem is that, regardless of its specs as a magical artifact, the weapon is absurdly durable.
Even a hunter with enough power to overwhelm the Lightning Bolt of Thunder God’s output finds destruction nearly impossible.
A Transcendent-level hunter—known to possess the world’s highest pure firepower—attempted to destroy it multiple times before eventually giving up.
“They said, just by its name ‘God’s Arrangement,’ it really does feel like a weapon a god left behind.”
[From what I can tell at a glance, destruction will indeed be difficult.]
In the end, the hunters who entered the ‘God’s Arrangement’ dungeon managed to hunt some creatures initially, but failed to destroy that weapon—and as the creatures’ strength steadily increased, they abandoned their conquest.
So despite entering boldly, now facing the enemy directly, I felt worry creeping in.
‘Can we actually handle this with our power?’
I have four Summoned creatures with Transcendent-level traits, but only Myul-geop possesses overwhelming destructive firepower.
While the Lich King and Noboom’s Transcendent-level abilities are formidable, they can’t directly assist in destroying objects.
At best, Noboom can buff Myul-geop to lend some support.
Other Transcendent-level trait holders with strong firepower had all failed the dungeon conquest, so it remained to be seen whether Myul-geop alone could actually destroy that weapon.
But contrary to his master’s concern, Myul-geop delivered a rather optimistic message.
[It seems we made the right call bringing the upgraded Mutant along.]
“Huh? What are you talking about all of a sudden?”
When Jeon Jae-woo expressed confusion, Lich King chimed in from beside Myul-geop.
“He’s right, Creator. If that weapon’s the problem, then the Mutant is exactly what we need.”
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Shortly after, the Flask—or rather, the Mutant—who had been pacing about in the back shuffled forward hesitantly.
Dungeon Conquest Strategy for Transcendent-level Hunters
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