Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 44

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Episode 44
“Both of you? Please come this way. I’ll show you in.”
“Oh? We’re not injured or anything, so we’ll just head out.”
“You were in close proximity to the monsters, so there are some checks we need to run.”
“I see.”
The Hunter Association staff led Jeon Jae-woo’s parents inside.
In truth, it was less an “investigation” and more a precaution to check that the parents of such a distinguished hunter had suffered no ill effects, and to allow them to rest.
Yu Jeong-tae had impressed upon the staff multiple times that they were to look after them with the utmost care.
Meanwhile, Jeon Jae-woo was in conversation with Yu Jeong-tae, the Association director, who had rushed breathlessly to the East Coast.
Though a monster outbreak was certainly a serious incident, it wasn’t the sort of thing that warranted the head of the Hunter Association to appear in person.
It could only be because Jeon Jae-woo was here.
Yu Jeong-tae fidgeted before him, clearly ill at ease.
“I have no excuse. I’m truly sorry, Hunter Jeon.”
“No, please. The Hunter Association doesn’t have to guard my parents exclusively. Besides, I can look after them myself.”
“…What did surprise me, however, was seeing your summons stationed with them.”
‘So he has a characteristic that allows him to command summons. But to deploy them across such a distance?’
During the last Legendary Ruins operation, he’d provided support from the rear with Buffs and Debuffs.
‘So does he fight by lending support from a distance while leaving the actual combat to his summons?’
In truth, Yu Jeong-tae’s assumption was roughly correct—at least if one ignored the part about delegating support to the summons as well.
Though Jeon Jae-woo hadn’t mentioned it, fearing he might take it poorly, the Hunter Association had already stationed protective personnel with his family.
It was only natural—they were the sole family of Korea’s most important hunter.
But Jeon Jae-woo himself had taken such measures independently, which Yu Jeong-tae hadn’t anticipated.
Of course, a hunter with a Transcendent Grade characteristic wouldn’t neglect his family’s safety.
Yet the fact that the summons stationed with his family were actually protecting the Hunter Association staff assigned as guards—that was unexpected.
“But how did those monsters end up here? Even for a coastline, this is supposedly a place where monsters rarely intrude.”
“I can’t give you a definitive answer yet, but we believe the monsters that were released from South America somehow swam or flew all the way here.”
“……??”
Jeon Jae-woo stared at him in bewilderment.
“…You’re saying these are monsters sent from South America?”
Sent monsters? Not as a gift, but actual monsters? From all the way across South America?
“Not exactly ‘sent,’ rather… Didn’t a Dungeon Break occur in South America not long ago? Except in Brazil, where you lent your assistance.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“So when the breaks occurred, it appears the South American nations herded the monsters from their dungeons and released them en masse.”
Jeon Jae-woo’s brow furrowed sharply.
But there was one thing he couldn’t understand.
‘Wait, but how far is it from South America to here? The monsters skipped over all the other countries?’
And on top of that, they’d somehow converged on the Korean Peninsula’s distant coast?
After exchanging a few more words and Yu Jeong-tae’s departure, Myeol-geop, who was observing the monsters’ condition through drones, spoke up.
[Master. Just as Yu Jeong-tae said, there are clear traces of humans deliberately herding the monsters.]
“??”
Given that Myeol-geop analyzed the monsters’ conditions more meticulously than anyone else, this was startling.
“What? Really?!”
[The lead monsters—those commanding the swarms—show signs of having been worked on with Mana Technology. It seems the humans definitely herded them.]
‘…Has humanity’s Mana Technology really advanced that far?’
Enough to direct monsters released from South America all the way to the Korean Peninsula?
If the technology had advanced that much, people wouldn’t have died or been injured by monsters in the first place.
[They didn’t directly lure them to the Korean Peninsula—it’s more that they performed basic herding to adjust their direction somewhat.]
“Ah. You gave me quite a fright then.”
Monster Luring Technique had already been actively developed worldwide.
Even outside of Ruins, dungeons now existed within the real world, and developing Monster Luring Technique to minimize civilian casualties in case of emergency was paramount.
Of course, stronger individuals were harder to lure, but as long as the monster’s tier wasn’t too high, it was possible to temporarily adjust its general direction.
The nations currently thrown into chaos by Dungeon Breaks weren’t hunting monster swarms all at once—they were herding them into unpopulated areas using such techniques.
In fact, dungeons themselves were monster habitats created that way.
But Jeon Jae-woo’s expression grew darker still.
The matter was extremely sensitive and unconfirmed, so he hadn’t mentioned it to Jeon Jae-woo, but the Korean government was already roughly aware of the situation.
Not long after, Korea and the other nations affected by the South American countries’ mass release immediately raised protests.
However, the South American nations deflected blame, claiming it had been an unavoidable measure since foreign powers hadn’t offered active assistance.
Honestly, even the affected nations found themselves in an awkward position to demand accountability.
While releasing unmanageable monsters beyond one’s borders was strictly illegal under international law, wasn’t it something other nations were already doing covertly?
Moreover, with Dungeon Breaks occurring without precedent in these unprecedented circumstances, proving the facts was difficult, making strong condemnation impossible.
In truth, the South American nations had no intention of directly harming Jeon Jae-woo.
They could never have anticipated that the monsters they released would reach the Korean Peninsula—much less the region where Jeon Jae-woo’s parents lived.
Even if they were hurt by the repeated refusals of aid, what sense would it make to invite the wrath of a Transcendent Grade hunter?
Jeon Jae-woo’s parents had simply been unlucky enough to encounter those monsters and nearly perished.
Of course, for Jeon Jae-woo—whose family had nearly come to harm—such reasoning fell on deaf ears.
Jeon Jae-woo steadied his breath and gathered his thoughts.
“I need to bring my parents to live with me.”
Now that he thought about it, he’d been far too neglectful as a son.
Even if this place is relatively safe, there’s no knowing when something like this might happen again—it’s not a good choice for them to keep living in their hometown.
Though it’s been their home for so long that they likely won’t want to leave, I have no choice.
True, Myeol-geop, Rich King, and Noboom have left capable guards to protect them, but they’d be better off close to me.
‘…Though with only one S-rank Characteristic, I’m not sure I can make much difference.’
Still, if they’re with me, they can receive direct protection from my other summons.
That’s when Noboom spoke up.
“Why not just keep the monsters from coming to this country in the first place?”
Jeon Jae-woo’s eyes widened.
“Keep the monsters from coming?”
“Yes. If that’s what you wish, Master.”
“…Is that even possible?”
“Completely possible.”
Noboom nodded at his master as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
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The South American nations—Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, and others.
All except Brazil descended into chaos when a Dungeon Break erupted and Legendary Ruins monsters invaded their territory en masse.
What was most important to the leadership of these nations in such circumstances?
Under normal conditions, they would have been quick to shift blame onto one another, but now they were too preoccupied with managing the disaster itself.
In the midst of all this, anti-Korean sentiment in South America was inexplicably rising faster than in other regions.
The world’s most powerful hunter—Jeon Jae-woo—was implicitly recognized as such, yet he had helped only Brazil among the South American nations.
Each government had tried to attract Jeon Jae-woo’s aid by seeking additional Dungeon conquest rights, but all had failed.
When a Dungeon Break finally erupted in their own territories, anti-Korean sentiment emerged against the nation and hunter that had refused to help them.
The backlash lacked logic, but it’s difficult to expect rational responses from people in extreme circumstances.
But the anger of South American citizens wasn’t the only thing that turned toward Korea.
Monsters from South America, far across the sea, crossed the Pacific and headed toward Asia.
In fact, few of the monsters that emerged from the Legendary Ruins could fly or live in water.
But like any nation, South America had many aquatic monsters that already inhabited the rivers transformed into dungeons or the coastal regions.
The South American nations declared they lacked the capacity to handle those monsters alongside the Dungeon Break crisis.
They released most of the monsters that had been contained in the dungeons.
As mentioned, deliberately releasing monsters from a nation’s own territory to beyond its borders is strictly prohibited.
But now an exceptional circumstance—a Dungeon Break—had occurred.
Moreover, releasing dungeon monsters when resources are insufficient has been done covertly for some time.
With the Legendary Ruins monsters already consuming their attention, the South American nations figured they might as well reduce their worry over monsters that had long plagued them, and released them.
Of course, even if anti-Korean sentiment had emerged in South America, there was no guarantee the released monsters would reach Korea.
The Monster Luring Technique has its limits in controlling creature trajectories.
At best, it might guide them to stay as far from South America as possible.
Even working hard to send them out, monsters often returned.
Even if the Monster Luring Technique were skilled enough to guide creatures precisely across the Pacific to a specific nation, wouldn’t that be no different from declaring war?
Besides, Korea and South America are geographically very distant.
Monsters reaching Korea would be far less likely than arriving in other South American nations, or in North America or Central America above them.
That’s why other nations like the United States and Canada were already lodging fierce protests against South America—even more than Korea.
But the South American nations had released so many monsters.
So while the odds were slim, some individuals did indeed reach Asia.
The problem was that they happened to land on the Korean Peninsula—unluckily, right where Jeon Jae-woo’s parents lived.
Jeon Jae-woo had no intention of sitting idle.
Even if unintentional, they had placed his family in grave danger.
If there was anything he could do, he wanted to make sure those who had endangered his family paid the price.
Several days passed since the monsters released from South America first touched Korean soil.
Now, one day before the Legendary Dungeon Break would occur in Australia.
Unexpectedly, it was the South American nations that cried out once more.
For some reason, the monsters they had released were beginning to swarm back into South America.
A Transcendent Grade Hunter’s Dungeon Conquest Method
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