Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 45

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Chapter 45
Yu Jeong-tae called an emergency meeting with the senior executives of the Hunter Association.
The purpose was to devise a response strategy for the mass release of Monsters in South America.
Since the number of Monsters reaching the Korean Peninsula wouldn’t be particularly large, dealing with them presented no real difficulty.
“Then let’s pair up Hunters with at least B-rank characteristics and station them in key areas, conducting regular patrols.”
“Understood, Director.”
The ones who suffered most from the Monster release by South American nations were South America itself and the countries near it.
In truth, the real crisis that emerged for Korea from this incident lay elsewhere.
The parents of Korea’s greatest Hunter had been exposed to the threat of Monsters.
Fortunately, Jeon Jae-woo had taken appropriate measures—otherwise, a catastrophe would have unfolded.
Though security personnel had been carefully assigned to protect Jeon Jae-woo’s parents, they ended up being protected instead by the Summoned Creatures he’d stationed there.
‘Rather than gratitude toward the Hunter Association, their trust must have only fallen.’
Above all, the thought of what a Transcendent-rank Hunter might do if consumed with rage over his parents’ deaths was too terrible to imagine.
That he wielded multiple powerful Summoned Creatures with such a characteristic was remarkable no matter how many times one reflected on it.
Then one of the executives opened the meeting room door and reported to Yu Jeong-tae.
“Director. There’s a new matter to report.”
“Mm. What is it?”
“An additional issue has just emerged from South America.”
“South America again? What’s happened?”
Was there perhaps new information regarding the Ruin Break?
“The Monsters that the South American nations released are now returning.”
Yu Jeong-tae lifted an eyebrow.
Released Monsters returning like some regression phenomenon wouldn’t be particularly surprising.
The executive added an explanation to clarify the Director’s question.
“The thing is, every single Monster that was released is simultaneously returning to South America without exception.”
“What?”
“Moreover, even Monsters that had already arrived in other locations are returning to their original sites, putting the South American nations in quite a precarious position.”
Meanwhile, at the residence where Jeon Jae-woo lived.
Noboom, who had been away for a short while, had just returned to his master’s arms.
“Master! I’m back!”
“Ah. You’re already here? That was quicker than I expected.”
“It wasn’t all that difficult, after all.”
Noboom had set out alone somewhere, determined to resolve the Monster release problem so his master wouldn’t have to worry.
For Jeon Jae-woo, letting Noboom move about unsupervised was somewhat concerning.
More than one Hunter had faced legal trouble for carelessly allowing their Summoned Creatures to roam free.
“Fear not, Creator. How could mere humans possibly find a spirit unified with the world?”
“I suppose you’re right…”
In any case, Noboom returned after being away for about a day.
The fact that Noboom had come back didn’t immediately feel like anything had changed.
Only after seeing the news that came out shortly afterward did he sense what had occurred.
[Rare Phenomenon. Are the Monsters Released into the Sea Returning?]
[Ruins Inside, Dungeons Outside… South America Crumbles]
[South American Nations Union Joint Statement… Requesting the International Community’s Broad Mercy.]
Jeon Jae-woo, who had been watching the news impassively, was suddenly startled.
‘What? How did this actually happen?’
What method could Noboom possibly have employed to make all the released Monsters simultaneously return to their original locations?
However, Noboom had apparently exhausted his strength in carrying out this task and had entered an extended rest period.
His body had gone slack like something in hibernation, giving no response even when touched.
‘I’m dying to know, but I can’t exactly ask…’
In any case, South America’s situation had been dire, but international attention had long since moved on.
And a day later, a Ruin Break finally occurred in Australia.
Surprisingly, the Ruin Break in Australia didn’t pose a major problem.
True to its nature as a country with extremely low population density, there was abundant territory to lure Monsters away to.
Moreover, Australia, where a Ruin Break had now occurred for the third time, had thoroughly prepared countermeasures after witnessing the examples of the countries that had experienced Ruin Breaks before it.
As a result, despite Monsters from a Legendary-rank Ruin pouring out, Australia managed to minimize damage and contain the situation reasonably well.
Of course, even with the successful containment, the damage was far from negligible.
Monsters from the Legendary-rank Ruin were unleashed all at once, attacking people indiscriminately.
The assessment of having handled the crisis well stemmed from the result that hundreds of casualties had occurred in merely a single day.
Ultimately, no matter how much one discussed preparation and precaution, the best method to prevent a Ruin Break was undeniably to clear the Ruin before the Break occurred.
‘Though, that assumes clearing uncleared Ruins up to now would be easy.’
In any case, Oceania’s turn had passed.
Now the next continent would become the Ruin’s target.
At last, Asia—the continent containing the Korean Peninsula, where Jeon Jae-woo lived—had been selected.
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The Ruin system had finally set its sights on Asia.
[Legendary-rank Ruin—Asia allocation commences]
[One week remaining until Break. How are Asian nations responding?]
News articles flooded in from every country.
For the record, the Ruins weren’t allocated separately by East Asia, West Asia, North Asia, South Asia, and so forth.
Rather, it seemed all nations across the entire Asian continent were included at once.
The Ruin system apparently didn’t recognize the continent as Eurasia, even though it extended to Europe.
In any case, Asia was the most populous and geographically largest continent on Earth.
With so many nations involved, the Ruins allocated this time around were far more numerous than those in North or South America.
Each Asian nation prepared for the Ruin Break as scheduled.
China and India, long renowned as Asia’s preeminent powers, seemed confident they could tackle their allocated Ruins without issue.
Even if the Ruins had gone unconquered until now, both nations possessed formidable Hunters and, more importantly, an extraordinarily vast total Hunter population.
Simply deploying Hunters en masse into the Ruins would be sufficient to clear even an unconquered Legendary-rank Ruin.
Hunter powers like Russia and Japan, with comparable populations, found themselves in a more ambiguous position.
Though they possessed formidable Hunter forces, could they truly conquer a Ruin that had remained unconquered for twenty to thirty years using only their own strength?
They could seek foreign support, but it would be preferable to manage with their own capabilities if at all possible.
Russia, at least, had a relatively low population density, so if they failed to clear their Ruins, they could adopt a strategy similar to Australia’s—strategically directing the Monsters elsewhere.
Still, true to their status as great powers, they would attempt to clear their allocated Ruins independently.
Japan, by contrast, with its high population density, had to prevent the Ruin Break by any means necessary.
Should Legendary-rank Ruin Monsters descend all at once upon Tokyo, the catastrophe would exceed even the devastation of the atomic bombs that fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki long ago.
While nations like Russia and Japan could at least attempt to clear their Ruins, other countries—Taiwan, Mongolia, the Middle East—suffered in obvious distress.
So what of South Korea, where Jeon Jae-woo was staying?
In truth, Korea had maintained the most relaxed stance since the system first announced the Ruin Break.
Or rather, only the citizens felt that ease.
[Korea also receives Legendary-rank Ruin allocation. Name: ‘Rainy Night’]
[Ruin Clear plan? The Hunter Association will revise the specific strategy based on the Ruin’s characteristics.]
[What of Hunter Jeon Jae-woo? Can he clear a Legendary-rank Ruin?]
┗Why does the Legendary-rank Ruin have such a poetic name?
┗Whether it’s poetic or logical, what matters is whether we can clear it. I’m seriously freaked out.
┗The guy above should calm down. If you’re worried, just move to China or Russia.
┗If Jeon Jae-woo suddenly shows a Ruin Clear success notification right in front of us, that deserves a thumbs-up.
┗But honestly, I’m terrified he’ll leave Korea and go clear another country’s Ruin instead.
┗Jeon Jae-woo has family in Korea too, so he’ll clear Korea’s Ruin first, right?
Unlike the citizens resting easy, the Korean government felt a tremor of nervousness.
Shortly after the Korean Ruin was decided, President Lee Hoe-chan summoned Hunter Association Director Yu Jeong-tae to Cheong Wa Dae and asked him directly.
“What do you think, Director Yu? Can our nation clear a Legendary-rank Ruin on our own?”
“I apologize, Mr. President. I’m afraid it will be difficult.”
……
The moment the Hunter Association Director shook his head in denial, the President let out a long sigh.
The Legendary-rank Ruin allocated to Korea was called “Rainy Night”.
Literally, it was a Ruin with a rainy night as its setting, and aside from that, hunters simply needed to hunt the Monsters within it.
The Monsters that emerged from this Ruin were not particularly difficult compared to other Legendary-rank Ruins.
The Legendary-rank Ruins that appeared each week were ones humanity had overlooked due to competition with other nations.
Given sufficient time and committed forces, a typical Legendary-rank Ruin could certainly be cleared.
Yet the reason humanity had never conquered this particular Ruin was that finding the Monsters within it was extraordinarily difficult.
First, the Rainy Night Ruin was pitch-black darkness with neither moon nor stars, so dark that one couldn’t see even a hand’s breadth ahead.
Or rather, it wasn’t a matter of bright or dark—there was literally no light whatsoever.
This made it impossible for human eyes to locate the Monsters.
Meanwhile, unconcerned by the darkness, the Monsters lurked in the shadows or dove from the gloom to ambush Hunters with surprise attacks.
Hunters possessed extraordinarily keen senses beyond mere sight, but they could not claim superiority over Monsters that had evolved to thrive in darkness.
Even attempting to locate enemies using Mana detection instead of the five senses presented another problem.
It was the relentless, torrential rain that never seemed to cease.
The rain falling within the Ruin was no ordinary water—each raindrop carried Mana.
While not inherently threatening, it made detection impossible.
With thousands upon thousands of Mana fragments continuously striking the ground from all directions, how could one possibly sense the surrounding Monsters?
A Ruin seemingly designed to test human limits with senses completely severed from the world.
Powers like the United States or China could force their way through if they wanted to, but the effort required was simply too immense, so the Ruin had been left abandoned.
A Ruin of such difficulty that South Korea, possessing at best the minimum strength of a major power, could never hope to clear on its own.
The President’s lips moved constantly, as if his mouth had gone dry.
“Jeon Jae-woo will help us, won’t he?”
“I’ll do everything in my power to bring him in.”
There was no certainty in Yu Jeong-tae’s response.
Frankly, no one could be 100 percent sure that Jeon Jae-woo would help his homeland out of the goodness of his heart.
Meanwhile, at that very moment, Jeon Jae-woo checked the reward for the Legendary-rank Ruin allocated to Korea and frowned.
“Tsk. Additional Clear Rights aren’t much of a reward.”
Transcendent-Rank Hunter’s Guide to Ruin Clearing
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