Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 5

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Episode 5
-Whoooosh!
This time, Jeon Jae-woo entered the Legendary-tier Dungeon together with Myeolgyeop.
‘Wow. It’s amazing every time I experience it.’
The moment a Hunter connects to the Dungeon System and signals their intent to enter, they’re transported instantly.
If Earth had a Trait that granted this kind of spatial movement ability, it would absolutely have to be S-grade.
‘Ah, but I did awaken a Transcendent-grade Trait.’
In any case, this Legendary-tier Dungeon was called the Apostle of Death Altar.
Jeon Jae-woo had no idea who this “Apostle of Death” that the Dungeon’s name referenced actually was.
But judging from the name alone, he’d expected the Dungeon to create some kind of bleak atmosphere.
“……??”
Upon entering the Dungeon, Jeon Jae-woo was shocked—though for a different reason.
Instead of a gloomy sky, sunlight poured down from a brilliant blue expanse.
And before his eyes sat nothing but a single empty altar.
Ah, looking again, there were a couple of braziers on either side.
Beyond that were some stairs and what looked like a dais at the top, presumably for placing offerings…
‘…Is that really all?’
Jeon Jae-woo found it hard to believe.
It contrasted so sharply with the Ancient Golden Palace, the lowest-grade Dungeon he’d been to.
An entire palace made of gold seemed worth tens of millions of times more than this paltry altar.
Surely they weren’t expecting him to chip away at the stone blocks and sell them.
“Myeolgyeop. Were there monsters here too?”
[Yes, there were.]
The area around the altar was simply an empty wasteland.
Whatever else might be said, seeing the wide-open plain lifted his spirits.
“What kind of monster showed up?”
[A single skeletal knight, clad in full armor and wielding a longsword, was waiting for me.]
At Myeolgyeop’s matter-of-fact response, Jeon Jae-woo’s jaw dropped.
“A skeletal knight? You don’t mean a Skeleton Knight, do you?!”
A Skeleton Knight—among undead-type monsters, one of the highest-ranked species.
An undead so fearsome that it matched a single S-grade Hunter in power, striking terror into the hearts of all who faced it!
Now he understood why the Dungeon was named the Apostle of Death Altar.
Unlike the Ancient Golden Palace, where there were three thousand goblins, this Dungeon had spawned only a single, overwhelmingly powerful monster.
‘Wait. Hold on a second.’
Now that he thought about it, the difficulty scaling of Legendary-tier Dungeons made even less sense.
Of course, a Skeleton Knight was a powerful monster—equivalent to South Korea’s top S-grade Hunters.
But if a Legendary-tier Dungeon only spawned a single Skeleton Knight, the word “mere” couldn’t help but come to mind.
If a Legendary-tier Dungeon contained nothing but a monster equal to a single S-grade Hunter, then a single S-grade Hunter could somehow clear it.
Yet Legendary-tier Dungeons were explicitly designed so that even the most exceptional S-grade Hunters couldn’t possibly clear them alone.
Even the Hunter Association required large companies to pool their forces and tackle Legendary-tier Dungeons together.
If there was only one Skeleton Knight, the power difference hardly seemed significant compared to three thousand lower-tier goblins—or so it seemed.
Then Myeolgyeop hesitated for a moment before typing carefully.
[Actually… Creator. I believe there may be a misunderstanding. What I faced was not an ordinary Knight, but a Knight King.]
“? A Knight King?”
Jeon Jae-woo’s expression grew even more bewildered.
He’d heard of Skeleton Knights, but never of a Skeleton Knight King.
Did the Hunter Association’s monster records database even have an entry for it?
In any case, the title “Knight King” alone suggested it was far stronger than an ordinary Skeleton Knight.
And it meant Myeolgyeop—a monster far more powerful than an S-grade Hunter—had defeated it in single combat.
Jeon Jae-woo felt a chill: he was grateful Myeolgyeop had destroyed the Knight King before facing him.
Newfound respect for his golem, Jeon Jae-woo reached out and patted Myeolgyeop’s back.
“You’re truly something special. Really something else.”
[…Thank you, Creator.]
It was a golem incapable of genuine emotion, yet in this moment, the creature seemed oddly pleased—or was that just his imagination?
‘So the monster’s strength makes sense now, but what kind of reward is even supposed to be here?’
This place was just an empty wasteland save for a single altar.
‘Could the braziers on either side be something special?’
But the braziers were merely old and unremarkable.
He was seriously considering whether he should just dig up the ground to look for a mana vein when
Myeolgyeop suddenly pointed to the center of the altar.
[Creator. If you’re looking for the rewards obtainable from the dungeon, they’re over there.]
“??”
Jeon Jae-woo finally examined the altar closely.
Squinting and concentrating, he sensed something was indeed there.
The altar was so massive and sprawling that even if something sat at its center, it would look no bigger than a grain of sand.
Drawing near for a proper look, he saw it was armor.
—Whoooosh—!
The Obsidian Armor was emanating such an overwhelmingly dense wave of mana that he stumbled backward.
‘Good grief, that scared me.’
Could the Knight King or whatever else still be alive inside the armor?
Yet Jeon Jae-woo found himself mesmerized, picking up the armor and turning it over in his hands to examine it from every angle.
“Don’t tell me—”
[This is the armor the Knight King wore. When I defeated him, he and his sword crumbled to dust, but this armor alone remained.]
Ah. So this dungeon yielded a single item as a reward.
Of course, the type of rewards that manifest varies depending on the dungeon.
There are dungeons like the Ancient Golden Palace I visited before, where hunters can enter and harvest resources.
Then there are cases where only one or two rare items emerge.
Of course, getting just one or two items doesn’t mean you’ve drawn a blank.
Those one or two items are equivalent to condensing the value of vast quantities of mana resources from other dungeons into a single object—they’re invariably exceptional.
Jeon Jae-woo didn’t know everything about this Obsidian Armor, but the sheer intensity of mana radiating from it made clear this was no ordinary piece.
Still, curious, he asked Myeolgyeop about it.
“What do you think? Is this good armor?”
[Since I’m a combat unit, it’s difficult for me to execute instructions on explaining magical artifacts. But roughly speaking…]
Myeolgyeop’s explanation unfurled before his eyes like some academic thesis.
‘Well. That’s detailed enough.’
In any case, he was certain this armor was extraordinarily fine protective gear.
As the sole reward from a Legendary-tier dungeon, it was so precious that even if you offered every ounce of gold from the Ancient Golden Palace at a regular dungeon, you couldn’t come close to its value.
‘But there’s no way I’d actually use this thing.’
Given that Jeon Jae-woo’s Trait was Crafting, actually donning armor and fighting monsters made no sense.
Putting the armor on Myeolgyeop, who was a golem, seemed equally absurd.
Well, fine equipment could always be sold later to whoever needed it for a good price—might as well keep it safe for now.
“But why didn’t you bring this armor with you after clearing the Legendary-tier dungeon?”
[You instructed me only to eliminate the monsters, Creator. Should I start bringing all resources and rewards back with me going forward?]
“Oh, no. You did fine. Keep doing exactly as you have been.”
Jeon Jae-woo hurriedly shook his head, stopping Myeolgyeop in his tracks.
‘If I brought it back anyway, it’d just get stolen or lost. Better to leave it in the dungeon.’
If he actually thought about moving the entire Ancient Golden Palace to the real world as dungeon loot, it would be catastrophically messy.
So he’d left the Skeleton Knight’s armor in the Legendary-tier dungeon when he returned.
After all, the Apostle of Death Altar was now a dungeon only he could enter.
“Phew.”
Back on Earth, Jeon Jae-woo let out a long breath.
In just two days, an astonishing cascade of events had left his mind spinning.
‘First, let me calm down and sort through what’s happened.’
He’d suddenly awakened a Transcendent-grade Trait and obtained a Skill called Heaven’s Box.
Then something—divine will, perhaps—took over that Trait, and when he tested the ability by shaking soil from a potted plant at home into the box, out came an enormous golem.
That golem had single-handedly cleared an entire Legendary-tier dungeon, drawing the eyes of the entire world upon him.
“Phew…”
Jeon Jae-woo exhaled deeply once more.
To work as a hunter in South Korea—in fact, anywhere in the world—there’s one absolute requirement.
Hunter Registration with your country’s hunter authority.
If you’re caught operating without registration, you’re instantly classified as a criminal, no questions asked.
Moreover, the South Korean Hunter Association was surely scouring the earth right now for whoever had cleared a Legendary-tier dungeon within an hour of its announcement.
Of course, hunters aren’t technically obligated to notify the state which dungeons they’ve cleared.
But the moment you clear a dungeon, the Dungeon System stamps your nationality and name right into its records.
‘Whoever designed the Dungeon System had no business making it that way…’
That’s why news outlets immediately caught wind of Myeolgyeop’s dungeon clear and aired it as breaking news.
Right now, since Jeon Jae-woo hadn’t registered, they were just searching frantically.
But the instant he walked into the Hunter Association for an awakening assessment, there was a 99.99% chance of being exposed.
Even for a brand-new awakened person, the appearance of a Transcendent-grade Trait holder would be unmistakable.
And then his surroundings would become unbearably chaotic again.
Meanwhile, Myeolgyeop seemed displeased to see his master troubled by his own carelessness.
[Please do not worry too much. As long as I am here, I will ensure that no difficult situation ever befalls the Creator.]
“Still, I can’t help but worry. If word gets out that I’ve awakened a Transcendent-grade Trait, everyone will swarm me trying to scavenge scraps from the feast.”
[Should the nation ever turn hostile toward the Creator and bring about the worst catastrophe, I would destroy the very nation where you reside in order to protect…]
“Cough, cough, cough!!”
When Jeon Jae-woo choked and coughed violently, Myeolgyeop fell silent.
[M-Master. Are you all right?]
“Yeah, yeah. I’m fine. But please don’t go that far. I’m asking you—don’t do that.”
Hearing Myeolgyeop speak so casually about annihilating an entire nation, Jeon Jae-woo suddenly grasped just how overwhelmingly strong this being was.
After all, this was the creature who had conquered a Legendary-tier Dungeon in just one hour alone—a dungeon that required the deployment of multiple S-grade hunters to barely clear.
And he possessed not one but two Transcendent-grade Traits to boot.
“Right. Just asking out of curiosity, but when you cleared the Legendary-tier Dungeon, was the Skeleton Knight King strong?”
[The Knight King is a very formidable monster, but in a one-on-one battle under equal conditions, the probability of it defeating me is infinitesimally low.]
Hmm. As expected.
Jeon Jae-woo sat quietly for a moment, then rose and headed for the door.
[Master. Are you leaving?]
“Yeah. It’s a tedious matter, so I should handle it as quickly as possible.”
Thanks to Myeolgyeop, Jeon Jae-woo was able to make his way to the Hunter Association with a somewhat lighter step.
How a Transcendent-grade Hunter Conquers Dungeons
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