Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 52

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Episode 52
[Transcendence Dungeon Conquest Failed!]
[Hunters still alive in the dungeon, held by Parasites.]
[Per dungeon system rules, no additional entries permitted for rescue. Expert assessment.]
Word came that the European Union had failed to conquer the Transcendence Dungeon.
└Europe’s done for. What now?
└Why do we care? It’s not our problem anyway.
└It is our problem. Our hunters are trapped in there.
└As long as Jeon Jae-woo comes out fine, who cares?
└But why isn’t Jeon Jae-woo stepping up this time? Didn’t he agree to handle Ancient-grade Ruins?
The news hit the European Union like a thunderbolt from a clear sky.
The dungeon conquest had been an all-out effort staking Europe’s fate, yet it had failed cleanly.
With less than half the time limit remaining, there was no margin for another attempt.
Now the pressing question was where in the European Union the monsters from the Ancient-grade Ruin would emerge.
And how to draw out those parasites.
Meanwhile, the supporting nations had also gone into emergency mode because the hunters who’d entered the dungeon couldn’t escape and were now trapped.
A hunter caught in danger during a dungeon conquest can simply leave.
But some hunters, caught off guard for a moment, had parasites burrow into their bodies and become hosts, trapping them inside.
Among them were numerous Korean hunters who’d gone to support the European Union.
The Korean Hunter Association was shocked when the news reached them.
Because Kim Yu-min, Korea’s S-rank Characteristic holder, had also been trapped in the dungeon.
Originally, Korea hadn’t intended to send S-rank hunters on this support mission.
Already suffering from manpower shortages, they couldn’t spare a few precious S-rank hunters, no matter how allied the nation.
They’d meant to send a few elite hunters with A-rank Characteristics and call it done.
But Korea couldn’t ignore the international pressure.
The reason was none other than Jeon Jae-woo’s existence.
When Jeon Jae-woo—whom everyone expected to step up—gave no response, international perception of Korea soured.
With an Ancient-grade Ruin posing a Break-level threat, it was only right that Jeon Jae-woo should take moral responsibility.
Regardless of the logic, the Korean government couldn’t stay silent while facing such scrutiny, and unless they sent Jeon Jae-woo, they had to show at least some good faith.
They reluctantly agreed to send just one S-rank hunter from their own ranks.
But of all people, that S-rank hunter, Kim Yu-min, had been trapped in the dungeon.
‘Damn it. Hell.’
Yoo Jung-tae cursed under his breath.
It might have been different if they’d sent Han Sung-jae, the magic-type hunter.
Though honestly, infected by a parasite and trapped in the dungeon meant she was practically dead.
‘I can’t give up like this.’
She was an S-rank hunter—if any chance remained, they had to save her.
Kim Yu-min had about five remaining attempts at the dungeon.
Currently, only a handful of S-rank hunters were active in the country.
Jeon Jae-woo was the only Transcendent-rank hunter, active or retired.
Losing Kim Yu-min in this situation would be a massive blow.
“…What are the odds that Hunter Kim Yu-min is still alive?”
“Since the conquest failed recently, she should be alive. The Parasite monsters infest the mind and body, using them as puppets.”
They’d use her as a puppet until she was thoroughly broken, then discard her corpse.
“If we don’t rescue her soon, even an S-rank hunter won’t last long. Director. You have to make a decision…”
……
But the Korean Hunter Association alone had no way to save Kim Yu-min.
All the hunters who’d entered the conquest with intact limbs had already escaped.
The dungeon could be conquered separately at other times, but it couldn’t accommodate additional forces while already under siege.
Even if they went back in, Korea’s hunters alone would be nowhere near capable.
Ultimately, to save the trapped hunters, they had to conquer the dungeon as fast as possible.
‘Who the hell is going to conquer it?’
There was talk of the affected nations banding together since the trapped hunters came from multiple countries.
But even that combined effort wasn’t enough for a dungeon of this caliber.
Other nations spoke of doing their best to save their own hunters, but they had no real intention of doing so.
They’d simply write them off as acceptable losses.
Of course, the families of hunters who’d entered the Transcendence Dungeon and died or been trapped were now in despair.
Director Yoo Jung-tae had just finished a call from Kim Yu-min’s parents, during which he’d been thoroughly cursed out.
Another executive cautiously spoke up.
“Director. Rather than sitting idle, wouldn’t it be better to contact Hunter Jeon Jae-woo?”
“……”
Yoo Jung-tae slowly reached for his phone.
In truth, he’d known from the moment the incident broke.
In this situation, Jeon Jae-woo was the only person the Hunter Bureau could lean on.
And to secure his help, he had to make the offer worth his while.
***
Jeon Jae-woo heard of the failed dungeon conquest within a matter of hours.
Yoo Jung-tae, who’d placed the call, came to find him in person that same day to elaborate on the situation.
And he went down on his knees to beg.
Please, he implored, save the Korean Hunters trapped inside the dungeon.
Jeon Jae-woo listened to Yoo Jung-tae’s account with a flat expression.
He honestly doubted whether the Hunters could even be saved at this point.
They weren’t simply trapped in the dungeon—they’d surely become puppets of the Monsters.
Yet Jeon Jae-woo, surprisingly, agreed to Yoo Jung-tae’s request without hesitation.
He decided to clear the Transcendence Dungeon, rescue the people, and prevent the disaster unfolding in Europe.
“All right, everyone get ready before we head in.”
But his summoned creatures’ reactions were decidedly unenthusiastic.
It seemed the dungeon’s difficulty far exceeded anything they’d conquered before.
[Creator. Do you truly need to enter such a perilous dungeon? The clearing reward isn’t even an Additional Dungeon Clear Permit, is it?]
“Come now. Fellow countrymen are trapped in there—of course I should go help.”
Myeol-geop fell momentarily silent, unable to find words for such an unconvincing answer.
Since when had his master possessed such patriotic fervor?
-Tsk, tsk. That my master would fall for something as simple as national duty—it’s utterly exasperating…
Jeon Jae-woo sheathed Ego Sword before he could finish his complaint.
The Lich King chuckled with amusement.
“You elders understand youth so little. If you ask me, the Creator here’s smitten with one of his peers trapped in that dungeon. At this age, young people always get the urge to play the white-horsed prince from a fairy tale. I understand, Creator.”
“That’s not it, so please stop spouting nonsense, old timer.”
One could argue that if Jeon Jae-woo had simply cleared the dungeon from the start, none of this would have happened.
When Jeon Jae-woo initially declared he wouldn’t clear the Transcendence Dungeon, the European Union seemed quite taken aback.
Without any real basis, they’d apparently assumed that since an Ancient-grade Ruin had been assigned to them, Jeon Jae-woo would naturally step forward.
The media had churned out a torrent of articles in a single day, all predicting positively that Jeon Jae-woo would cooperate.
Yet he drove the point home: he would not clear the dungeon.
In truth, he was afraid.
Myeol-geop alone, despite possessing two Transcendent-grade Traits, admitted he was helpless against it.
After that, not only Europe but the entire world issued statements criticizing Jeon Jae-woo and the Korean Hunter Association.
Whether they genuinely believed it or were merely prodded by public pressure within their own nations, he couldn’t say.
In any case, the European Union’s stance had made a complete about-face once the conquest attempt failed.
Now all their critical statements had vanished, replaced by desperate pleas for Jeon Jae-woo to save them.
Yoo Jung-tae personally relayed the European Union’s new position to him as well.
They promised an extraordinarily generous compensation.
Europe’s major powers had accumulated quite a few Additional Dungeon Clear Permits over the years,
and Yoo Jung-tae told him they’d hand over every single one as payment for clearing this dungeon.
Jeon Jae-woo’s eyes widened in genuine surprise.
“Really?”
“Yes. If you clear the dungeon, we’ll transfer all of it to you, including any additional byproducts that emerge.”
Now Jeon Jae-woo’s interest was truly piqued.
When the Transcendence Dungeon was first assigned to the European Union, they’d offered him merely a single Conquest Token as compensation.
Furthermore, it came with the condition that he’d split the byproducts—Monster corpses and the like—with the European Union.
Even if Jeon Jae-woo cleared the dungeon entirely on his own.
With such meager terms, there was no way he’d clear it.
He didn’t know exactly how many Additional Dungeon Clear Permits the European Union had accumulated, so he couldn’t calculate the precise number,
‘but they must have stashed away something, so it’s got to be at least two or more.’
Jeon Jae-woo immediately accepted the proposal to clear the Transcendence Dungeon.
Of course, this time too, Jeon Jae-woo intended to enter the dungeon alone.
Naturally, this drove Yoo Jung-tae to exasperation.
“Y-you’re not planning to enter the dungeon alone again, are you?”
“Yes. Strictly speaking, not alone—my summoned creatures will be with me.”
“But you just said the conquest was so difficult, that you thought it’d be too hard, and that you weren’t going to clear it! This time, wouldn’t it be better to join forces with other Hunters…”
“We’ll manage somehow. If it seems like we can’t, I’ll make another attempt afterward.”
“……”
Yoo Jung-tae closed his mouth quietly.
So it was clear—he hadn’t avoided entering the Transcendence Dungeon out of fear of its difficulty, but because the price the European Union offered didn’t satisfy him.
In any case, Yoo Jung-tae had organized Jeon Jae-woo’s position well and conveyed it to the European side.
The European Union had felt somewhat reassured by the news that Jeon Jae-woo would take it on, but they’d requested reconsideration of his intention to clear the ruin alone.
However, Jeon Jae-woo’s stance remained stubborn, and besides, it was the European Union that was burning with urgency.
Now there wasn’t much time left before the Break countdown ended.
In the end, the European Union decided to entrust the entire conquest of the ruin to Jeon Jae-woo.
Jeon Jae-woo finished his preparations before entering the ruin.
The European Union had also compiled the information they’d gathered over time and passed it to Jeon Jae-woo to aid the conquest.
But Jeon Jae-woo shoved the materials the Union had made into a corner.
No-bum’s information obtained from the ruin using his Nature Characteristic was far more accurate and useful anyway.
After having No-bum help him understand nearly everything about the ruin, Jeon Jae-woo rose to his feet.
“All right. Shall we go?”
To obtain the Additional Dungeon Clear Permit… no, to save the people trapped in the ruin and protect the European continent from danger.
“Don’t any of you die.”
[The Creator need only concern himself with his own life.]
With that, Jeon Jae-woo entered the Transcendence Dungeon at a point with three days remaining until the ruin’s Break.
How a Transcendent-rank Hunter Conquers a Ruin
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