Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 53

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Chapter 53
Jeon Jae-woo drew his sword the moment he stepped into the Ruin, scanning his surroundings.
“Hm…”
The sound of wonder escaped him, but with an edge different from before.
The Legendary Grade and Ancient Grade Ruins he’d explored until now had carried a sense of grandeur and imposing majesty, danger aside.
This Ruin’s interior was simply… repugnant.
As a human, as a living creature, he felt a visceral revulsion.
‘Can they even call this a Ruin?’
Mana resources? Rare items?
He couldn’t even begin to guess what rewards awaited at the end.
His Summoned Entities, by contrast—being lifeless—seemed untroubled by the atmosphere.
“Master, is something bothering you? You look unwell.”
“No, it’s fine. Don’t worry about it.”
The dimness overhead, the ground beneath his feet—neither emanated even a whisper of vitality.
It was the kind of landscape one might imagine encountering on a dead world drifting through the void.
And the creatures dwelling here matched that desolate backdrop perfectly.
They reminded him of a species from an old war game that had once dominated Korean popular culture.
*Squelch-squelch.*
‘What are those? Mucous?’
No—they looked like tentacles, severed and moving independently, worm-like in their writhing.
They crawled across the ground with all the grace of earthworms.
No-bum had used Nature Integration to pinpoint every Monster in the vicinity.
Though scattered and separated, those creatures formed a single, unified swarm.
“I’ve located the mother body controlling the hive-mind—the Parasite’s brain. Unless we eliminate it, these worms will keep regenerating no matter how many we cut down.”
“Well done, No-bum.”
He’d expected as much. Clearing an Ancient Grade Ruin was proving to be no trivial task.
[This level of Ruin remains within our collective capacity, but the real problem, Creator, is you.]
“Wait, why am I the problem?”
“If you’re infected—if the worms take you over—then our combat strength, our everything becomes meaningless.”
Ah. Right.
For parasites and Summoned Entities alike, the fall of their head meant the end of all.
‘If that’s the case, why bring me at all? Why not just send the Summoned Entities?’
But ever since Myeol-geop had become a nationally—no, globally renowned Hunter, she had flatly refused to be separated from Jeon Jae-woo.
“But you lot are fine, right?”
“Why worry? We’re practically predators to creatures of this type.”
‘Ah. Right.’
He’d been fretting needlessly.
All of Jeon Jae-woo’s Summoned Entities were inanimate—Homunculi, Golems, and Undead.
Parasites could only puppet and drain life force from living creatures.
What life force could they possibly drain from a Golem or Undead corpse?
‘As for No-bum… being an artificial spirit, I’m not sure.’
Myeol-geop gathered Mana, preparing for combat.
[In any case, keeping the Creator close is safer than splitting our forces.]
“Close? I can pull my weight in a fight, thanks.”
“With just one S-rank Trait, what weight are you pulling in an Ancient Grade Ruin? Keep quiet unless you fancy dying.”
……
He’d thought he’d grown considerably stronger, even with just the S-rank Trait.
But he had no idea how much more power he’d need to truly hold his own among these beings.
It felt like he was on the verge of grasping something—just a little further.
‘What am I missing? Combat experience?’
*Squelch-squelch.*
Meanwhile, the Parasites sensed the arrival of a new presence and began converging.
True to their nature, the moment they detected a suitable host, they lunged forward.
Tentacles that had been creeping across the ground suddenly sprang into the air, targeting Jeon Jae-woo.
*Slice!*
Myeol-geop’s Wrist Blade, emerging from her wrist, severed the Parasite mid-leap.
In that same instant, the other parasites nearby froze.
*Squelch-squelch-squelch.*
They registered the threat and surged toward them as one.
‘Ugh. Disgusting.’
Of all the beasts I’ve hunted so far, this one tops the list in sheer repugnance.
Jeon Jae-woo’s summoned entities moved into combat formation at once.
The Lich King muttered an incantation and summoned a squadron of skeletal knights.
Myeol-geop deployed several drones in a perimeter around Jeon Jae-woo.
No-bum created multiple clones to serve as support units.
Thanks to the summoned entities’ additional forces, their numbers swelled considerably.
‘At this rate, we might actually manage it.’
With so many allies surrounding him now, Jeon Jae-woo felt a reassuring sense of strength in numbers.
But moments later, he had to revise his assessment.
Tens of thousands—no, far more—parasites were pouring toward them in a relentless tide.
“What the hell?”
This must have been why the European Union’s assault team had failed.
Jeon Jae-woo infused his Ego Sword with Sword Energy Reinforcement.
Then, in the Transcendence Ruin, Jeon Jae-woo’s party and the swarm of parasites collided.
***
Several hours had passed since combat began.
Jeon Jae-woo’s party was advancing, albeit slowly but steadily.
Summoned entities were certainly the parasites’ natural enemy.
The parasites’ ability to infiltrate living creatures and turn them into puppets proved far less effective against inanimate objects.
‘This might be easier than expected.’
Yet the parasites proved remarkably intelligent.
They quickly realized that infestation couldn’t take hold in golems or the undead, so they shifted their target to Jeon Jae-woo—the only truly living being among them.
This was why the summoned entities, despite their slow progress in clearing enemies, never left their master’s side and continued moving alongside him.
Should Jeon Jae-woo be infested by the parasites and lose control, it would be the end for them too. They had to protect him no matter what.
The Lich King chanted while advancing, and spoke up.
“I’m starting to think leaving the Creator behind might have been the right call.”
[There must always be someone watching over the Creator, wherever he goes. Especially in times as precarious as these.]
Myeol-geop had no intention of leaving his master’s side under any circumstances.
“Don’t worry! Whatever happens, I’ll protect you, Master!”
No-bum, perched atop his master’s head, spoke with absolute confidence.
In fact, No-bum’s trait was the most critical to this ruin’s conquest.
With No-bum’s Purification trait, even if a parasite infested the body, it could be expelled.
Should Jeon Jae-woo be infested at the outset, they could treat him immediately.
Still, breaking through their encirclement proved difficult even with Myeol-geop’s Annihilation Trait putting in full effort.
‘So this really is the hardest Ancient-grade Ruin after all.’
The parasites’ numbers only kept growing.
Soon the wave of tentacles rolling toward them felt like a tsunami bearing down on them.
[…I was hoping to save this for when we reached the enemy’s head. But it can’t be helped.]
Myeol-geop’s right arm emitted a mechanical whine as it transformed into a Cannon.
It had been quite a while since seeing that particular form of artillery.
It wasn’t a weapon he deployed without good reason.
The instant Myeol-geop released the condensed energy he’d been building in his arm—
Kaboom-crack-crack-crack-BOOM!!!
The entire wave of tentacles rushing in from ahead was obliterated in a heartbeat.
‘…That firepower never disappoints, I’ll give him that.’
The other parasites nearby seemed startled and froze for a moment.
“Let’s move while we have the opening. Creator.”
“I’m on it.”
Jeon Jae-woo’s party charged forward again toward where the parent parasite lay.
And shortly after, Jeon Jae-woo spotted his target.
The parasite’s parent body was shaped like a sphere—as if all the tentacles had converged into a single mass.
Sitting alone in the midst of a vast plain, the parent body continued to writhe and expel new parasites in all directions.
“Ugh. My stomach’s turning.”
It was so repulsive that merely looking at it made him want to retch.
“My stomach feels queasy too.”
“You’re a spirit. Why would you—?”
“Are you discriminating against spirits right now, Master?”
While Jeon Jae-woo bickered with No-bum, Myeol-geop and the Lich King discussed how to eliminate the parasite’s main body.
“Myeol-geop. Is there a way to annihilate that mass?”
[It doesn’t have a particular organ serving as a heart or core. That sphere itself is essentially the parasite’s brain. Destroy all of the brain, and the parasites won’t be able to move anymore.]
The only strategy is to pound it with firepower until it’s completely destroyed.
[Leave the destruction to me. Just keep the Creator safe.]
“Don’t worry about the Creator. I’ll protect him properly.”
In an instant, mechanical sounds rang out as all manner of weapons hidden within Myeol-geop’s body emerged into view.
[Then I shall take my leave, Creator.]
“Go. I’m counting on you.”
Myeol-geop rushed alone toward the Parasite’s main body.
‘Myeol-geop never lets me down.’
Among all his summoned entities, Myeol-geop was the most reliable.
Meanwhile, even after Myeol-geop charged forward, the severed tentacles kept pouring in.
Jeon Jae-woo drew his sword and fought alongside his summoned entities.
They came from all directions, but it was manageable enough.
—Crack.
“??”
But in that moment, he’d let his guard slip.
—Crunch.
A single tentacle burst through the ground and erupted beneath Jeon Jae-woo’s feet.
Startled, he leaped high to evade, only to realize his mistake mid-air.
In his panic, he’d scrambled up onto a hovering drone, making himself an easy target for the Parasite.
The Lich King cried out in alarm.
“Protect the Creator!!”
A drone stationed by Myeol-geop fired a Mana Cannon at the surging tentacles.
Skeleton knights swung their blades, severing the tendrils as they came.
But the sheer number of Parasites flooding forward was overwhelming.
They surged from all sides, and he couldn’t drop back down.
With an insect-like grace belying its nature, the creature’s jumping power drew closer and closer, and the summoned entities paled.
“M-master’s in danger…!”
“No-bum! The moment the Creator falls, be ready to cast Purification!”
“…!!”
Jeon Jae-woo’s mind seemed to freeze in that instant.
‘What do I do?’
An enormous number of tentacles surging from all directions.
He had to slash with his sword, but there were so many he couldn’t even count them.
Jeon Jae-woo had no special traits related to perception.
Relying only on the five senses—sight among them—he couldn’t register all of what was bearing down on him.
Suddenly, advice Myeol-geop had once given him during sword training came to mind.
[If you could only sense through Mana Detection, it would help far more than relying on your five senses.]
The problem was that Mana Detection was far harder than relying on the five senses everyone possessed from birth.
Yet humans had the capacity to maximize their potential when danger struck.
In a fleeting gap, Jeon Jae-woo closed his eyes.
And he stopped focusing on all his other senses as well.
To feel only the Mana of the beings surrounding him.
Concentrating solely on that single thing, he grasped his sword once more.
—A resonant hum…!!
Sword Energy blazed with light from the blade.
〈???〉 – Bound to (Jeon Jae-woo)
Description – A Divine Sword with consciousness that serves its master and cuts all things beneath heaven while protecting him. If the user’s realm is not sufficiently advanced, the sword’s true performance cannot be properly realized.
Type – Ego Weapon
Traits – Sword Energy (A). Sword Energy Reinforcement (S). Different Energy Sword Technique (SS). Divine Sword Unity (Sealed). Sword Spirit (Sealed). Mind Sword (Sealed).
At the same time, a new S-rank Trait sealed within the Ego Sword was released.
Transcendence-Grade Hunter’s Ancient-Grade Ruin Strategy Guide
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