Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 57

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Episode 57
The abilities that Kat-si had gained anew from Heaven’s Box proved far more remarkable than expected.
Kat-si had brainwashed a fallen monster and turned it into her puppet.
And the brainwashed monster obeyed any command without question.
Naturally, it would have no awareness of having been brainwashed.
Unless someone else lifted the brainwashing, it would never escape.
“It seems like a tremendous ability, but why is the rank so low? It doesn’t even reach S-rank.”
[The time it takes for the characteristic’s effect to manifest is too long. The mental power consumption is also excessive. Above all, it remains uncertain just what level of monster can be brainwashed.]
After using the Grooming characteristic, Kat-si soon fell into sleep.
She did not wake for quite a considerable time afterward.
Even when I tried touching her, thinking she’d slept enough, she absolutely would not rise.
“If we raise her well, could we resolve such risks?”
[That would be so.]
But how exactly does one raise a Familiar properly?
I’d never kept a Familiar before, after all.
‘Should I look for a skilled Tamer somewhere?’
The Hunter Bureau might help if I asked.
“Meow.”
And the moment Kat-si awoke, she curled into her owner’s arms.
Come to think of it, maintaining this current state seemed better than letting her grow.
But the atmosphere in Korea was not good at all.
[Hunter Jeon Jae-woo Clears ‘Whisper of Soil’ Dungeon—News Breaks]
[Why Did He Aid Mongolia After Turkey?]
[Hunter Bureau Official Statement: ‘We Were Aware of Hunter Jeon Jae-woo’s Dungeon Clearance Beforehand, and There Was No Separate Transaction.’]
┗Seriously, why’d he clear the dungeon Mongolia was supposed to tackle out of nowhere?
┗He’s Hunter Jeon Jae-woo—it’s his choice. Let it be.
┗Nah lmaooo this is ridiculous. Shouldn’t he at least clear Korea’s dungeons first before taking off?
┗I heard he’s not clearing Korean dungeons at all. Is he trying to emigrate or something?
┗What are Korea’s Hunter Bureau people doing seriously. That’s clearly national wealth hemorrhaging and they do nothing.
The public’s reaction was naturally lukewarm.
A dungeon the Union had ordered Mongolia to clear had been suddenly cleared by a Korean hunter.
And not just any hunter—Korea’s finest, indeed the world’s strongest.
It would be one thing if he’d cleared Korea’s dungeons first and then helped.
But to ignore Korea’s dungeons and clear Mongolia’s instead left everyone baffled.
The Korean government was equally bewildered.
Yoo Jung-tae received an urgent summons from the President and arrived at Cheongwadae.
President Lee Hoe-chan questioned Yoo Jung-tae the moment he arrived.
“What’s the reason? Why did you suddenly clear a dungeon Mongolia was supposed to clear?”
“My apologies, Mr. President. I don’t know myself either.”
At Yoo Jung-tae’s reply, spoken with the tone of someone who’d transcended care, the Prime Minister let out an exasperated breath.
“How can the Hunter Bureau Director make such an irresponsible statement? There must be some countermeasure, surely? Is he really emigrating?”
What good would it do to condemn incompetence as irresponsibility?
And even if he were incompetent, not knowing meant not knowing.
If they were going to dismiss him, then dismiss him.
After all, if Korea were to name a suitable candidate for Hunter Bureau Director, there was no one better than Yoo Jung-tae.
“It’s beyond words. Korea barely scrapes by when our own dungeons are cleared for us, and now a foreign nation’s…”
“Could he be staging a protest over inadequate treatment?”
“No, we’ve already told him that we’d provide whatever he needs, yet he won’t sign off. Is he demanding we hand over the nation itself?”
“I don’t believe so. Even several months have passed since Hunter Jeon Jae-woo awakened, yet he’s never made any particular demands of the government.”
In truth, Korea had benefited considerably from Jeon Jae-woo’s deeds.
The President’s advisors exchanged words among themselves, then exhaled in unison.
It wasn’t a problem that could be solved through vigorous discussion.
Yoo Jung-tae felt the headache too.
If he had to venture one plausible theory, it would relate to Jeon Jae-woo’s characteristic.
The Hunter Bureau suspected that Jeon Jae-woo’s ability was likely Crafting-type.
“It’s not certain, but we believe there was likely material in the Mongolian dungeon that Hunter Jeon Jae-woo desired.”
“But even so…”
“Sigh…”
Unlike Korea, Mongolia felt as though she’d found a purse dropped on the street.
Or rather, as though she’d struck the first-prize lottery, or found a nugget of gold.
The Mongolian government sends its thanks to Jeon Jae-woo every single day.
The Korean government, though—their gratitude feels more like mockery, which only makes them angrier.
“We shouldn’t look at it so negatively. Haven’t the Mongolians already repaid us in various ways?”
Mongolia, of all places—as if there’s anything worth extracting from them that isn’t already negligible.
“Then in exchange for their repayment, how do we propose to tackle our own dungeons?”
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Time passed even after Jeon Jae-woo acquired Kat-si.
The entire world fumbles its way through clearing dungeons designated by the great powers—or rather, by the Union.
Unsurprisingly, most nations failed to meet the Union’s demands.
And those countries that couldn’t clear their dungeons apparently received some kind of penalty from the Union.
Even the superpowers likely never seriously believed that weak hunter nations would manage to clear unclaimed dungeons on their own.
They were just using world peace as an excuse to squeeze something out of them.
If resistance arose, physical force could simply crush it flat.
As a backlash, Korean media recently began publishing articles that hinted, more than subtly, that Jeon Jae-woo should step forward.
Hunter Jeon Jae-woo needed to act before Korea suffered massive losses.
Didn’t he feel sorry for his own countrymen suffering?
He’d grown up under the nation’s grace—how could he repay it like this?
Even animals know gratitude.
That was the general tone of such articles.
For the record, those articles were taken down almost immediately by an alarmed government.
Freedom of the press violation, they say?
Surely the nation’s survival takes priority over that.
Still, personally posted comments and replies on community boards hadn’t been blocked yet.
Not yet, anyway…
The Hunter Bureau hadn’t broached the subject of dungeon clearing with Jeon Jae-woo either.
These were Union-imposed dungeons, not system-generated ones, so the citizens’ lives weren’t in danger if they went uncleared.
They were doing their best not to burden him emotionally.
So Jeon Jae-woo spent his time simply sitting and handling Heaven’s Box.
Then, not long after, a call came from Director Yoo Jung-tae.
‘What’s this about?’
The man had gone quiet for a while, supposedly busy with dungeon clearings.
Jeon Jae-woo answered the phone.
[Hunter Jeon Jae-woo. I hope you’ve been well?]
“Yes, I’ve been doing fine.”
Though Yoo Jung-tae, the one asking, sounded anything but fine.
He seemed exhausted from the Legendary-grade Ruin clearings.
[I’m glad to hear that. Actually, there’s something I absolutely wanted to tell you about.]
“What is it?”
[It seems you don’t know yet—have you not been watching the news?]
“Ah… I’ve been focused on something else lately, so I haven’t been keeping up with the news.”
‘Is he finally calling to ask me to help with the dungeon clearings?’
But Yoo Jung-tae didn’t broach the subject of dungeon clearing at all.
[Your Union Ranking has been officially updated.]
‘Oh, that’s right—it’s time for the global rankings to refresh.’
He’d been staring at Heaven’s Box all day and forgotten about it.
Everything except Kat-si turned out to be a dud, but still.
“What position am I in?”
[You can check the site right now if you’d like, but Hunter Jeon Jae-woo, you’re ranked 2nd.]
Jeon Jae-woo’s eyes went wide as saucers.
At first, he thought he’d misheared or misunderstood.
“2, 2nd? Union Ranking 2nd?”
[Yes. 2nd place.]
Yoo Jung-tae stated it flatly, leaving no room for doubt.
Jeon Jae-woo was left gaping.
Surely he didn’t mean 2nd in Korea, or even 2nd in the Union standings.
2nd in the world? Out of all the active, established hunters across the globe?
When he fell silent, Yoo Jung-tae spoke again.
[Hunter Jeon Jae-woo, are you there?]
He finally collected himself and answered.
“Ah, I apologize. It didn’t feel quite real, so I was lost in thought for a moment.”
[It’s surreal, isn’t it? Honestly, it’s strange that you didn’t take first place. I was about to file a formal protest.]
“…Please, there’s no need for that.”
He was already in a precarious position, having to watch his step around the permanent members because of the dungeon situation. The last thing he needed was to create conflict.
He understood Yoo Jung-tae’s reasoning well enough, though he couldn’t fault the Union’s decision either.
Hunter rankings weren’t determined by combat power alone—they factored in the caliber of monsters hunted, the grade of dungeons cleared, and whether a hunter was well-socialized, among other criteria.
Even with extraordinary achievements, Jeon Jae-woo’s career was still too short, and his individualistic tendencies made a sudden leap all the way to first place improbable.
If anything, climbing straight to the second position was the more impressive feat.
Everyone involved in determining the rankings already knew it implicitly.
In terms of pure combat strength, Jeon Jae-woo stood above all hunters—active, retired, and everything in between.
In any case, Jeon Jae-woo had achieved something remarkable for South Korea.
From a national perspective, the fact that a top-ranked hunter at second place held Korean citizenship was no small cause for celebration.
The top hunters within the top ten were granted special privileges and authority officially by the Union.
When the news broadcast reported Jeon Jae-woo’s entry into the second ranking, the footage of parliamentarians from both ruling and opposition parties in the National Assembly suddenly erupting in unison kept replaying on screen.
[Congratulations, Hunter. And I must express my sincere gratitude that you are a citizen of South Korea.]
“I’m the one who should be grateful. Director.”
His thanks to Yoo Jung-tae weren’t mere formality—there was genuine feeling behind them.
The Hunter Bureau had smoothed the way considerably, making it far easier to clear dungeons efficiently.
[By the way, would you be interested in attending the ceremony?]
“A ceremony?”
[The President plans to hold a grand official event honoring hunters who have raised the nation’s standing. You’ll receive medals, of course, along with various benefits and prize money…]
Even so, he flatly declined participation in the official affair.
“I’m sorry. I’m quite busy with other matters. If you invite me another time, I’ll make sure to attend.”
[Ah, yes…]
He hadn’t even mentioned when the event was, yet he claimed to be busy. What business could possibly come up?
‘So he plans to say no no matter when we ask him next time, too.’
Yoo Jung-tae sounded terribly disappointed, though the refusal was hardly unexpected.
Even after becoming the world’s second-ranked hunter, Jeon Jae-woo still deeply disliked having his face known.
There was no helping it with the nation’s key figures, but there was no reason to let the general public know about him or for them to take interest in him.
And not long after, the six-week period allocated by the dungeon system came to an end.
A new distribution cycle for uncleared dungeons arrived.
Dungeon Conquest Methods for Transcendent-Rank Hunters
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