Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 58

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Episode 58
He’d upgraded his S-rank Sword Technique Trait to the next level, and met a new Summon named Catsy.
Then, a few days later—was Heaven’s Box keeping pace with Jeon Jae-woo’s growth?
The box had evolved once more. Or rather, it had become further unlocked.
He wasn’t sure exactly how much needed to be unlocked before it reached perfect form.
‘I wish the performance had improved a bit while it was upgrading.’
For Jeon Jae-woo, better performance meant one thing and one thing only: Summons appearing more frequently from Heaven’s Box than Magical Tools.
So when he saw the upgraded Heaven’s Box status window, he was startled.
[(Substantially Unlocked) Heaven’s Box – ???]
A weapon used in the great wars of ancient Earth. You can place any materials inside, and it will amplify the material’s performance by anywhere from several times to thousands of times, fusing them to create a new weapon. Some of its traits have been unlocked, and you may now use the capacity of two boxes simultaneously. Based on the combination ratio of materials, we will provide probability information on what the result will be.
The explanation added after the last sentence was the important part.
—Based on the combination ratio of materials, we will provide probability information on what the result will be.
In other words, it would indirectly tell him what kind of item would emerge from using the box.
Now he wouldn’t have to endlessly grind through the box until a Summon appeared.
He could put in materials, and if it looked like an unnecessary Magical Tool would come out, he could try something different instead.
“Yeah, this is it. This is exactly what I wanted.”
It wasn’t like a cooking recipe book that spelled out exactly how to make each Summon.
The range of targets that could be created with Heaven’s Box was essentially infinite.
For instance, say a Summon wielding a sword came out—a Golem or a Skeleton, whatever.
Even identical Summons holding the same sword could differ based on the color of the sword’s hilt.
There was no way to show all those countless possibilities like a combination chart.
Besides, Heaven’s Box was ultimately a random draw system.
Higher probability didn’t mean he could pin down exactly what would come out.
In any case, it seemed like this would be a tremendous help going forward when using Heaven’s Box.
‘…Come to think of it, do I have any more Summons left to draw?’
Jeon Jae-woo fell into thought for a moment.
“Hmm…”
Starting with Golems, then Skeletons, Spirits, Chimeras, Ego Swords, Familiars…
‘Honestly, isn’t there nothing left worth pulling from Heaven’s Box?’
The more he thought about it, the more the excitement drained away.
As a Tamer, he’d tamed most of the Summon types into reasonably strong specimens.
Other Tamers rarely carried around Summon types beyond these either.
He could make more Golems or Undead, but there was no need to create duplicates when he already had the same types.
Not unless a new individual appeared that overwhelmingly exceeded the specs of his current Summons.
But they already all had at least one Transcendent-grade Trait equipped as standard, so the odds of that were low.
‘In the end, it’d be better to spend that time upgrading existing Summons rather than creating new ones.’
Sure, fantasy-novel enthusiasts sometimes thought he hadn’t pulled Elves or Dwarves or Dragons yet.
But novels were just novels—such alien races didn’t exist on Earth, and intelligent beings like Elves or Dwarves never emerged from Heaven’s Box.
He’d keep using it to upgrade his current Summons, but since those Summons already belonged to him, the results were predetermined.
“When I really think about it… it’s not such a game-changing development after all.”
As he was sighing quietly, his phone rang from the Hunter Bureau.
[Yes, this is Jeon Jae-woo. Chief.]
The moment he answered, Yoo Jung-tae’s urgent voice came through.
[Jeon Jae-woo, have you seen the Ancient-grade Ruin assigned to Japan?]
“Yes. I was quite surprised. I never expected they’d start with Asia this time.”
[Have you confirmed any unusual details regarding the Ancient-grade Ruin?]
“Yes. I understand that Monsters will continue to appear until the Ruin is conquered…”
Six weeks had passed, and the Ruins were being assigned to nations across continents once again.
Contrary to everyone’s expectations, the first target turned out to be Asia.
He’d naturally assumed it would start with North American nations, just as it had in the first cycle.
From the perspective of Asian nations, it was like an unexpected windfall in the dead of night.
It seemed the order of Ruin assignments wasn’t fixed—it was random.
There was one more surprising thing to note.
An Unconquered Ancient-grade Ruin had been assigned to Asia.
Legendary-grade Ruins were the default assignment, but it appeared that at least one Ancient-grade Ruin was guaranteed to be assigned every cycle.
So which country in Asia had received the Ancient-grade Ruin assignment?
It was Japan, right next to the Korean Peninsula.
With the situation developing this way, Japan didn’t just flip out—it went into total shock.
“What in the world is happening?”
“Why of all places did an Ancient-grade Ruin have to be assigned to Japan!!”
Moreover, this time there was one additional unusual condition attached to the ruin conquest.
For Japan, it was decidedly bad news.
[Please note that until the Ancient-grade Ruin is conquered, the monsters within will be summoned to the territories of randomly assigned nations.]
“……”
The moment this notification appeared, Japanese hunters were beside themselves with despair.
The ruin system’s messages never lied.
Only minutes had passed since the Unconquered Ruin was assigned to various nations.
And already, monsters from the Ancient-grade Ruin began appearing across Japanese soil.
“Why is a giant squid in the middle of the street… Did it escape from an aquarium?”
“You idiot, that’s a squid-like monster! Run, now!!”
“S-somebody… help…!”
Squelch-squelch.
Several giant squid-like monsters appeared in Hokkaido.
People caught by the tentacle-like limbs had their life force drained and withered like mummies.
About an hour later, in Kyushu.
Fish-like monsters with sharp horns resembling swordfish surfaced and thrashed on the ground.
With remarkable jumping power, they skewered people on their horns and carried them like kabobs.
“Aaaaahhh…”
“P-please… help…”
Some of those impaled on the horns still clung to life.
Soon, hunters who caught sight of the monsters came running.
“There! The monsters are over there!”
“Everyone hurry! Mages and archers, open fire with ranged attacks!!”
“Sir, Captain. There are people stuck on the horns… What do we do?”
“They’re already skewered—what do you mean ‘what do we do’? You want to retrieve corpses in this situation?!”
“Wait, no… they’re still alive, don’t shoot…”
Those transformed into kabobs spoke with fading voices, but no one heard.
They were engulfed by the barrage of Flame Magic unleashed by the mage hunters and turned to ash in a blaze of glory.
Flop-flop.
And regrettably, the fish monsters were not defeated by that attack.
With Ancient-grade Ruin monsters appearing at random like this, the hunter superpower of Japan seemed on the verge of collapse.
[Yes, this is Tokyo. We can see a snake-like monster currently coiling around Tokyo Tower and attempting to topple it…]
[A-rank and below hunters have been dispatched but were annihilated—support from an S-rank Hunter is urgently needed…]
[Ah! A new monster has just been confirmed appearing in the city! It appears to be quite massive.]
Jeon Jae-woo switched off the TV where the correspondents were reporting.
Just watching blood spray across the screen from all directions made his stomach turn.
‘Come to think of it, I’ve never actually witnessed people dying before.’
He’d only hunted monsters, and even then, his Summons had done most of the work.
Japan couldn’t just recklessly charge into the ruin to conquer it—not with monsters appearing and threatening citizens.
No matter how powerful a nation Japan was, it couldn’t conquer an Ancient-grade Ruin alone, one that had remained Unconquered for over a decade.
A hasty attempt would only squander their military resources.
So Japan had immediately sent an SOS to Korea.
Naturally, since Jeon Jae-woo was the second-ranked hunter in the World Ranking and a South Korean citizen.
Though it remained to be seen whether Jeon Jae-woo would cooperate willingly.
In any case, Yoo Jung-tae relayed Japan’s position to Jeon Jae-woo word for word, without the slightest error.
[…And that’s why Japan has requested cooperation.]
“That was fast. Not even a day has passed.”
[The situation is urgent, which is why I wanted to ask whether you might have the capacity to assist Japan.]
Of course, the Korean Peninsula had also been assigned a Legendary-grade Ruin.
They needed to devote their full strength to resolving the Unconquered Legendary-grade Ruin issue.
Under normal circumstances, there would be no time to spare worrying about a neighboring country’s disaster.
Yet if an Ancient-grade Ruin had been assigned to Japan, it couldn’t simply be ignored.
The Japanese archipelago sat right next to the Korean Peninsula, and marine creatures were spawning as the monsters.
If they delayed and all those creatures poured out at once, it would cause grave problems for South Korea as well.
“Hmm…”
[……]
A sound of contemplation came through the receiver.
Yoo Jung-tae swallowed involuntarily.
“…Which course of action would be best for the Bureau Director, or rather, for the Hunter Bureau of South Korea?”
[Well, naturally, if you have the capacity, it would be better to help.]
“Sure, I’ll help you out and then head back.”
[Really? Thank you so much! Thank you, truly, Hunter!!]
Jeon Jae-woo thought this man’s voice sure did shift wildly depending on his mood.
‘Easy to read what he’s thinking.’
“In exchange, though—think we can extract something from Japan? I don’t like working for free.”
[Of course, of course! We absolutely must extract something. I’m planning to squeeze them thoroughly, so just trust me, Hunter.]
Though maybe not squeeze them to the bone.
Come to think of it, the Korean Hunter Bureau probably didn’t have great relations with Japan.
Not long after Jeon Jae-woo became a Hunter, Japan had openly targeted him alongside the United States.
Yet even so, this time they seemed determined to do their best to lend support.
Myeol-geop, listening to the call beside his master, displayed a notification window with a doubtful expression.
[You intend to help? According to my analysis, the rewards from ruin conquest aren’t additional Conquest Tokens, are they?]
‘There aren’t that many Ancient-grade Ruins left in an unconquered state anyway.’
Even if he conquered all the remaining Ancient-grade Ruins, he’d still have several conquest attempts left over.
He’d used so many additional Conquest Tokens up until now.
[Ah. Hunter Jeon Jae-woo. Perhaps you could also tackle the Legendary-grade Ruin assigned to our country? Two birds with one stone, so to speak.]
“Sure. I’ll do that.”
[……!!]
Yoo Jung-tae felt tears welling up at Jeon Jae-woo’s ready acceptance, so different from before.
[Thank you, Hunter. Truly, from the bottom of my heart. *sob* I don’t know how to repay such kindness.]
He didn’t want to hear the man getting weepy, so Jeon Jae-woo hoped he’d end the call soon.
After finishing the call, Jeon Jae-woo immediately began preparing to enter one of Japan’s Ancient-grade Ruins.
‘Better wrap this up before things get any messier.’
Though if there were marine creatures, he’d have to fight in the water—he wondered if that’d be manageable.
Transcendent-grade Hunter Ruin Conquest Strategy
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