Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 59

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Episode 59
The Ancient-grade Ruin assigned to Japan: the Abyss.
Jeon Jae-woo entered the ruin with his summoned creatures at Japan’s request.
[Abyss Exploration Condition: Defeat all monsters present in the ruin (0/381)]
True to its name, the Abyss opened onto a vast ocean stretching in all directions.
Gazing down at the fathomless teal sea, his stomach churned and his head swam with vertigo.
Come to think of it, shouldn’t a place called the Abyss be centered around a pond?
But there wasn’t a scrap of solid ground to be found anywhere—just endless sea as far as the eye could reach.
Nothing was visible at first glance, but Jeon Jae-woo’s senses had grown sharp enough now that he could sense it.
A considerable swarm of monsters was converging from the sea directly beneath his feet.
Before engaging in full combat, he checked on his summoned creatures’ condition.
“You can all move around without problems, right?”
“Yes, Master!”
[Flight Ability is being maintained without issue.]
Myeol-geop and No-bum answered simultaneously to their master’s question.
The Abyss ruin was surrounded by ocean in every direction.
You couldn’t fight on the sea’s surface the way you’d walk on solid ground—Flight Ability was essential.
That was precisely why it had earned such a notorious reputation.
Even hunters with powerful Traits found themselves swimming through combat if they lacked the ability to fly.
Jeon Jae-woo himself had no Flight-related Trait, but fortunately he’d recently awakened an additional Trait from the Ego Sword, allowing him to stand atop the blade and maintain balance while airborne.
‘Oh. This is more manageable than I thought.’
Balancing had seemed like it would be difficult, but it turned out not to be so hard after all.
Flying around on the blade was actually quite exhilarating.
The Ego Sword, however, seemed deeply displeased at being used as a footrest.
—How dare you reduce this noble form to a mere stepping stone! Does this so-called warrior have no respect for his own weapon?!
Jeon Jae-woo had long since learned to ignore the Ego Sword’s outbursts.
For Myeol-geop, the all-purpose golem, flying was child’s play—no problem there.
No-bum appeared slime-like but was actually a nature spirit itself, drifting effortlessly through the air.
Mutant and Catshee, however, lacked combat utility here and had no Flight Ability, so he’d left them at home.
He’d also left the Lich King, who had no independent Flight Ability, to guard the house with the others.
Without Flight Ability, they’d only be dead weight in this place.
The Lich King had been quite disappointed about not being able to come along.
‘Hmm. If flight’s the problem, next time I’ll create a skeleton that can actually fly.’
‘A skeleton that’s nothing but bones flying around? Where would we even find one like that?’
‘Oh, there are plenty. A bone dragon, for instance.’
Still, the absence of the Lich King, one of his core forces, did give him some cause for concern.
“Will this be enough, though?”
“What do you mean?”
“I’m asking if clearing the ruin will be possible without the Lich King.”
No-bum spoke with complete confidence that there would be no problem.
“Myeol-geop and I together are more than enough!”
In truth, having No-bum fight alongside him would be more reassuring than the Lich King’s presence.
Before evolving into the Lich King, Myeol-geop had cleared an Ancient-grade Ruin alone.
Besides, a considerable number of the monsters that had existed in this ruin were currently being summoned to Japan even as they spoke.
So the difficulty should be somewhat lower than it would be under normal conditions.
“Is there anything I can help with?”
[Please refrain from sudden movements to avoid drawing the monsters’ attention. And if you carelessly jump about like last time and become monster food, we’ll have a real problem.]
“Right… sorry.”
Even after awakening his S-rank Trait, Jeon Jae-woo remained merely something to be protected in Myeol-geop’s eyes.
He decided to keep quiet and stay out of the way rather than pretending to help and creating a nuisance.
—Grrrraaaagh…
Soon enough, Jeon Jae-woo’s eyes widened in surprise.
Without warning, a massive whirlpool suddenly erupted directly beneath him.
Whoa—better back up. The current’s too strong; I’ll get caught up in it.
—Whoooosh!
Following the whirlpool’s center, something began to emerge, and a waterspout surged upward.
What rose up wasn’t an actual dragon, but an enormous water snake.
[It’s not a water snake, Creator. It’s an electric eel.]
Jeon Jae-woo nodded at Myeol-geop’s correction.
“…Yeah, now that you mention it.”
It wasn’t as though I had any particular knowledge of marine life that would let me tell an electric eel apart from a water snake.
So how did I know it was an electric eel?
—Crack-crack-crack-CRACK!!
Because electricity was flowing continuously from its body, just like a proper electric eel should.
It wasn’t just a brief current running through it—the electricity was so visibly present that even the naked eye could track its flow across the creature’s form.
The electrical discharge wrapping around the eel’s entire body looked almost like the aura of some anime superhuman.
The creature was formidable enough in terms of pure physical mass, let alone possessing such refined electrical prowess.
‘Electric eels were always powerful electrical discharge animals to begin with.’
But while the ordinary animal had strong firepower with a short duration, this beast eel showed no sign of tiring, continuing to pour out current relentlessly.
With its body submerged in that state, Jeon Jae-woo would be electrocuted the moment he touched seawater—and that would be the end of it.
All around, marine monsters were converging to aid their leader.
“How come they don’t get shocked in the water?”
[The monsters that have arrived are all electric eels as well. They’re continuously discharging electricity too.]
“Ah. Right.”
Regardless, Myeol-geop was ready to fight.
After deploying the Sphere Drones to guard its master’s side.
[No-bum. I’m counting on you for support. Watch over the Creator too.]
“Leave it to me!”
No-bum’s support began—amplifying buffs to allies, debuffs to enemies.
The moment Myeol-geop received the buff, the mana flowing through its body activated more powerfully.
In turn, the vitality of the monsters surrounding them diminished.
“Kee-EEEEK??”
The lead electric eel sensed something amiss and lunged forward thrashing, but it was a fraction too late.
—WHOOOOSH…!!
The Energy Cannon that Myeol-geop had been accumulating mana into since entering the ruin fired—and blew the electric eel’s head clean off.
***
Kyoto, one of Japan’s premier cities, had become a war zone.
Monsters summoned from an Ancient-grade Ruin were ravaging the city.
“Fish! Carnivorous fish!”
“Damn it! What the hell are the Hunters doing—why aren’t they handling this faster?!”
“Those Hunter bastards just take their paychecks and do nothing these days!”
The citizens’ complaints were rife, but Yamada Taro, Japan’s proud B-class Hunter, was fighting to the death nonetheless.
‘Damn this. Damn it all.’
He swore inwardly without pause.
Yamada Taro’s reason for becoming a Hunter was simple.
He just wanted to make a lot of money.
Unless you were a corporate chairman or a major entrepreneur, reaching high-rank Hunter status alone meant earning vastly more than salaried office workers.
It was only natural that most people wanted to earn more rather than less.
In that respect, Yamada Taro had been reasonably fortunate.
His talent was considerable enough that within years of becoming an official Hunter, he’d already awakened a B-rank Trait in his twenties.
If he simply trained consistently, even awakening an S-rank Trait in the future was not beyond the realm of possibility.
But Yamada Taro had no intention of honing himself and accumulating combat experience to raise his rank further.
‘Just reaching this point took enough effort.’
Higher ranks would bring better treatment, certainly, but what he received now was sufficient.
From here on, he would receive treatment befitting a high-rank Hunter wherever he went, walking a smooth path of comfort.
Which meant he wanted to walk that comfortable path, not risk his life in mortal combat.
Yamada Taro, reluctant to work, gritted his teeth and swung his blade at the fish creature.
“Shriek! Die! Just die already, you damn thing!!”
He harbored no passion for battle, no sense of dedication to his nation—none of that.
So why was he here now, risking death to fight monsters?
‘For crying out loud. It’s not like this is some fish-flavored Attack on Titan.’
He never thought a situation would arise where he’d have to slave away like this.
The fish creatures that had emerged from the Ancient-grade Ruin faced no such limitation—they could breathe perfectly fine outside water.
Whatever their means of respiration, they had no trouble breathing, and these fish could swim through empty air as if the sky were an ocean, their mobility frighteningly excellent.
Another distinctive trait of the fish creatures was their voracious appetite, surpassing that of most other monsters.
They would swallow whole anything that appeared to be alive—human or otherwise.
“Watch it, Yamada! Don’t get distracted!!”
“??”
The cry of a fellow Hunter suddenly cut through.
‘Close call.’
In that moment of distraction, he allowed the fish to close the distance until it was mere inches from his face.
The massive body of the fish monster collided head-on with Yamada Taro’s blade.
Crash!!
“Aaaagh!”
Yamada Taro screamed as he felt the sharp, bone-breaking pain coursing through him.
He tumbled gracelessly and lifted his head, only to see with horror that not only were his bones shattered, but his primary weapon—his sword—had snapped clean in half.
The fish monster, sensing weakened prey, surged forward with its jaws gaping wide.
“……!!”
Yamada Taro felt a genuine instinct that this was the end.
Electricity crackled through his spine from his tailbone upward.
But he couldn’t rise—he had no idea which bones were broken.
His one weapon lay shattered, and his allies were too far away to help.
Besides, they were locked in combat with other monsters and had no strength to spare.
‘…Am I going to die?’
Devoured by a fish, of all things?
In nature, humans ate fish—not the other way around.
In that instant, his entire life flashed before his eyes like a lantern show—more than twenty years compressed into a single, terrible moment.
He didn’t want to die. That much was certain.
He’d thought he could coast through life, living comfortably off the easiest work. Now it would all end like this.
“S-save me…!!”
In the grip of mortal terror, he clenched his eyes shut and turned his head away.
“……??”
A moment later, Yamada Taro slowly opened his eyes.
He should have been crushed at any second, yet he felt nothing.
When his eyes opened, he saw the fish monster that had been charging at him suddenly flip headfirst and crash to the ground.
For a moment, he thought his terror had conjured a hallucination.
Looking around in bewilderment, he saw that the other hunters were equally stunned.
“What… what is this?”
“The monsters just… collapsed…”
“Did a higher-ranked hunter come to support us?”
But it wasn’t just the monsters attacking Kyoto—every fish creature rampaging across the Japanese islands fell silent all at once.
No new monsters emerged from the Abyss.
Moments later, the hunters pieced together what must have happened.
‘Could the Ancient-grade Ruin have been cleared?’
Their suspicion proved correct.
Soon after, the Japanese Government made an official announcement.
On the massive screens throughout the city, the Prime Minister appeared with tears streaming down his face as he offered his gratitude.
[We have just confirmed from the Korean Government that Hunter Jeon Jae-woo has cleared the Abyss ruin. We offer our deepest gratitude to Korea’s Hunter Jeon Jae-woo for conquering this ruin…]
Japanese citizens who heard the news erupted in cheers.
“We’re saved!”
“Long live Japan!”
“Long live Hunter Jeon Jae-woo!”
They celebrated, chanting even the name of Jeon Jae-woo, a foreigner from another nation.
Transcendent-Ranked Hunters and Ancient-Grade Ruin Conquest
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