Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 62

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Episode 62
Near the old military demarcation line drawn across the Korean peninsula.
A single Red Wyvern, its entire body crimson, fluttered its wings as it soared through the sky.
Looking for food—whether dog, pig, or human made no difference—it had just emerged from the North Korea Dungeon.
Even in the vast expanse of the North Korea Dungeon, monsters often struggled to find sustenance and ventured beyond its borders.
It was a mystery how North Korea, before and after its collapse, remained perpetually starved.
Still, a Red Wyvern emerging beyond the dungeon into human territory was a rare occurrence.
No matter how treacherous the North Korea Dungeon, the wyvern ranked among the supreme predators.
Monsters that typically abandoned their territories and ventured outside were usually the weaker sort, driven out by competition.
In any case, with the wyvern’s appearance, ignoring it risked allowing it to fly toward nearby villages and claim many lives.
Then, multiple Shuriken shot upward from beneath the wyvern.
The wyvern was momentarily startled by their considerable speed but evaded with ease.
Against a beast equivalent to an S-rank Magic-type Hunter, an attack of this caliber barely warranted attention.
Yet the deflected Shuriken soon transformed into homing projectiles, pursuing the wyvern.
They pierced through its tail in the moment of carelessness.
“Shriek!!”
The wounded wyvern let out a sharp cry.
Upon closer inspection, these were no ordinary Shuriken—they were weapons infused with mana to amplify their penetrating force.
The remaining Shuriken, embedded or not, continued their relentless chase.
Whoosh!!
The enraged wyvern’s maw erupted with a torrent of scorching flame.
A blaze so intense it could incinerate an entire bamboo grove in a single breath.
Most of the Shuriken caught in the inferno melted away in an instant.
Only a few remained—surely easy enough to shake off now.
But in the next moment, those precious few Shuriken began multiplying of their own accord.
“Screech?!”
A handful became tens, then hundreds, in the blink of an eye.
And once again they swarmed the wyvern, pressing their assault.
A prolonged aerial pursuit ensued, chasing and being chased.
Each time the wyvern unleashed fire to scatter the Shuriken,
they multiplied anew and resumed their attack.
After the extended engagement, the wyvern finally fell, riddled like a sieve.
“Exhale.”
Na Yu-gyeong, a rookie S-rank Hunter of the Hunter Bureau.
After successfully hunting the wyvern, she relaxed, letting the tension drain from her body.
The other Hunter Bureau members fighting nearby could only marvel inwardly.
‘So this is an S-rank Hunter… impressive.’
‘Dispatching a wyvern so cleanly…’
‘She’s really beautiful too…’
Lee Soo-ho, an active S-rank Hunter who had been hunting the approaching monsters nearby, spoke to Kim Yu-min.
“Well? Her skills are solid, aren’t they?”
Kim Yu-min nodded in agreement.
“Yes. Impressive indeed. No flaws in her technique whatsoever.”
This was the rookie S-rank Hunter’s official first meeting with Kim Yu-min.
As demonstrated just now, her abilities were beyond question, though she had only recently come of age—still quite young.
Kim Yu-min himself had awakened his S-rank Trait at a similar stage and joined the Hunter Bureau, so he was hardly one to judge.
When he had advanced to S-rank, the media hailed him as an unprecedented prodigy in Korea, yet he privately found the title embarrassing.
His talent was admittedly above average, but he’d also been born with a silver spoon.
From childhood, he’d received abundant support and developed without want, making his ascent relatively smooth.
Na Yu-gyeong, by contrast, came from ordinary circumstances yet became an S-rank Hunter through raw talent alone.
Though he had once heard of someone whose talent alone seemed insufficient.
‘In any case, it’s fortunate for the Hunter Bureau.’
If she continued to develop well, she would become a great pillar supporting not just the Hunter Bureau, but Korea itself.
Director Yoo Jung-tae was thoroughly pleased with this new talent acquisition.
Lee Soo-ho, now the most senior active S-rank Hunter, spoke up.
“Still, fighting monsters inside a dungeon feels strange.”
“Once the Ruin Conquest is finished, we’ll only enter dungeons anyway.”
“Maybe I should just retire. I’ve made more than enough money.”
“Save that kind of talk for when the director isn’t around.”
Active Hunters typically refrained from participating in dungeon hunts.
Unless it’s for training, the priority is to conserve strength in preparation for Ruin Conquest.
Though this time, we’ve come to provide support because the number of monsters flooding the dungeon has increased.
And to assess the capabilities of the new S-rank Hunter I’ll be coordinating with going forward.
After hunting for a while, the hunters soon gathered for a meeting.
Most of them were established S-rank Hunters other than active ones like Kim Yu-min and Lee Soo-ho.
Beyond their high rank, most were veterans in the hunter world—heads of major companies or holding prominent positions in large corporations and political circles.
All of them had made their names conducting Ruin Conquests in their twenties and early thirties, much like Kim Yu-min did.
They’re still making names for themselves, but whereas they once enjoyed celebrity-like popularity, they now held the recognition of leading political candidates or corporate CEOs.
These hunters, who would normally enjoy the official courtesy and privileges society provided, were now in a state of extreme tension preparing for the Dungeon Break.
When the meeting began, the hunters who had just fought monsters each aired negative assessments.
“The number of monsters emerging from the North Korea Dungeon is greater than anticipated.”
“Compared to last quarter, it really has exploded. When did it become this many?”
“These days we’re busy with Ruin Conquest, so outdated hunters like us don’t get attention.”
“All the Hunter Bureau support goes to Ruin Conquest anyway. There’s nothing we can do about it.”
Since the unprecedented global crisis of a Ruin Break had erupted, the Hunter Bureau inevitably had less capacity to focus on dungeons.
It wasn’t that Dungeon Breaks didn’t warrant attention, but at minimum they could devise countermeasures—unlike Ruin Breaks, where disasters could erupt anywhere unpredictably.
“We can maintain the current situation with our present strength, more or less…”
“The Korean peninsula doesn’t only have the North Korea Dungeon, though.”
“It’s getting risky. What about all the islands on the west coast?”
Then one hunter, seated in the second-highest position at the meeting besides the Bureau Chief, spoke up.
“Director Yoo. Would it be possible to ask for help? From Hunter Jeon Jae-woo, I mean.”
Kim Jun-ha, an established S-rank Hunter.
He was the founder of the Youngmyeong Company, one of Korea’s premier hunter firms.
Moreover, he was of the same generation as Director Yoo Jung-tae in both age and skill.
But Yoo Jung-tae shook his head at Kim Jun-ha’s request.
“I can’t. He’s the type who doesn’t work alongside others.”
“Still, we could at least broach the subject.”
From the Hunter Bureau’s perspective, they’d certainly welcome Jeon Jae-woo’s help.
“I’ve already brought it up.”
“What?”
“He declined. Said he doesn’t like working with others.”
Kim Jun-ha clicked his tongue, displaying his displeasure.
“Tsk. How does he manage to live doing only whatever he wants?”
……
The other established hunters didn’t openly display their discontent, but their expressions betrayed clear dissatisfaction.
Though Yoo Jung-tae and Kim Jun-ha weren’t particularly close despite being active around the same period,
they nonetheless shared the view that assistance would be welcome given how difficult the situation was.
Hunting monsters on Earth didn’t reduce the number of available Ruin Conquest attempts anyway.
‘…Maybe I should bring it up with him one more time.’
For Yoo Jung-tae, it was best not to cross Jeon Jae-woo’s wishes.
But if working together really bothered him, he wished Jeon Jae-woo would at least help while stepping away, without appearing to collaborate.
Simply using that slime—no, that spirit—to grant hunters various buffs and healing effects would be invaluable aid.
Meanwhile, Jeon Jae-woo had stepped away and was actively traversing ruins.
To obtain materials for upgrading the Orb Fragment.
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Jeon Jae-woo had entered a Legendary-grade Ruin for the first time in a while.
The ruin was called the Mist of Death, and indeed the fog was thick enough to obscure his entire field of vision.
This ruin wasn’t an Ancient-grade Ruin, and its Ruin Conquest reward wasn’t an additional Conquest Token.
But he’d come because it supposedly held materials needed for upgrading the Orb Fragment.
Jeon Jae-woo’s eyes lit up as he observed the materials—or rather, the monsters.
The mana-laden fog was so thick that visibility was poor and mana detection was difficult.
Yet by activating his other senses and concentrating, he could sense the monsters were frightened and fleeing.
“Shriek!”
The monsters occupying the foggy ruin were Harpies—creatures with women’s faces and bird bodies.
Initially, the bird-women had rushed forward thinking new prey had arrived,
but moments later they were shattered to pieces by Myeol-geop and the Lich King’s attacks.
According to the case, the material needed for upgrading the Orb Fragment was precisely Harpy feathers.
‘Fortunately, there’s a ruin with Harpies among the remaining unconquered ruins.’
Otherwise he’d have had to search somewhere on Earth for a location where Harpy monsters dwelled.
In any case, this Harpy creature was something he’d never seen before—truly grotesque in appearance.
‘The fact that it has a human face makes the revulsion genuinely unbearable.’
Jeon Jae-woo didn’t rely solely on his summoned creatures—he hunted actively himself.
By now, he’d built up a respectable combat capacity.
Even Myeol-geop, dangerous as it was, would overlook his master entering the fight as long as it wasn’t reckless.
As the harpies fled into the sky, Jeon Jae-woo activated the Ego Sword Characteristic and flew by treading on his blade.
He’d learned something during his last Ruin Conquest at sea, so he’d decided to carry two swords from now on.
One was the Ego Sword, and the other was a blade Kim Yu-min had given him, saying he owed him a debt.
‘And I’m already putting it to use the moment I got it.’
The sword Jeon Jae-woo was standing on was the Ego Sword.
—I’m begging you, master… please stop using me as a foot scraper…
It seemed deeply humiliated at being reduced to a mere flying artifact.
Jeon Jae-woo paid no mind and put the Ego Sword to good use as a flying platform, slicing through monsters with vigor.
Of course, before killing each one, he examined them carefully.
“Let’s see… there should be a harpy with golden feathers somewhere around here…”
Found it.
There—a bird-woman fleeing frantically through the air.
The only one of its kind in the entire ruin.
Its distinguishing feature was that one of its feathers was golden.
“Kiii! Kii!”
As Jeon Jae-woo drew close, the harpy with the golden feather hissed in threat.
If the golden feather was the goal, the harpy couldn’t be killed.
The moment its life ended, that feather would lose its golden hue and become indistinguishable from any other.
The creature probably knew its feather’s worth, which was why it was threatening him.
But Myeol-geop, bearing the Annihilation Attribute, was a golem renowned for efficiently disposing of enemies.
—Whoosh
Myeol-geop appeared behind the harpy and seized it firmly.
“Kii?! Kii!!”
The harpy naturally struggled violently.
“Cat Sea. I’m counting on you.”
“Meow.”
Jeon Jae-woo held up Cat Sea to meet the harpy’s gaze.
“Kiii…”
Moments later, the harpy fell under Mind Control, its consciousness adrift.
Seizing the moment, Jeon Jae-woo safely extracted the golden feather from the harpy’s body.
“Well done, Cat Sea.”
“Meow.”
‘Good. The materials are secured.’
Now he just needed to wrap things up.
[Exploration mission complete.]
[The Mist of Death ruin now belongs to Jeon Jae-woo.]
Guide to Ruin Conquest for Transcendent Hunters
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