Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 64

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Episode 64
Kim Yu-min dragged herself out of bed and began preparing for work.
Even with the body of an S-rank Hunter, Monday morning fatigue was not easy to shake.
Still, her days commuting to the Hunter Bureau were numbered.
Kim Yu-min had only three Ruin Conquest attempts remaining.
Once she exhausted them, there’d be no reason to stay at the Hunter Bureau.
‘I really should think about what to do after I quit the Bureau.’
She kept thinking about how much she needed to think about it, but never actually did.
Just a few months ago, Kim Yu-min had imagined becoming a freelance hunter or joining a large corporation once she left the Bureau.
Hunting wasn’t exactly enjoyable or fulfilling work, but retiring in her mid-to-late twenties seemed premature.
Most hunters didn’t retire until their early thirties at the earliest, so she was jumping the gun.
Of course, the recent frequency of her Ruin Conquest attempts hadn’t helped matters.
“Maybe I should just live as a drifter…”
Lately, after enduring so much hardship, she’d been entertaining the thought of retiring from hunting altogether.
Years ago, encounters where her life hung in the balance or humanity faced existential crisis were extraordinarily rare.
Drawing on experience and knowledge accumulated through countless battles with monsters, ruins where failure brought no catastrophe were, to humanity, quite literally gifts from the heavens themselves.
She’d often seen veteran hunters earnestly recommending the profession to those with talent.
But Kim Yu-min knew she could never bring herself to recommend hunting to juniors.
Beyond the intensifying competition for Ruin Conquest, an unprecedented calamity—the Uncleared Ruin Break—had erupted.
The environment had become brutally difficult.
It wasn’t hardship born of scarcity; the work itself had simply become unbearable.
As an S-rank Hunter, she’d face countless objections if she announced retirement.
But she’d saved enough money. There was no need to suffer further.
Then, early Monday morning, her phone rang.
The caller ID read “Mom,” but Kim Yu-min’s brow furrowed slightly.
Nothing good ever started a Monday morning this way.
“Hello?”
“You’re up. Heading to work now?”
“Yes. I’m getting ready.”
“Things have been chaotic with all this talk about ruins and dungeons. You’re not overworking yourself, are you?”
“When is hunting work not exhausting? I nearly died last time, remember?”
Kim Yu-min’s tone wasn’t particularly gentle.
Her relationship with her family had never been warm.
There was no direct physical or emotional conflict between parent and child.
Rather, her mother held a deeply rooted belief that as much investment as she’d poured into her daughter should be repaid in kind.
So Kim Yu-min’s mother desperately wanted her only daughter to help her.
Help with what, exactly?
Kim Yu-min was born into tremendous wealth—a golden spoon kid.
More than that, she was practically a diamond spoon, ornamented with every precious gem imaginable.
The daughter of a conglomerate chairman whose name any South Korean would recognize—that was Kim Yu-min.
Yet her biological mother was no longer in a marital relationship with her father.
Kim Yu-min’s father, a major industrial magnate, had a notorious weakness for infidelity.
Though he’d quit drinking and smoking, he couldn’t quit affairs, cycling through multiple marriages and divorces.
In such a family, harmonious relationships were virtually impossible.
Especially when substantial inheritance loomed.
Half-siblings born to different mothers had grown old enough to each claim positions in the company, now vying fiercely for the successor’s seat.
Each mother championed her own children.
And then, by remarkable fortune, an S-rank Hunter had emerged among the siblings.
This gave her full siblings a tremendous advantage in their competition.
The market presence of an S-rank Hunter spoke for itself.
In a true crisis, she could even exercise martial force.
So her mother called daily, applying pressure.
“What can we do? Even if it’s hard on you, you need to support your brother.”
“I’ve told you—when I quit the Hunter Bureau, I’m not joining whatever company your son builds.”
“Come now. Helping your brother would help you too, wouldn’t it?”
“I don’t need the help your son offers me.”
Kim Yu-min, daughter of a conglomerate mogul, had no interest in fighting over the successor’s position.
Had she not been an S-rank Hunter, she might have dutifully helped.
Back then, she’d have believed such help represented all the value she could offer.
But with transcendent power as an S-rank Hunter, did she really need to squabble over another scrap of corporate equity?
She had tremendous value in herself, quite apart from any company.
[Never mind that. Are you seeing anyone these days? If not, let me introduce you to someone I’ve found—]
Kim Yu-min didn’t answer further and hung up the phone.
She was already exhausted to death, and taking the call had only made her headache worse.
Kim Yu-min forced down the throbbing in her temples and headed to work.
Right in front of the Hunter Bureau building, she ran into a newly promoted S-rank Hunter.
“Oh, hello there, senior…”
Kim Yu-min greeted the rookie S-rank Hunter Na Yu-gyeong warmly.
“Ah. Yu-gyeong. You’re in early today.”
“You’re in early too, senior, so I can’t be late as your junior.”
“You don’t need to come in early just to be considerate. A hunter as remarkable as you certainly doesn’t need to worry about such things. Ha ha.”
“Ha, ha ha…”
After observing her for about a week, Kim Yu-min had confirmed that Na Yu-gyeong was diligent. Her abilities went without saying, and her personality was excellent.
“How’s the work treating you?”
“It’s manageable. The monsters—beasts, rather—are frightening, but otherwise it’s fine.”
Though she did tend to be somewhat fearful.
Of course, anyone would be afraid when facing a powerful monster.
Most S-rank Hunters, once they reached that level, became intoxicated with their own strength and went about swaggering.
Yet she felt fear easily even against beasts that were clearly weaker than herself.
Of course, a certain amount of fear wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.
It meant she wouldn’t underestimate an enemy and grow careless enough to have her skull crushed.
“If work becomes too difficult, don’t push yourself. Talk to me or the bureau chief anytime. There’s no need to overexert yourself—always rest sufficiently.”
“Thank you, senior.”
“Hunter work has a reputation for being grueling. When your parents found out you were becoming a hunter, didn’t they try to stop you?”
“No, they strongly opposed it. They kept asking what I was thinking, going into a monster’s lair like that…”
“…It’s natural for parents to worry, but work this dangerous isn’t as common as all that. Don’t be too afraid.”
Not long ago, when Kim Yu-min was conquering an Ancient-grade Ruin and became trapped inside it.
Her family had been furious and lodged complaints with the Hunter Bureau.
Rather than genuine worry for her safety, they seemed to be angry that she’d carelessly put the family’s vast wealth at risk.
Still, she only felt sorry toward Yoo Jung-tae, who’d gotten cursed out by her mother instead.
Meanwhile, at the same moment.
In the Hunter Bureau’s underground storage, Jeon Jae-woo was meeting with Yoo Jung-tae.
Jeon Jae-woo removed potion boxes from No-bum’s body one crate at a time.
Yoo Jung-tae looked at the towering stack of boxes with evident satisfaction.
“Thank you so much, Hunter Jeon Jae-woo. I’m truly grateful for making these potions for us.”
“Don’t mention it. Just let me know if you need anything else.”
“No, no. What you’ve given me is more than sufficient.”
Yoo Jung-tae had contacted Jeon Jae-woo to ask him to craft potions from World Tree Fruits and sell them to him.
The quantity of high-quality potions was considerable, though the number of World Tree Fruits actually used was only about two.
Even after diluting them repeatedly, the potions maintained an excellent standard of performance.
With the Dungeon Break happening lately, resources were scarce across the board, and these potions would be invaluable.
“To be honest, I thought the bureau chief called me to help with the Dungeon Break.”
“I did ask for your help with the Dungeon Break. This counts as help too, doesn’t it?”
Of course, it wasn’t being given for free—proper compensation would have to be paid.
“I saw some unfavorable news about me recently, so that’s what I assumed.”
Yoo Jung-tae’s smile faded slightly.
“I apologize, Hunter.”
“What? What are you suddenly saying?”
“There are many people trying to force responsibility onto you, and I feel sorry about that.”
“No, no. This isn’t your fault at all.”
While not Yoo Jung-tae’s personal fault, as bureau chief it was a significant problem.
If Jeon Jae-woo’s mood soured over such things and he decided to emigrate?
That day would be a national disaster rivaling the foreign exchange crisis of the past.
Of course, one or two incidents wouldn’t cause catastrophe, but if resentment accumulated in Jeon Jae-woo like this…
The established hunters voicing complaints were all seasoned veterans with their own principles.
They knew well how immense the benefits Jeon Jae-woo brought to South Korea merely by existing, so no one dared speak ill of him.
The occasional news report was nothing more than trivial noise from a handful of attention-seekers with no real influence.
Yet it was hard to deny that some of what appeared in those reports aligned considerably with the thoughts of established hunters.
After completing the inventory check, Jeon Jae-woo and Yoo Jung-tae signed the transaction documents.
Yoo Jung-tae felt a weight lift and asked a question.
“Hunter, are you truly unwilling to undertake the Ruin Conquest in South America?”
One day remained before the Dungeon Break in South America.
Nations that had failed to clear the Ruin were in a state of panic.
They reached out to Jeon Jae-woo through the Korean Hunter Bureau nearly every day, begging for his aid.
“No. Please tell them I have no intention of going.”
Not a single nation among them received Jeon Jae-woo’s assistance.
Time passed, and the Dungeon Break in South America erupted.
Most nations in South America were transformed into scenes of utter catastrophe.
Regardless, the Ruin System assigned Uncleared Ruin Breaks to the next continent.
The third target of the second quarter was the European continent.
This time, instead of grouping the entire European Union together and assigning a single Ancient-grade Ruin, each nation was assigned a Legendary-grade Ruin.
The citizens of Europe, who had been anxious in their hearts, felt relieved.
Though whether relief was truly warranted remained uncertain.
They had worried greatly about the possibility of another Ancient-grade Ruin being assigned.
It seemed that Ancient-grade Ruins were indeed being distributed once per quarter, rotating among continents, one per cycle.
By that logic, Japan had been particularly unlucky.
When it came time for Asia’s turn, Japan happened to be the one assigned an Ancient-grade Ruin.
Perhaps it was because of their past, having colonized so many nations long ago?
In any case, with Jeon Jae-woo’s help, they managed to survive, so the worst did not come to pass.
The nations of Europe were confirming that Legendary-grade Ruins were being assigned as scheduled.
A notification window appeared before the hunters’ eyes.
There was an additional condition attached to the Ruin Conquest.
[The current success rate of Ruin Conquest is too high.]
[From this point forward, the difficulty of Ruin Conquest will automatically increase as time progresses.]
“???”
Everyone was left dumbfounded.
┗What is this? A hidden camera prank?
┗Why would the Ruin System pull a prank?
┗Then this is actually real?
Following the Dungeon Break, the entire world, including Europe, was turned upside down once more.
The Transcendent Hunter’s Guide to Ruin Conquest
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: Autumn
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