Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 66

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Episode 66
It had been two days since Jeon Jae-woo entered the ruin to conquer it.
“Why isn’t this guy coming out?”
With Jeon Jae-woo still inside and showing no sign of emerging, the French officials grew anxious.
They couldn’t even tell from outside whether the conquest had succeeded or failed.
“Could he have failed?”
“Who knows. How difficult is a Legendary-grade Ruin in its Unconquered State to conquer?”
“Stop worrying needlessly. The other ruins took several days to conquer too.”
“But if he conquered an Ancient-grade Ruin in just one day, why is this taking so long?”
The problem was that during a dungeon conquest, outsiders had no way of knowing what was happening inside.
‘This is driving me insane with worry.’
The French Government had to prepare contingencies in case Jeon Jae-woo failed against all odds.
“Are our hunters still failing in their conquest attempts?”
At the French President’s question, the expressions of Hunter Bureau officials darkened.
“We continue to attempt it, but… there’s simply no sign we can conquer it with our strength alone.”
“I understand the Black Dragon that dominates the ruin is exceptionally powerful.”
“The moment they enter, they’re immediately caught in the dragon’s Illusion Technique and suffer Mental Attacks.”
“Even S-rank Hunters are not exempt. They say there’s no way to resist.”
As time passed, the saying that a ruin’s difficulty increased proved to be no exaggeration.
The recovery speed of hunters struck by the Black Dragon’s Illusion Technique slowed with each attempt.
But honestly, even if the difficulty hadn’t increased and the ruin remained in its base state, conquering the Sleepless Night would have been difficult with France’s current strength.
It goes without saying that even ruins of the same grade vary tremendously in conquest difficulty.
The ruins that had remained Unconquered thus far were unusual in their own ways, but they generally belonged to the higher end of the difficulty spectrum.
No matter how much hunters were supported with resources obtained from the ruin, a Legendary-grade Ruin wasn’t somewhere even a major power could easily conquer.
The French President felt like he might tear out the few strands of hair he had left in his anxiety.
‘Why did this insane ruin system suddenly add such conditions…’
The Korean Hunter Bureau was equally worried about Jeon Jae-woo.
In truth, every time he went in alone to conquer a ruin assigned to another country, they trembled.
Diplomatic advantage or whatever—honestly, they’d prefer he didn’t go at all.
But still.
‘Jeon Jae-woo is an S-rank Hunter. He’ll manage somehow.’
That’s what Director Yoo Jung-tae thought.
After all, Jeon Jae-woo had never once failed to conquer a ruin.
All he could do was trust Jeon Jae-woo and wait.
Really, there was nothing else he could do besides trust and wait anyway.
Just then, his phone rang.
“Hello?”
The moment he answered, Yoo Jung-tae’s brow furrowed.
“A Dungeon Break… a critical situation, you say?”
[According to our investigation, it could burst at any moment without anything seeming amiss.]
“Understood. I’m heading out right now, so have everything ready.”
Yoo Jung-tae immediately rose from his seat and began preparing to leave for the dungeon.
The situation at the North Korean Dungeon had become as grave as the ruin break crisis in Europe.
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Meanwhile, inside the ruin, Jeon Jae-woo was in a space surrounded by darkness on all sides.
Though honestly, he wasn’t sure whether this state should even be called the interior of a space.
Without a watch, he couldn’t be certain, but it seemed like more than a day had passed since he was swallowed by this darkness.
At first he’d wondered if he was dead, but since his thoughts remained intact, it seemed he hadn’t reached the afterlife yet.
‘It has to be the living world. It has to be…’
Most likely, some ability activated by the beast or the ruin itself had caused this.
Still, this dark space posed no particular threat to Jeon Jae-woo.
No beast attacked him, he didn’t hunger, wasn’t thirsty, felt no drowsiness.
Only an infinite expanse of pitch-black darkness stretched before his eyes.
‘With no stimulation at all, I feel like I’m dying instead…’
Perhaps this was why the ruin was named the Sleepless Night.
At first he’d resented the French for not warning him about this trap in advance.
‘So no hunter has succeeded in hunting the Black Dragon.’
Even if one had succeeded, the moment the dragon fell, they’d have been trapped in this darkness and unable to leave the ruin.
After spending more than twenty-four hours in this space just standing still, his mind felt on the verge of collapse.
‘How the hell do I escape from here.’
I haven’t been in this space long, so I’m fine for now, but if I stay like this much longer, things could get dangerous.
To my Familiars, it might be treated as a joke, but it’s a genuine Legendary-grade Ruin.
It’s a dangerous dungeon that Jeon Jae-woo alone can’t do anything about.
And of course, there’s no way to escape this darkness on my own.
The moment that thought crossed my mind, a chill ran down my spine.
‘So this is the karma coming back to haunt me for relying so heavily on my Familiars all this time.’
In desperation, I raised my voice and called out to my Familiars once more.
“Myeol-geop! Lich King!”
“……”
Still no answer from anyone.
“Damn it.”
So I’d have to gain enlightenment through meditation and contemplation like in the Hall of Time and Mind just to escape?
‘Anyone at all, please, just help me…’
While I was desperately praying to whatever god, Buddha, or ancestor spirit might be listening—
“Meow.”
“……??”
Out of nowhere, the sound of a cat’s cry reached my ears.
I looked around, and there was Catsy, one of Jeon Jae-woo’s Familiars, appearing in the black void.
“C-Catsy!!!”
“Meow.”
Overjoyed, I grabbed and hugged the creature.
“But how did you get here?”
“Well, this is the Spirit Realm, so it’s possible.”
“”???””
I nearly dropped Catsy in shock.
If my hearing wasn’t playing tricks on me, Catsy had just spoken.
“Did you… did you just speak? You can actually talk?”
“I’m not using vocal cords to speak. Since you’ve entered a spirit state, we can now communicate directly.”
Now that I thought about it, I could hear the voice, but Catsy’s mouth wasn’t moving.
“Spirit state? What do you mean by that?”
“I told you—this is the Spirit Realm.”
My heart dropped like a stone.
“…Are you saying I’m also in a spirit state?”
“Of course. If you weren’t a spirit, you couldn’t exist in this space.”
“……”
Jeon Jae-woo’s legs gave out and I collapsed where I stood.
Becoming a spirit meant I was really dead, didn’t it?
To die while conquering not even an Ancient-grade Ruin but a Legendary-grade one, alone—I’d be so humiliated I’d want to die all over again.
I was spiraling into pointless thoughts when Catsy corrected me.
“You’re not dead, sir. Your spirit has been extracted by the Dragon and brought temporarily to the Spirit Realm.”
“Wh-why was my spirit suddenly extracted?”
“It seems to be a trap created when the Black Lizard was defeated by the Golem and died. An ability that creates a prison for the souls of living creatures.”
Ah. So I’m not dead.
Jeon Jae-woo let out a relieved sigh.
Fitting for an Unconquered Legendary-grade Ruin—it never gives an inch. The moment I let my guard down.
“Wait, then how are you here?”
“I’m a Familiar who can move freely between the Spirit Realm and reality.”
Come to think of it, a Familiar was a fantasy creature created by a sorcerer who fused a human’s spirit with a borrowed body from nature’s power.
So they could also interfere with spiritual and soul-related matters in that way.
“It took quite a while to find you, though. I’m sorry it took so long.”
“No… thank you for coming. Really, thank you.”
Jeon Jae-woo’s heart swelled and I held Catsy tight.
Having a diverse range of Familiars is always better.
Even without direct combat power, in moments like these, Catsy was more reliable than Myeol-geop.
“Once you get out, we’re upgrading you right away. I’m going to give you a Transcendent-grade Trait so you can pull me out instantly if something like this happens again.”
“Even without me, if we’d failed the dungeon conquest anyway, you would’ve been released automatically.”
Ah. Now that I thought about it, that was true.
Of course, that would’ve meant the dungeon conquest failed—a kind of social death all the same.
“Anyway, just wait a moment. I’ll pull you out soon. Meow.”
“Thank you. By the way, how much time has passed outside?”
“Well. You’ve been inside the ruin for roughly four days now, haven’t you?”
Jeon Jae-woo was startled all over again at the news that so much time had passed.
That’s a big problem. It’s taking far longer than expected—everyone must be incredibly worried.
A moment later, just as Catsy had said, the darkness before Jeon Jae-woo’s eyes began to brighten gradually.
And the instant he opened his eyes, he could see No-bum right in front of him.
“Master!!”
No-bum, eyeless as he was, wept and dripped liquid from his entire body.
“Creator. I’m grateful you’ve returned safely.”
[Are there any places where you feel discomfort?]
Lich King and Myeol-geop. Seeing his other familiars too, Jeon Jae-woo felt relieved.
“I’m fine. Sorry for worrying you all.”
[Exploration mission complete.]
[From this moment forward, the Sleepless Night ruin belongs to Jeon Jae-woo.]
Now the dungeon conquest completion notification finally appeared.
Jeon Jae-woo slowly tried to sit up, groaning as he did.
After days of lying still, every corner of his body had stiffened thoroughly.
“Ugh… Let’s get out of the ruin as fast as we can.”
[Should we retrieve the Black Lizard’s corpse later?]
“Yeah. Since we’ve finished conquering the ruin, I need to call and reassure everyone first.”
Jeon Jae-woo emerged from the ruin safely.
When he checked his phone, there were a massive number of missed calls.
‘Why is it that every time I go into a ruin and come back out, missed calls pile up like this?’
Most of them were from the Hunter Bureau—calls from Yoo Jung-tae.
“Hello? Director?”
[Ah. Hunter Jeon Jae-woo. You’ve completed the ruin conquest and emerged?]
“Yes. I just came out, so I’m calling to report.”
[I’m relieved you’re safe.]
The voice of the man saying “relieved” sounded terribly gloomy.
What could have happened while he was away for those few days?
“Has something gone wrong?”
With no assigned ruin at the moment, shouldn’t the peninsula be at peace?
Yet South Korea carried a very grave risk on its shoulders, as it always had.
[It’s not that serious, but… while you were away, there was a slight Dungeon Break from the North Korean Dungeon.]
Ah. A Dungeon Break.
In all his life, he’d never heard of a Dungeon Break occurring at the North Korean Dungeon.
“How bad is it?”
[If you just check the news… or rather, it’d be faster if you opened your window and looked outside.]
“??”
Jeon Jae-woo was bewildered.
What kind of distance was it from here to the North Korean Dungeon entrance that opening a window would let him see anything?
Yet when Jeon Jae-woo immediately opened the window, he couldn’t help but be astonished.
Smoke was rising quite heavily from the middle of Seoul’s downtown.
The atmosphere felt like the world was moments away from collapse.
‘…Could it be that a Dungeon Break happened in Korea itself?’
As it turned out, some of the monsters that had emerged from the North Korean Dungeon were attacking Seoul.
The Transcendent-grade Hunter’s Dungeon Conquest Method
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