Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 70

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Chapter 70
A day later, Catsy’s upgrade was complete.
“Meow.”
“There’s my good girl, Catsy.”
The moment the upgraded Catsy emerged from the evolution chamber, she leaped into her master’s arms.
Jeon Jae-woo gently stroked her and examined her appearance.
While her outer form seemed largely unchanged, the transformation was unmistakably felt.
〈Catsy〉 – Bonded to (Jeon Jae-woo)
Description – A phantom beast created when a sorcerer fused a body borrowed from nature’s power with a human’s mental realm. Once bound, it becomes a loyal servant to its master. Capable of wielding exceptionally refined mental-type traits.
Type – Familiar
Traits – Mental Dominance (S), Illusion (B), Detection (B), Undetectable (S), Spirit Manifestation (S), Telepathy (A)
‘Oh. Much improved.’
The ‘Grooming’ trait had ascended to Mental Dominance, an S-rank trait.
With two additional S-rank traits, she now held three in total.
Unfortunately, there was no Transcendent-grade trait.
Since her previous traits were lower in rank, pushing all the way to Transcendent grade in one evolution apparently wasn’t possible.
‘I’ll need to gather upgrade materials again.’
“Meow. Meow.”
At that moment, as Catsy made her sounds—
—Thank you for raising me, Master.
“???”
Suddenly, a voice entered his mind.
‘That’s… Catsy’s voice?’
But how was she speaking in human words?
Catsy hadn’t been able to speak in the physical world before.
Was this new Telepathy trait allowing her thoughts to flow directly into his mind?
“Can you talk to me now, even in the real world?”
—Yes, Master.
Catsy nodded in response to Jeon Jae-woo’s question.
Thank goodness. He’d been frustrated all this time not being able to understand what she said.
He wished Mutant had some way to communicate too.
That creature didn’t produce even a cat’s meow—no sounds whatsoever.
“By the way, even after the upgrade, your name stayed the same?”
[Because our Creator gave you this name directly.]
“Right… I haven’t given you all names yet either, have I?”
“Of course not. The designations shown in the status window are all racial names.”
True—even the Ego Sword had been created long ago, yet he’d never named it.
“How about I give you all proper names while I’m at it?”
What kind of names were Myeol-geop and No-bum anyway? So impersonal.
“Don’t any of you have names you’d like?”
Jeon Jae-woo asked with genuine enthusiasm, but his summons’ reactions were lukewarm.
[We don’t particularly expect our Creator to have a talent for naming.]
“If we had a choice, we’d rather not receive names at all.”
“Whatever name you give me is fine, Master.”
……
They were all no fun.
“Anyway, I’m counting on you going forward too, Catsy.”
—Yes, Master.
And not long after, the North American Ruin Conquest was completed.
This time, with Jeon Jae-woo’s assistance, Canada, the United States of America, and Mexico all succeeded in their Ruin Conquests.
The next Ruin assignment rotated to Australia after North America.
Setting aside the now-familiar news of Ruin assignments, Jeon Jae-woo threw himself into training.
He entered a dark-themed Ruin he’d already conquered and devoted himself to Swordsmanship practice.
These days, whenever he trained with the blade, he couldn’t shake a suffocating sense of emptiness.
The pitch-black surroundings where not a single glimmer of light pierced through—that was the mirror of Jeon Jae-woo’s heart right now.
‘Before, I was struggling to overcome some great wall.’
Now, it felt as though nothing lay ahead but fog.
“I don’t know what to do to reach the next Realm…”
Looking at the traits the Ego Sword possessed on its own, there was clearly a stage beyond Blade Aura Release.
Watching her anguished master, Myeol-geop offered counsel.
[Now that you’ve reached a certain level, you have no choice but to find your own path forward.]
“Easier said than done.”
Jeon Jae-woo spent a long time swinging his sword, but with no notable progress, he headed home.
Frustrated, he turned on the television and found a news segment about Hunters just coming on.
[Hunter Bureau. Legendary-grade Ruin Conquest scheduled for this quarter.]
“??”
Jeon Jae-woo felt puzzled by the unexpected news.
Was South Korea starting Ruin Conquests again?
Of course, even as Dungeon Breaks ravaged assigned Ruins across every nation on Earth, new Ruins continued to emerge every month.
Everyone was too occupied conquering their assigned Ruins to have the capacity for anything else, so most higher-tier Ruins—excluding common and rare grades—were simply being skipped over.
But renewed Ruin Conquest attempts weren’t unique to South Korea.
‘So now nations are gradually restarting Ruin Conquests.’
Not ancient, difficult Ruins that had gone unconquered for decades, but new Ruins that were plenty feasible to tackle.
Nations around the world, including South Korea, were setting their sights back on Ruin Conquest.
In truth, conquering new Ruins was essential even just to prepare for future Dungeon Breaks.
Every Hunter knew the bitter reality: the cost of conquering a single Legendary-grade Ruin was astronomical.
If active Hunters in a nation like South Korea attempted Ruin Conquest with nothing but their bare hands, they couldn’t clear even a typical Legendary-grade Ruin.
So Ruin Conquest was indispensable to cover those gaps.
‘But there shouldn’t be any major problems, right?’
Frankly, South Korea’s Hunter forces weren’t particularly strong.
Still, things should be fine now.
The amount of Magical Tools and resources Jeon Jae-woo had sold to the Hunter Bureau alone was staggering.
With Jeon Jae-woo’s support alone, the Hunter Bureau’s recent combat strength had surged dramatically.
At that moment, the Lich King beside him spoke up with a bemused tone.
“Weren’t those just worthless goods you were dumping anyway?”
“Be quiet.”
***
South Korean Hunters had entered a Legendary-grade Ruin once more.
Hunters fighting hard against Monsters to conquer the Ruin.
In response, massive tentacles sprouted from every corner of the cavern, seeking to snare the Hunters.
-Slash!
Kim Yu-min swung her sword and severed one of the tentacles.
Before the tentacle could regenerate, Lee Su-ho used Spirit Magic to burn it to ash.
Lee Su-ho picked up the charred remains with a staff and tossed it into a storage container.
Since entering the Ruin, Lee Su-ho had been frowning deeply.
“Ugh. Nasty things—no, revolting things.”
“If they’re just revolting, we should consider ourselves lucky.”
These tentacles didn’t merely restrain people—on contact, they drained both mana and life force in an instant, turning victims into skeletal husks.
One careless moment and a Hunter would cross the threshold into the next world.
Throughout the cavern lay Hunters who’d been caught by the tentacles and collapsed, their bodies transformed into skull-like forms.
The tentacles that kept regenerating were useless to cut no matter how many times you slashed—you had to sever the core at the center.
Lee Su-ho turned his head and asked.
“Na Yu-gyeong. How much more time do you need?”
“We’re almost there, sir.”
Startled by Lee Su-ho’s question, Na Yu-gyeong picked up her pace.
“I didn’t mean to pressure you—just make sure it’s solid.”
“No, really. We’re almost done.”
In that instant, Na Yu-gyeong threw multiple Shuriken at once.
Tentacles moved to block the path of the flying Shuriken.
But the Shuriken dodged the tentacles of their own accord and split into duplicates.
Then those duplicates split again, and split again.
Splitting continuously until in a heartbeat, thousands of Shuriken poured down all at once.
-Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat!!!
The rapid barrage of mana-infused Shuriken surrounded and shredded away the outer layers of the tentacle core that had been protected by nested tentacles.
At last, the heart of the tentacle was exposed.
Lee Su-ho immediately granted Kim Yu-min a Spirit Magic buff.
……
Honestly, compared to Jeon Jae-woo, it fell disappointingly short.
Still, Kim Yu-min drew her sword and charged forward.
Evading the tentacles while running, she manifested her Blade Aura Release.
Slash!
The monster’s exposed heart was severed in a single stroke.
All the tentacles that had been pressing the hunters fell still and collapsed.
“Did we… win?”
“We won.”
Victory for the Korean hunters.
They had successfully conquered the Legendary-grade Ruin.
A status window announcing the completion of the Ruin Conquest appeared before everyone’s eyes.
The hunters exhaled in relief and joy.
“Whew. That was far too close this time.”
“Hey, you know you almost died back there, right?”
“It’s been so long since a Legendary-grade Ruin that my body felt stiff.”
The hunters exchanged greetings with ease now that the conquest was finished.
“Thank you for your hard work, Na Yu-gyeong.”
“You all worked hard too.”
“We’re grateful to you.”
The S-Rank Hunters exchanged courtesies among themselves as well.
Regardless, Na Yu-gyeong’s talent was truly remarkable.
To neutralize the enemy’s layered defenses in a single stroke like that.
Even for overwhelming strikers like Lee Su-ho and Kim Yu-min, it wasn’t an easy feat.
Even accounting for the weapons Jeon Jae-woo had crafted for her.
Fighting alongside Na Yu-gyeong recently, he’d come to realize that her attacks seemed to instinctively find the target’s vulnerable points—its weak spots—with pinpoint accuracy.
Whether her ability to discern an opponent’s weaknesses stemmed from her Trait, he couldn’t say for certain.
‘Well, a hunter’s job is to take down monsters, and that’s all that matters.’
The Hunter Bureau director and the other Hunter Bureau hunters were extremely satisfied with her abilities.
Yoo Jung-tae seemed to be considering grooming her properly these days—even to make her his successor.
Lee Su-ho swung the Staff he now owned, which Jeon Jae-woo had crafted and sold to the Hunter Bureau for exclusive use by Magic-type hunters.
“The Staff’s performance is definitely solid, isn’t it? No, beyond solid—it’s extraordinary.”
“Because it was made by Jeon Jae-woo.”
“I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t used it myself, you know. Right, new recruit?”
Na Yu-gyeong nodded while running her fingers over the Shuriken she’d received from Jeon Jae-woo.
‘She really likes it, doesn’t she.’
Kim Yu-min watched Na Yu-gyeong and Lee Su-ho’s weapons with a slightly envious gaze.
It had been quite a while since Kim Yu-min last received a Magical Tool made by Jeon Jae-woo.
The Armor he’d given her when he first revealed himself and began the Legendary-grade Ruin Conquest?
When was the last time she’d used that thing?
Now it was worthless, gathering dust in a warehouse.
It was normal for active hunters’ equipment to wear out extremely quickly.
The battles they fought were simply too brutal and intense.
Even now, after just one Ruin Conquest, most of the hunters’ equipment was damaged.
Beyond the point where repairing and reusing it seemed feasible.
That was why rapid equipment resupply was arguably the most critical concern for any hunter.
But these days, Kim Yu-min found herself in a difficult position.
It was becoming hard to source suitable equipment for her own use.
The Hunter Bureau had been pouring resources into managing the North Korean Dungeon Break.
The remaining equipment was simply too low-grade for an S-Rank Hunter like herself.
Most of the Magical Tools Jeon Jae-woo had sold to the Hunter Bureau weren’t the type a warrior could use.
If she couldn’t find what she needed through the Hunter Bureau, she’d have to source it herself to prevent any gaps in her Ruin Conquest schedule.
The most efficient approach would be to ask her brother, but—
‘…I absolutely hate that idea.’
Though her background as part of a conglomerate owner’s family was an excellent asset for a hunter, Kim Yu-min hated using it.
The sword she’d given to Jeon Jae-woo as thanks for saving her life not long ago.
Jeon Jae-woo had told her he was grateful and that he was using the sword well.
‘…It’s funny to give him a sword and then ask him for something again.’
Still, it might be worth requesting that Jeon Jae-woo craft another weapon for her.
Transcendent-Grade Hunters’ Methods of Ruin Conquest
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