Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 71

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Episode 71
A long time had passed since the crafting began, and at last the Heaven’s Box opened.
‘My hands are shaking.’
This was the most nerve-wracking moment since he’d first used the Heaven’s Box.
He’d never summoned a clone of himself before.
Hisssss…
Just as films always showed it, white vapor dispersed outward as the box lid rose.
What could possibly be grand enough to warrant such theatrical presentation?
Then a human hand thrust up from inside the box.
‘Good grief, that scared me.’
Even though he’d owned the Heaven’s Box for quite some time now, he still jumped whenever a new Summoned Creature emerged from it.
Every time a full-grown body materialized from that tiny box, it felt like watching a magic trick.
But this time, instead of a golem’s prosthetic arm or an undead’s bone fragments, an actual human body was emerging—which startled him even more.
Yet something felt off.
‘Why are the hands and feet so thin?’
He’d built up considerable muscle since becoming a Hunter, training diligently.
Could it be that the clone was created in his image from when he was still an ordinary person?
He wasn’t planning to rely on this clone for combat, but if it had no ability to use Mana at all, that would be problematic.
Soon the completed clone revealed itself fully before Jeon Jae-woo’s eyes.
A human who looked exactly like Jeon Jae-woo… or should have been?
“……???”
Jeon Jae-woo was genuinely shocked by his clone(?)
Not exaggerating—he was truly startled.
The Doppelgänger, having emerged from the box, stared intently at her original creator.
“What are you looking at?”
“?”
And she spoke to her creator, whom she was meeting for the first time, in a thin voice.
Jeon Jae-woo was momentarily disoriented and couldn’t find words.
And for good reason—a woman had just emerged from the box.
“Um. Excuse me, who are you?”
At first, shock had scrambled his words.
For a moment, he’d thought some perverted Hunter with spatial movement abilities had broken into his home.
The Doppelgänger frowned at the incomprehensible question.
“What are you talking about? You’re the one who created me.”
“……”
Jeon Jae-woo fell silent.
Well, it made sense to be shocked. Wasn’t a Doppelgänger supposed to be…?
Didn’t the term mean a perfect duplicate of oneself?
‘Is there some other meaning to “Doppelgänger” that I don’t know about?’
Why had she come out as a gender transformation?
This definitely isn’t that kind of story.
Jeon Jae-woo checked the updated notification from the Heaven’s Box.
There was a notification saying the Doppelgänger crafting had failed.
“What the hell.”
He’d gathered the materials according to the recipe the Heaven’s Box had provided, and the failure rate was supposed to be barely one percent.
Jeon Jae-woo’s jaw dropped.
So he’d failed the perfect crafting and ended up with a woman instead of a man?
Looking more carefully, she was definitely female, though she did bear some resemblance to Jeon Jae-woo.
If only her hair were shorter, he might have mistaken her for the real Jeon Jae-woo at a glance.
“…Let’s at least get you some clothes first.”
Her figure was curvaceous and slender, the kind of appearance that would captivate the eyes of many men.
But viewing the naked body of himself—now gender-transformed—didn’t feel particularly pleasant, no matter how attractive it might be to others.
And so Jeon Jae-woo’s clone(?) entered the world, and several hours later…
The Doppelgänger adapted to her surroundings remarkably quickly.
Now she was sprawled across the sofa, scattering snack crumbs all over it while watching TV.
She was enthusiastically absorbed in a boy group program on the screen.
“Oooh.”
“……”
Jeon Jae-woo stared at his clone, who had a somewhat vacant expression, and reflected.
‘Why does this feel so irritating.’
How should I put it—an instinctive sense of revulsion?
She resembled me closely, yet in one crucial way we differed profoundly, and that discrepancy sent a sharp wave of discomfort through me.
I believe the technical term for this sensation is the Uncanny Valley.
To make matters worse, seeing a feminized version of myself blushing at a boy group idol’s choreography on screen was utterly insufferable.
“Meow.”
“Mmm-hmm. Catsy.”
In the midst of it all, Catsy adored her.
While I watched television, Catsy jumped onto the sofa and greeted me with a slow blink, so I smiled and stroked her fur.
‘Even her mannerisms are identical to mine.’
Given that she was aware of the other Summoned Creatures, it seemed Jeon Jae-woo’s knowledge and memories remained intact.
She possessed basic common sense and intellect as a human without any issues.
Which meant she could be sent out into society and function without problems.
Even if there had been minor failures, it appeared she was indeed a cloned human being.
As I watched with a turbulent heart, Myeol-geop approached and spoke to Jeon Jae-woo.
[The Mutant has analyzed it, and she is indeed a clone of the Creator.]
“I figured as much.”
[Yes. Everything is identical except for the gender. Frankly, I never expected the cloned human to undergo Gender Transformation and result in failure.]
But wasn’t that the most important aspect when creating a clone?
“I’m curious about something, Myeol-geop.”
[Speak, Creator.]
“You’re under my command, but if she’s my Doppelgänger, can she become your master as well?”
Not that I feared the Summoned Creatures might conspire together and stage a rebellion or anything like that.
It was purely genuine curiosity. Truly.
To Jeon Jae-woo’s question, Myeol-geop responded with finality.
[My master is only the one Creator who awakened the Heaven’s Box trait and brought me into being. A clone is merely a clone. Moreover, since she possesses a different gender, she is not even a perfect clone.]
“But if I were to die, would my duties fall to her in your eyes?”
[In the infinitesimal chance that such a thing occurs, I intend to use the Doppelgänger’s life force, aided by the other Summoned Creatures, to revive the Creator. Should revival prove impossible, we would continue deliberating on resurrection methods until success is achieved—but there is no room whatsoever for regarding that clone as a replacement master.]
Well, her loyalty was appreciated, but I found it deeply unsettling.
Both Myeol-geop and the other Summoned Creatures showed goodwill toward the Doppelgänger.
This was unusual, considering that ordinary Summoned Creatures like Myeol-geop, the Lich King, and the Mutant were otherwise indifferent to one another.
Perhaps they extended slightly more care because she was a replica of their master.
Still, they seemed to regard her primarily as a backup body to be deployed should the need arise.
Jeon Jae-woo rose without a word and approached the clone.
“What are you doing? You’re blocking the TV. Move.”
“It’s really incredible how identical you are…”
Jeon Jae-woo reached out and touched the Doppelgänger’s face with fascination.
“I said move. Why are you suddenly touching my face?”
She was sharp-tongued toward her master much like Ego Sword, but still.
‘I’m a magnanimous master, so I’ll indulge this.’
The Doppelgänger clearly disliked it, yet she did not refuse Jeon Jae-woo’s touch.
Or rather, she could not refuse.
Discomfort aside, as long as Jeon Jae-woo was her master, she could not place restrictions on her master’s actions.
Well, the Gender Transformation had happened, so be it.
Since things had come to this point, Jeon Jae-woo extended her hand with the thought of making the best of it.
“Let’s get along from now on. My clone.”
“Sure. Whatever.”
To her surprise, the Doppelgänger grasped her hand readily.
“There’s one thing I want to ask first. Do you have a separate count of Ruin Conquests available to you?”
“No. I don’t have any.”
At the Doppelgänger’s flat denial, Jeon Jae-woo felt disappointment wash over her.
She’d harbored a faint hope that since the clone was, after all, a human who had awakened to Mana, perhaps she possessed her own count.
‘So the Ruin system doesn’t accept loopholes like that.’
Of course, it wouldn’t be possible to use Heaven’s Box an additional time either.
Jeon Jae-woo sat in disappointment for about a minute, then asked the Doppelgänger again.
“Can you do everything else? The traits I’ve acquired through training?”
—Whoosh.
The moment Jeon Jae-woo handed the sword to the Doppelgänger, she effortlessly manifested Ego Sword and Sword Energy Reinforcement.
All the Sword Techniques that Jeon Jae-woo had acquired through self-cultivation were at her fingertips.
She was, in essence, a perfect copy-and-paste of Jeon Jae-woo.
‘Does that mean I really am that difficult to get along with all the time?’
There are Hunters who use abilities related to clone techniques, but this is on a different level entirely.
A complete duplicate—a unique living being in every sense.
‘But why is her personality so prickly?’
Lich King, watching from the side, spoke as though he’d just realized something.
“Creator. I believe I understand why the clone is particularly abrasive toward you.”
“Why is that?”
“If we compare it to human society, wouldn’t the closest relationship between creator and clone be that of siblings?”
“Well… I suppose if you put it that way, yes?”
“I’ve heard that on Earth, all brothers and sisters are mortal enemies.”
……
He’d tried to brush it off as a joke, but now that he thought about it, there was something to that.
Jeon Jae-woo turned his head, dismissing the thought.
That was when the Doppelgänger spoke first.
“So what am I supposed to do from now on?”
“What do you mean, do? Just sit there.”
The fighting would all be handled by the other Summoned Creatures anyway.
He’d created a human clone out of curiosity, but there didn’t seem to be much practical use for one.
As a duplicate of Jeon Jae-woo himself, her combat ability was merely average compared to his other Summoned Creatures.
Even household chores were already being handled perfectly well by the others.
Well, if problems arose in daily life rather than combat, he could always use her as a substitute.
‘But wait, I can’t even do that.’
How could he send her in his place when she looked like a woman?
He couldn’t tell people around him that he’d discovered his gender identity and gone to Thailand and come back.
Maybe he’d have to disguise her as a man somehow.
“So what’s my name?”
Jeon Jae-woo, who had been mulling over various things about the Doppelgänger, was startled.
A Summoned Creature created by Heaven’s Box was asking for a name of her own?
Myeol-geop, Lich King, No-bum, Mutant, Catsy—until now, not a single Summoned Creature had ever asked Jeon Jae-woo for a name first.
Was it because she was human, even if she was a clone, that made the difference?
Jeon Jae-woo stared at the clone with wide eyes.
“You want a name?”
The Doppelgänger nodded as if it were obvious.
“Is there a name you’d like to have? As long as it’s not too strange, I’ll call you by it.”
“No. Nothing comes to mind.”
Hmm. Let him think for a moment.
Jeon Jae-woo had no siblings; he was an only son.
When his mother and father saw his Doppelgänger, they would probably think a daughter had suddenly appeared.
Both of them had often spoken together about how nice it would be to have a daughter.
It seemed he was about to fulfill that wish on their behalf.
Who would have thought he’d be the child who granted his parents’ wish for a granddaughter—not even a granddaughter, but an actual daughter?
Who could have imagined that filial piety would come in this form?
‘…Though they might also treat her as a monster.’
In any case, he decided to give the Doppelgänger a name by taking one character each from his parents’ names.
“You’re the child of Mom and Dad the same as I am, genetically speaking.”
Though technically, the creator was Jeon Jae-woo and Heaven’s Box.
His father’s name was Jeon Sang-woo, and his mother’s name was Lee Yun-ji.
“From now on, I’ll call you Ji-woo. Jeon Ji-woo.”
The Doppelgänger—or rather, Jeon Ji-woo—scrunched up her face and spoke.
“That’s tacky.”
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How a Transcendent Grade Hunter Conquers Ruins
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