Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 73

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Chapter 73
There was already a visitor in the Bureau Chief’s office when Jeon Jae-woo arrived.
“I look forward to learning much from you going forward. Thank you for everything, Chief.”
A man dressed in a crisp suit bowed respectfully toward Yoo Jung-tae.
Yoo Jung-tae smiled and extended his hand.
“The pleasure is mine. Given the current state of affairs, we desperately need Han Yeon Group’s support.”
“Of course. I’ll do everything I can to help.”
The man’s name was Kim Yu-hyun.
He had recently been promoted to vice president of a key subsidiary of Han Yeon Group.
He was still in his early to mid-thirties.
Far too young to occupy such a position at one of Korea’s largest conglomerates, ordinarily.
But it was possible because he belonged to the owning family.
He was the current Group Chairman’s biological son, and also the older brother of Kim Yu-min, an active-duty S-rank Hunter.
Despite being younger than the Chairman’s other children, he was a strong contender in the succession race for the Group’s leadership.
Having recently been promoted to vice president, he had come to build connections with the Bureau Chief ahead of time.
“By the way, late as it is, congratulations on your promotion to vice president. With such an accomplished son, your father must feel very reassured.”
“I’m hardly worthy of such praise. It’s all thanks to my father.”
“Ha. You needn’t be so modest in front of an older man.”
Truth be told, Yoo Jung-tae didn’t think it was modesty at all.
Even for a chaebol heir, rising to vice president in one’s early to mid-thirties was uncommon.
There were no serious flaws, but neither had he demonstrated any extraordinary abilities.
The real reason he had risen to vice president was largely due to his younger sister, Kim Yu-min.
She was the only Hunter among the owner’s family—and not just any Hunter, but an S-rank at that.
Other corporations worked tirelessly to marry into S-rank Hunter families, yet Han Yeon had blood-born success; for a conglomerate, this was an immense advantage.
Kim Yu-hyun’s promotion to vice president was largely a result of his younger sister’s status as an S-rank Hunter being highly valued.
Han Yeon Group, for reference, was an old-established South Korean defense contractor.
Since the Great Cataclysm, it had manufactured more of the nation’s magical tools and weapons than any other company, making it especially important to the Hunter industry.
Yoo Jung-tae was aware that his subordinate and her older brother didn’t get along particularly well.
“Next time we meet, I’ll treat you and your sister to a nice meal.”
“Ha. I’d be delighted. I’ll look forward to it.”
On the surface, they conversed in a cordial atmosphere.
Shortly after, once the pleasantries concluded, Kim Yu-hyun stepped out.
An elderly secretary following behind him offered a handkerchief.
“You’ve done well, Vice President.”
“Well? I just met with a bureaucrat.”
Yet sweat poured down his face like rain.
Kim Yu-hyun accepted the handkerchief and wiped away the moisture.
Even after leaving the room, his heart was still racing.
‘Damn. That was scarier than I expected.’
Kim Yu-hyun was an ordinary person who had never worked as a Hunter.
Meeting face-to-face with Yoo Jung-tae, an upper-tier S-rank Hunter, had been quite daunting.
Honestly, he’d been so nervous that he would have gladly avoided a one-on-one meeting with an S-rank Hunter at any cost.
But securing the Hunter Bureau’s cooperation was something he couldn’t afford to overlook for his future prospects.
Whether in democracies, dictatorships, or monarchies, it was no exaggeration to say that real power lay in the hands of the Hunter Bureau’s chief rather than national leaders or heads of government anywhere in the world.
He was only a subsidiary vice president for now, but he needed to cultivate these connections carefully.
Only then could he smoothly ascend to the Chairman’s seat in the future.
He had gritted his teeth and met with Yoo Jung-tae, but the pressure had been immense.
If his sister would help, he could build these connections with the Hunter Bureau far more easily.
‘But that one younger sister of mine. Tsk.’
Kim Yu-min wasn’t offering him any cooperation in consolidating his power.
Just then, someone brushed past Kim Yu-hyun in the hallway.
Kim Yu-hyun turned to look at the person passing him by indifferently, frowning slightly.
“Secretary Kim.”
“Yes?”
“Do you know who that man is—the one the secretary director just guided past?”
“Pardon? I’m not sure. He doesn’t appear to be among the Bureau’s key executives.”
Unfamiliar as he was, the man hardly seemed like a privileged heir like himself.
‘Was he an important Hunter I should know about?’
His face looked strangely familiar.
What was peculiar was the way the secretary director had attended to him with exceptional care as he passed.
‘Who on earth is he, getting treated like that?’
He looked far younger than Kim Yu-hyun himself.
Kim Yu-hyun handed back the sweat-dampened handkerchief and spoke.
“Right. We’ve sent people to that hunter’s residence, yes?”
“Yes. We’ve arranged everything as you instructed.”
“I trust only you, Secretary Kim.”
“Rest assured. I’ll handle it so it becomes a true asset to you, Vice Chairman.”
After Kim Yu-hyun left, Yoo Jung-tae released a shallow sigh.
Despite possessing the physique of an S-rank Hunter, his body was crying out in exhaustion.
Since Dungeon Breaks began occurring across the world’s ruins, he hadn’t known a moment’s peace.
“Director. Hunter Jeon Jae-woo has arrived.”
Still, hearing that Jeon Jae-woo had come brought a smile to his face unbidden.
He greeted Jeon Jae-woo with a radiant smile, like a grandfather beaming with open-hearted joy as he goes out to welcome his grandchild.
“Hunter Jeon Jae-woo. Thank you for coming.”
“No, no. But I saw someone leaving your office just now.”
“Ah, that’s Kim Yu-hyun—Vice Chairman of Han Yeon Group.”
Jeon Jae-woo asked with a slightly startled expression.
“Vice Chairman of Han Yeon Group?”
“Yes. He’s Kim Yu-min’s older brother, actually. Not someone you need to concern yourself with, Hunter.”
So he’s the Han Yeon Group chairman’s son, then.
Jeon Jae-woo had known long before becoming a hunter that Kim Yu-min came from a chaebol family.
Since Kim Yu-min arguably had the highest public profile among active-duty hunters, that information was easy enough to find with a simple internet search.
Especially if you read the Kkeomu Wiki article, her family relations were laid out in exhaustive detail.
That site didn’t hesitate to document anything newsworthy, so it was easy to learn that the Han Yeon Group chairman had numerous illegitimate children, and that Kim Yu-hyun was Kim Yu-min’s biological older brother.
“He was just making a courtesy visit—nothing of particular importance. Don’t give it a second thought.”
“I see. Anyway, what brings me here today?”
“It’s regarding the Dungeon Break in Africa. Nations there have requested assistance, and I’d appreciate if you could review their proposal.”
The African nations caught in the Dungeon Break.
They would all struggle mightily to conquer the ruins through their own efforts.
Though the odds were slim, if Jeon Jae-woo agreed to help them, it would be ideal.
They were probing him even knowing refusal was likely.
But the ruins assigned to Africa didn’t appeal to Jeon Jae-woo much at all.
He’d already reviewed every assigned ruin, and none held the materials he needed.
There wasn’t a single ruin offering an Additional Dungeon Clear Permit as a conquest reward.
‘Feels like Additional Dungeon Clear Permits have been disappearing from ruin rewards lately.’
In the past, whenever new ruins appeared, there’d typically be at least one offering an Additional Dungeon Clear Permit as a reward.
Could the system be deliberately removing them as it swapped in new item rewards?
With his available conquest attempts dwindling, if this pace continued, his retirement from active duty might not be far off.
‘Even looking at it objectively, my active-duty period has been incredibly short.’
It’s been roughly a year since I awakened as a hunter and started operating.
No one but Jeon Jae-woo had conquered this many ruins in such a brief span.
The Korean Hunter Association knew how precious his remaining conquest attempts were.
But the fact that they’d brought this up meant the Korean government had definitely tabled a proposal worth the Association’s attention.
Using one or two more conquest attempts seemed a reasonable trade.
“There’s a particular ruin you’d like me to conquer, isn’t there?”
Yoo Jung-tae nodded with a somewhat embarrassed smile.
“The terms are absolutely favorable—in fact, the best possible conditions to ensure you profit from this.”
First, let’s see what those African nations can actually offer.
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Not long after, Jeon Jae-woo finished the conversation and headed home.
Between training and visiting the Hunter Bureau today, he was exhausted.
‘I need to eat dinner quick and get some real rest.’
Just thinking of the dinner his younger sister (?) had prepared made his heart race with anticipation.
“?”
As he approached his house, Jeon Jae-woo tilted his head in confusion.
Several unfamiliar people in business suits were coming and going in front of his residence.
‘Who are they?’
The suited figures approached eagerly when they spotted Jeon Jae-woo.
“Pardon us. Are you Hunter Jeon Jae-woo?”
“Yes? What is it?”
From the atmosphere, it doesn’t seem like they’ve come here to cause trouble.
A few months ago, something like this happened fairly often.
Foreign government agencies would visit to scout Jeon Jae-woo.
‘But it’s been a while since anyone’s shown up like this.’
Even now, there are plenty of nations that want to establish friendly relations with Jeon Jae-woo.
Not just plenty—there’s hardly a nation that doesn’t want such relations.
But from what I understand, most plans to emigrate him through persuasion have been shelved.
The man before him extended a business card and bowed at nearly a ninety-degree angle.
“It’s an honor to meet you for the first time, Hunter. We’re from Han Yeon Group.”
Jeon Jae-woo accepted the card.
‘Han Yeon Company Hunter?’
So they’d come from Han Yeon Company, a hunter firm under the Han Yeon Group.
The timing was rather suspicious.
He’d just left the Hunter Bureau today and happened to brush past the owner’s family there.
“Actually, the Vice President Kim Yu-hyun, who is the son of our group chairman, sent us discreetly.”
So it really was someone he’d encountered at the Hunter Bureau who’d sent them.
Meeting that man at the Hunter Bureau today seemed like mere coincidence, though.
“What brings Han Yeon Company to my home?”
“We’re truly sorry for showing up unannounced. Would it be possible to have a word with you?”
“A word?”
“Yes. We’d like to present you with several favorable proposals.”
From what he could gather, the people who’d come were quite skilled hunters, even if not quite S-rank.
They didn’t strike him as con artists.
“Sure. Come in, then.”
Jeon Jae-woo invited them inside and gave each a glass of cold water.
The truth was, he was fairly tired right now and would’ve preferred they hurried through their proposal and left.
What kind of offer could a corporation possibly make to someone who took commissions at the national level?
“So what’s this about?”
“Well, as I mentioned, we’d like to present you with a favorable proposal. If you were to join us at Han Yeon Company, we would do our utmost to serve you.”
Jeon Jae-woo was taken aback slightly.
He’d wondered if they were going to try recruiting him, and apparently that’s exactly what they were doing.
‘It’s been quite a while since someone approached me like this.’
But as he’d noted before, even the most powerful nations had failed in their attempts to bring Jeon Jae-woo into their fold.
Han Yeon Group was a major conglomerate in Korea, but Jeon Jae-woo’s market value had long since exceeded what any single company could afford to recruit.
“If you don’t mind my saying, I believe you don’t have much time left before retirement.”
Jeon Jae-woo raised an eyebrow.
By retirement, they meant completing dungeon clearings—not quitting the hunter profession entirely.
Excluding the Additional Dungeon Clear Permits he hadn’t yet used, Jeon Jae-woo was indeed approaching the end of his active dungeon-clearing days.
By publicly available information, it would be reasonable to assume that Jeon Jae-woo had already exhausted his official dungeon-clearing opportunities.
“Once you retire, we thought Han Yeon Group could become a fine partner for you.”
Ah, so that’s what this was.
Knowing that recruitment while he was active would be impossible, they were proposing partnership for when he stopped clearing dungeons and became an established hunter.
A Transcendent-rank Hunter’s Guide to Dungeon Clearing
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