Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 74

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Episode 74
The Han Yeon Company representatives left without achieving anything of note.
They’d tried to cling on quite persistently, but once he let some displeasure show, they backed off in fear on their own.
“Were they hanging around outside the house the whole time?”
“Yeah. They showed up right after you left, so I couldn’t even go to the store.”
Ah, that explained why there was nothing prepared at home.
“I’m hungry though… so what are you doing?”
“I’ll make some ramen. Anyway, they kept trying to push inside because you weren’t here.”
Now that he thought about it, he probably shouldn’t have given them even a glass of water.
“Pretty impressive you didn’t let them in though. Those people seem to be fairly skilled hunters themselves.”
Jeon Ji-woo shrugged his shoulders.
“I just released a little mana and they got scared and backed off.”
It made sense—no matter how capable they were, they wouldn’t stand a chance against an upper-mid-tier S-rank hunter like Jeon Ji-woo.
“I was thinking of just kicking them out entirely, but since it’s your business, I kept them outside instead.”
“You did exactly right. Good work, Ji-woo.”
Without thinking, he reached out and stroked the Doppelgänger’s head the way he’d pet No-bum or Catsy.
Jeon Jae-woo caught himself mid-stroke and hesitated, but Jeon Ji-woo didn’t seem to mind the gesture at all.
Like they were real siblings.
‘Don’t real siblings usually not do this sort of thing?’
According to knowledge he’d gathered from the internet, siblings apparently found each other repulsive at even the slightest touch.
He looked back over the documents the Han Yeon Company people had brought, along with gifts they’d tried to win his favor with.
Though they’d shown somewhat rudeness, there were clear signs they’d put considerable effort into making a good impression.
‘Please take your time to consider, and contact us when you’re ready. We assure you it will bring no disadvantage to you, Hunter.’
There had to be a reason why the hunter company was suddenly making such an odd proposal.
Hunters in Korea faced significant restrictions on individual operations.
More precisely, restrictions applied to established hunters who’d retired from active duty.
The law prevented hunters from entering dungeons alone.
Aside from Dungeons, the only way hunters could earn money through combat was by hunting monsters in Ruins.
But solitary entry was permitted only for Dungeons.
Since any hunter could access Dungeons through the system and enter alone, they couldn’t be controlled anyway—and realistically, the odds of conquering one solo were too low to matter.
However, the various Ruins across the country that had become monster lairs were barred from individual entry for multiple safety reasons.
If a hunter carelessly disturbed or provoked monsters inside, a Break could occur, threatening the residential areas nearby.
South Korea, burdened especially by the worst Ruin of all—the North Korean Dungeon—was particularly strict about such controls.
So hunters had to belong to either a company or the Hunter Bureau to enter.
And once affiliated with a company, they bore the obligation to answer any Hunter Bureau mobilization order.
In truth, the “safety reasons” excuse was plausible enough, but it was best understood as a minimum mechanism for the state to exert some control over hunters.
A hunter could always establish a one-person company and register under it just to enter a Ruin.
“Anyway, this thing really is effective.”
[It’s unusual that almost anything can be broken through it.]
Except for today’s meeting with Yoo Jung-tae, Jeon Jae-woo had been continuously applying his Familiar’s Detection Evasion ability to create errors in facial recognition.
He’d passed many people on the street, but none of them would properly remember his face.
Even Kim Yu-hyeon, who certainly would have seen it before, hadn’t recognized him—for the same reason.
While his face was probably known to the upper class around the level of Han Yeon Group’s owning family, he made a point of moving this way unless he was somewhat familiar with them.
Either way, he thought that once his active career ended, there would be no exceptions to the rules even for him.
The courtship from corporations didn’t end with just Han Yeon Company—it continued for some time.
Especially the major companies threw themselves into trying to recruit him.
He hadn’t told anyone, yet somehow they all knew his home address.
“Hunter. Our company has recently created something quite remarkable…”
“If you’d just join us, we could even aim for the industry’s top position!! We’ll support you with everything we’ve got!”
“If you enter the Hunter Bureau, you’ll fail to properly demonstrate your considerable talents.”
Some people threw pitch lines that sounded like something a snake oil salesman would use.
Even a figure so powerful that seemingly everyone in the nation would know their name had personally approached him to propose employment.
‘If it came out that this gentleman made such a secretive proposal, wouldn’t it be a serious blow to his political career?’
Still, no one from overseas companies had returned.
It would be difficult for foreign corporations to approach him privately, without state backing.
He’d rejected all surrounding proposals and moved only independently, so they probably thought he’d lost all interest in recruitment—yet they were watching him very closely.
Gift packages and contracts left by company staff kept multiplying.
Watching him stuff all of them into the corner of his room, Myeol-geop asked a question.
[Once the Dungeon Conquest is finished, will you stop hunting entirely?]
“Well. Conquering a Mythical Rank Dungeon is the ultimate goal eventually.”
Beyond that, I haven’t really thought about it.
Whether I could even solo a Mythical Rank Dungeon in the first place is questionable.
Even if I managed it, it wouldn’t be for a long time yet.
According to Myeol-geop’s analysis, even pooling every bit of power I’ve accumulated so far, there’s an eighty percent-plus chance we’d all die in a Mythical Rank Dungeon.
If I told the Hunter Bureau—or rather, the government—that I was quitting, I suspect they’d turn the world upside down.
But unlike what the companies are projecting, I’m not retiring anytime soon.
[Dungeons Conquered to Date – Apostle’s Altar of Death, The Ancient Golden Palace, Tomb of the Sword, The Sun That Never Sets, The Underground Labyrinth, Silver Mine, The Quiet Palace, Wall of Emptiness, Castle in the Sky, Tower of Babel, Divine Providence, Grand Cross, Night of Rain, Transcendence, Echo of Earth, The Abyss, Fog of Death, Sleepless Night, Nameless]
[Remaining Conquest Tokens (6)]
Based on intel the domestic companies have gathered, Jeon Jae-woo’s Dungeon Conquest attempts should be almost exhausted, but as you can see, I’ve still got six tokens left.
On top of that, I’ve set aside six Additional Dungeon Clear Permits that I haven’t used yet.
Compared to when I first started conquering dungeons, it’s as if the number hasn’t decreased at all.
Anyone seeing this would think I was casting magic.
‘I’ve certainly conquered a lot of dungeons.’
Nearly twenty dungeons in total.
If you ranked global dungeon conquests by frequency, I’d be overwhelmingly first.
But it’s about time anyway.
I’ve accepted Yoo Jung-tae’s request and agreed to conquer one of the dungeons assigned to Africa.
A Legendary-grade Ruin assigned to the South African Republic.
Jeon Jae-woo entered the ruin alongside his summoned creatures.
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[Conquest Condition for ‘Dry Lands’: Find and eliminate all scorpions hiding beneath the sand (0/200)]
The interior of the Dry Lands ruin was, true to its name, a desert.
Walking through sand dunes was one thing, but the surrounding heat was absolutely overwhelming.
The Dry Lands was one of the most notorious Legendary-grade Ruins that couldn’t be conquered due to its environment.
It wasn’t mere heat—an ordinary hunter would literally roast alive just standing there.
Of course, with No-bum, I didn’t have to worry.
-Whoooosh…
The oppressive heat vanished, replaced by a cool breeze.
“How’s that, Master? Better, isn’t it?”
“Yeah. You really are the finest of all my summoned creatures, No-bum.”
“Hehe.”
By merging with his Nature-type Attribute, he modulated the temperature with perfect precision.
Soon the ground began to tremor.
Not an earthquake—colossal scorpion beasts were rising up.
Jeon Jae-woo drew his sword and prepared for battle.
First, he held back Myeol-geop, who was about to charge forward.
“Jeon Ji-woo.”
“Yeah?”
“Try handling those creatures in front on your own.”
Instead, he sent the Doppelgänger forward—it was his first real combat.
The scorpion beasts that emerged from the sand desert were notoriously difficult to engage compared to other monsters.
Beyond their sheer size, you had to be careful not to get caught in their claws and watch out for the venom in their tails.
He’d sent the doppelgänger out alone, but seeing it standing before these massive creatures made him slightly uneasy.
“If it gets too rough, we’ll back you up, so don’t push yourself.”
‘Let’s see how it performs in actual combat.’
Even though he’d copied it to match his own level exactly, would the battle experience be the same too?
Jeon Ji-woo showed no obvious nervousness despite this being his first real fight.
With a blank expression, he took position before the beasts.
The moment the scorpions rushed forward in unison, he hurled his sword straight ahead.
-Kraaaack!!
The blade cleaved one scorpion clean in half.
Using the Sword of Duality, he sent the straight-flying weapon spiraling high into the sky.
Jeon Jae-woo’s jaw dropped.
As the blade soared upward and suddenly began spinning in circles, its afterimage started to materialize.
In an instant, dozens—no, hundreds—of the sword’s forms burst outward in all directions, blanketing the sky.
Jeon Jae-woo stared up at this sky of blades, his mouth wide open.
‘Wait… I don’t have a copying Characteristic or anything like that…’
How was the Doppelgänger pulling off this kind of technique while still being a copy of everything about him?
Myeol-geop, standing beside him, corrected his misconception.
[The Creator is certainly capable of such techniques as well.]
What are you saying? There’s no way I can do that.
[Consider an ordinary person and a professional soccer player with identical body conditions.]
“Huh?”
[Just because an ordinary person has trained their body as well as a professional player does that mean their soccer skills are equally outstanding?]
“…I suppose not.”
[You can think of it as roughly similar.]
……
In other words, the gap between Jeon Jae-woo and Jeon Ji-woo was roughly equivalent to the difference between a professional soccer player and an ordinary person who’d simply trained their body.
I’d thought I’d trained relentlessly enough, but it seemed I still had a long way to go.
Could he really apply techniques like that through the use of Sword Energy Enhancement and the Sword of Duality characteristic?
Presently, countless blade-forms hovering in the sky poured down like rain upon the beasts.
The scorpion-type monsters in the vicinity were annihilated in an instant.
‘During our sparring matches… he was really holding back on me…’
After all, no matter how formal the bout, what adult fights a child in earnest? What professional faces an amateur without holding back?
Jeon Ji-woo returned after finishing up and asked without much thought.
“Want to go again?”
“…No. That’s enough. I’ve seen plenty.”
Jeon Jae-woo was acutely aware that he was in no position to stand with his hands clasped behind his back, evaluating someone’s skills.
‘Who exactly was supposed to be helping whom?’
Excluding non-combat personnel, Jeon Jae-woo was the weakest in this group.
In any case, all the Summoned Creatures moved out and began hunting the remaining monsters in the dungeon, and the Dungeon Conquest was finished in no time.
[The exploration mission has been completed.]
[From now on, the Dry Lands dungeon belongs to you, Jeon Jae-woo.]
A Legendary-grade Ruin could not damage even a hair on Jeon Jae-woo’s head.
Though his pride had taken a bit of a blow.
How to Conquer Dungeons as a Transcendent-rank Hunter
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