Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 76

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Chapter 76
A week passed after the Dungeon was assigned to South America, and a new six-week interval opened up.
The world was granted another brief respite of peace.
As the Dungeons fell quiet, the reactions of various nations shifted from what they had been in the first quarter.
Since the assignment of new Dungeons had temporarily halted, they began throwing themselves into clearing the newly discovered ones.
There were many fresh Dungeons that had been left untouched while nations scrambled to handle the uncleared ones.
The great powers moved with particular speed.
Dungeons were scarce in peacetime anyway, and nations had always competed to stake their claim first.
Unless a Dungeon proved unusually problematic like the earlier uncleared ones, they simply conquered them as they came.
Thanks to the string of successful Dungeon clearances, the mood of society had grown buoyant.
It felt like emerging from a long tunnel and finally unwrapping a gift that had been kept hidden away.
In moments like these, there was no denying that Dungeons were gifts granted to humanity.
Jeon Jae-woo, however, had paused his Dungeon clearing.
None of the newly discovered Dungeons particularly matched what he was looking for.
Instead, he devoted himself to Swordsmanship Training and spent his remaining hours crafting Heaven’s Boxes whenever he could.
The Korean Hunter Association apparently needed quite a few Magical Tools for Dungeon clearing operations.
Within days, the number of commissioned Magical Tools had surged.
He didn’t have to fulfill every request, but since he needed to keep attempting to create new summoned creatures anyway, he was selling off whatever he made to the Association as fast as it came out.
Thanks to the liberated Box revealing all its crafting methods, several excellent Magical Tools had been created.
Truth be told, his primary goal was making new summoned creatures rather than Magical Tools, but he’d attempted it dozens of times over several weeks and hadn’t succeeded once.
‘Damn luck in this game is absolutely brutal…’
Anyway, he was organizing all the materials he’d stored inside No-bum’s body as methodically as if tidying a refrigerator.
“Hey. Master.”
“Yeah. What is it?”
“What should we do with this?”
“Hm?”
No-bum held up a bottle containing a Demonic Energy Mass that gleamed with black light.
An energy fragment he’d obtained when clearing a Legendary-grade Ruin previously.
Using the Mutant’s power, he’d separated a Demonic Sword called the Thunder Duke’s Lightning into a Thunder Dragon Horn and this Demonic Energy Mass.
The Thunder Dragon Horn had become Jeon Ji-woo, and now only this black lump remained.
It was still so pitch-black that just looking at it felt like being pulled into the depths of its presence.
‘Is there even anywhere I can use this?’
Heaven’s Box could only contain materials you could touch with your hands, couldn’t it?
“Why not try putting it in the Box and see what happens?”
Following the Lich King’s suggestion, he placed the bottle as-is into Heaven’s Box.
The notification window told him that the only possible result would be a single sword.
Unlike other items, the outcome was limited to exactly one sword.
Since it had originally been a sword, would the crafted result be the same thing?
The Association had also made a special request to craft a sword for Kim Yu-min.
‘I’m sorry to put you to such trouble.’
‘What do you have to apologize for, Hunter Kim?’
‘I gave you a sword as a gift, and now I’m asking for another one…’
‘No, I’m using the gift you gave me well.’
If this had been some calculated scheme to receive the sword he’d made, he’d feel a bit awkward about it.
‘Let me see. The materials needed for crafting are…’
First, he gathered all the materials he had in his possession.
For the materials he lacked, he purchased them from the Hunter Market.
‘Goodness. I really spent some money making just one sword, didn’t I?’
The material costs alone, which were only part of the total, exceeded a hundred billion Won.
Jeon Jae-woo fed all the assembled materials into the Box.
Heaven’s Box’s notification window showed a success rate of over ninety-nine percent.
Jeon Jae-woo immediately began the crafting.
And a day later, a sword manifested in the world.
“Wow…”
The moment the sword emerged from the Box, Jeon Jae-woo let out an involuntary exclamation.
An extraordinarily powerful presence—or should he say a terrifying one?
He’d never seen a Magical Tool emit an aura this formidable before.
Of course, it was nowhere near the level of a powerful summoned creature like Myeol-geop, or the Ego Sword that contained Myeol-geop within it.
But among ordinary Magical Tools that weren’t summoned creatures, this sword possessed the most powerful force Jeon Jae-woo had ever encountered.
-Hum hum hum…
The black aura surrounding the blade’s edge wavered like ripples on water.
Jeon Jae-woo gazed at the sword and felt certain.
Though not a summoned creature, this magical tool was a resounding success—the kind he hadn’t achieved in a long time.
He found himself drawn toward the demonic sword as if under a spell, stepping closer with each breath.
His hand reached out to grasp it—
Snap!
[Please do not touch it carelessly.]
Myeol-geop had suddenly appeared at his side, seizing his arm firmly and transmitting the message with unmistakable resolve.
Confronted by a side of Myeol-geop he’d never witnessed before, Jeon Jae-woo froze.
“Why? Why are you doing this?”
[You must not lay hands upon it. Not even for a moment should you entertain such desire. Does the Creator not already possess the finest weapon?]
Jeon Jae-woo glanced sideways at the Ego Sword, which floated in midair playing tag with Kat-si.
“…But I normally use two blades. And now there’s Ji-woo too.”
[No one compels the Creator to fight. The Creator need not fight at all.]
……
Myeol-geop’s stance was absolute.
The resolve was clear: if he refused to obey, the summoned creature would restrain him by force if necessary.
‘…Is this really something that demands such vigilance?’
Summoned creatures ordinarily would never go against their master’s genuine desires.
Perhaps it was because this object emanated a peculiarly unsettling aura compared to other magical tools?
“An unpleasant presence…”
The other summoned creatures—No-bum and the rest—shared Myeol-geop’s distaste at the sight of the demonic sword.
Even the Lich King, seemingly the summoned creature with the most questionable moral composition, regarded it with grave caution.
‘By the standard of sinister aura, it should suit the Lich King best—so why the wariness?’
The Lich King’s displeasure was unusually plain to see.
“That’s discriminatory language toward the undead, Creator.”
“I only said they looked the same to me, so they seemed the same.”
“The death mana that forms the foundation of demonic energy and necromancy is completely different, I assure you.”
As if discrimination mattered to something already dead. This fellow was insufferable.
In any case, Myeol-geop forbade him from even touching the sword, but letting the matter rest felt like a terrible waste.
Simply grasping it felt as though it would make him immeasurably stronger—like holding Excalibur itself.
Sensing Jeon Jae-woo’s wavering resolve, Myeol-geop spoke once more.
[Creator. With your current abilities, you cannot possibly control that object. Even if—no, even in a million tries—you managed to control it, merely wielding that sword would be equivalent to introducing poison into your own body.]
“Fine, fine. I get it.”
A simple word would have sufficed; why the grave tone? His arm ached.
This was like a narcotics officer trying to keep someone from touching drugs.
The Lich King, who had been examining the sword from a distance without touching it, spoke up.
“The nature of this blade resembles that of a demonic blade.”
“A demonic blade?”
“You know, in martial arts films and dramas—the villain picks up some cursed weapon, gets possessed by it, loses his mind, and goes berserk?”
In the hunters’ world, such cases were hardly uncommon.
A magical tool was a device meant only for those capable of wielding mana.
It was not like a gun—an ordinary person could not simply learn the technique and use it.
To wield a magical tool, one must naturally be capable of controlling the mana contained within it.
But if the wielder proved incapable of suppressing or accepting the magical tool’s mana, it could inflict grave harm on the user while bonded to the object.
Deaths from such incidents occurred with disturbing frequency.
Yet it was not as though the sword possessed some mind-control ability—could it truly consume a hunter’s will and reduce him to a rampaging beast?
“Ordinary mana would be different, but this is demonic energy, so it operates differently.”
The other summoned creatures were equally vigilant.
It was gratifying to have created something so formidable, but now doubt crept in.
‘I wonder if it’s even safe to hand this over…’
His own summoned creatures prevented him—Jeon Jae-woo—from touching it carelessly. What, then, of other hunters?
The troubling image rose unbidden: a hunter consumed by the very blade he had forged, losing himself to madness and rampage.
Still, he had to find some use for this mass of demonic energy.
Using it on his own summoned creatures, who were so clearly wary of it, felt wrong.
After much deliberation, Jeon Jae-woo made the decision to disassemble the demonic sword back into raw materials.
He then divided the materials appropriately.
The division of materials meant the work would take considerably longer, but there was no help for it.
Days passed before roughly ten swords were complete.
Jeon Jae-woo showed the finished blades to Myeol-geop and the Lich King.
“How’s this?”
The Lich King examined the sword and nodded.
“This should suffice. Even weak humans can be controlled properly with sufficient training.”
“Good. I should take it to the Hunter Bureau now.”
Jeon Jae-woo placed the sword inside No-bum’s body and went to find Yoo Jung-tae.
Yoo Jung-tae, who spent his days drowning in supply requests, broke into a broad smile at Jeon Jae-woo’s arrival.
“Thank you so much, Hunter.”
“Don’t mention it. Though you’ll need to be careful when using these.”
“What do you mean?”
“Well, I made them, but once they were finished, they turned out to be extremely dangerous objects for hunters.”
“Ah. I understand what you’re saying.”
“If control seems difficult, I can always take them back.”
Yoo Jung-tae hurriedly shook his head and waved his hand.
“No, no. There are many places where we can use them.”
After Jeon Jae-woo received the promised payment and left.
Hunter Bureau staff arrived and sorted the weapons Jeon Jae-woo had brought according to their tier.
And the moment they confirmed the swords Jeon Jae-woo had warned about.
……!!
Yoo Jung-tae was genuinely shocked.
‘So that’s why he said they were dangerous.’
Yoo Jung-tae was a veteran hunter who had become the Hunter Bureau chief after enduring every battlefield trial imaginable.
He recognized at a glance that the newly crafted swords were highly dangerous Demonic Blades.
Even a moment of carelessness would allow the Mana from those blades to seep into a hunter’s body, and without prolonged treatment, the blade would eventually consume them entirely, causing them to lose their mind and become monsters.
‘At minimum, only A-Rank Hunters—and only the top tier of them at that—should be permitted to touch these.’
If Yoo Jung-tae knew these were made by dividing materials into multiple portions, he would be even more astonished.
Yoo Jung-tae distributed Jeon Jae-woo’s magical tools appropriately.
He was considering selling the lower-risk items to the company as well.
Of course, he’d need to lay down strict precautions to prevent any mishaps.
***
Meanwhile, at Youngmyeong Company.
Company representative Kim Jun-ha was on a call.
With a high-ranking government official who had connections to the Hunter Bureau.
“Hey, it’s me. The goods arrived?”
[Yes, sir. They just came in.]
“How is it? Any decent items?”
[We’re sorting them by grade now, but everything from Hunter Jeon Jae-woo is top quality.]
“That so?”
A subtle smile played across Kim Jun-ha’s face.
Which hunter wouldn’t covet magical tools crafted by Jeon Jae-woo?
[The magical tools have been sorted separately by grade.]
“Yeah? What are the highest-grade magical tools?”
[Swords. Thirteen of them came in, and their performance is excellent, and their dangerousness is…]
A smile flickered across Kim Jun-ha’s lips once more.
“Then losing one or two of them wouldn’t cause much problem to the Hunter Bureau’s overall strength.”
Transcendent-Rank Hunter’s Dungeon Strategy Guide
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