Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 78

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Episode 78
The Ancient-grade Ruin was called the Garden of God.
Upon entering, a vibrant flower field welcomed Jeon Jae-woo and his summoned creatures.
When it came to appreciating flowers, Jeon Jae-woo was exactly like his father.
To him, they were simply flowers—nothing that stirred his emotions.
His sister Jeon Ji-woo, on the other hand, seemed to have inherited far more of their mother’s sensibilities.
“Wow. Brother, look over there. Aren’t the flowers absolutely beautiful?”
“…I grant that flowers are pretty, but how did you notice that first?”
Winged creatures were descending from the sky right now.
Human-shaped things clad in pure white armor, wings of pearl-white gleaming as they swarmed down.
Had a hunter with any religion witnessed them, they surely would have mistaken them for an army of angels sent by God—and would have fallen to their knees in prayer rather than raise a hand in battle.
From the angels’ perspective, Jeon Jae-woo’s group were invaders who had breached the Garden of God.
The next instant, blinding light erupted from behind the angels’ forms.
Myeol-geop, the Lich King, and No-bum swiftly activated their characteristics to shield Jeon Jae-woo’s eyes.
[Creator, you must never gaze directly at that light.]
“I understand.”
This was the reason the Garden of God Dungeon had remained unconquered for so long.
The moment one entered the dungeon, the angels unleashed their radiant assault.
The instant that light touched your vision, even formidable defensive characteristics lost their potency, leaving you utterly blind.
“Are the rest of you alright?”
“How could blindness befall creatures whose eyes contain no living cells to begin with, Creator?”
Of course, even among summoned creatures, the clone Jeon Ji-woo was an exception.
“Brother. I can’t see anything. I think I’ve gone blind?”
Jeon Ji-woo had lost her sight the moment they’d entered the dungeon.
“Damn it. I told you to be careful.”
“But how could I not look when the flowers are so beautiful?”
It seemed humans simply had no business entering this dungeon at all.
“Master. Mutant says we can cure it by brewing World Tree Sacred Medicine into a potion and using it.”
“Well, thank goodness for that.”
Meanwhile, the angels, realizing their blinding assault had failed, launched their next offensive.
Whoosh!
As the angels chanted their incantations and leveled their swords, pillars of flame erupted from the ground beneath them.
Walls of fire rose behind Jeon Jae-woo’s group, cutting off their retreat.
And the angels surged forward for close combat.
Though they found themselves trapped without warning, the summoned creatures did not panic.
“Go forth, my slaves.”
The Lich King chanted, summoning skeleton knights that clashed with the angels.
The rank-and-file troops were manageable enough, but those four leader-class angels proved formidable.
Boom-crack-crack-crack!!
As the muscular angel swung its massive mace, skeleton knights were hurled backward in a single sweep.
Myeol-geop, who had been gathering strength while watching, then stepped forward.
In a flash, Myeol-geop reached the mace-wielder and drove a punch straight at it.
The mace that had been ravaging the garden shattered to pieces in an instant.
Another of the leader-class angels began chanting toward the mace-wielder.
A sacred golden light enveloped the mace-angel in its radiance.
The fragments of the shattered mace began to reassemble.
Jeon Jae-woo watched the angels’ battle with fascination.
‘Is that the angels’ blessing ability?’
Among the rare healing hunters, it was said, there existed a very select few who had awakened characteristics that granted true blessings—as if the very grace of God itself flowed through them.
Jeon Jae-woo himself wasn’t certain what precisely separated ordinary healing from sacred healing.
But according to hunters who had actually experienced both, the difference was substantial.
In any case, as the angels chanted again, another column of flame erupted toward Myeol-geop.
Yet Myeol-geop stood unmarked, completely unscathed.
‘As expected—No-bum.’
Even the angels’ Holy Protection paled before No-bum’s buff: the Nature’s Blessing characteristic.
Myeol-geop compressed the mana it had been gathering and fired a cannon blast from its palm.
The four leader-class angels turned to ash and vanished in an instant.
The Lich King and No-bum mopped up the remaining foot soldiers.
Jeon Jae-woo, unable to aid in combat, remained behind to look after the blinded Jeon Ji-woo.
“Damn it, I really can’t see a thing. Cursed monsters.”
“Stay quiet and keep out of the angels’ sight. But do we really need to classify them as monsters too?”
To be honest, while most monsters had grotesque appearances as their baseline, even at their most terrifying they couldn’t match the sense of holiness radiating from these angels.
Sometimes it was hard to tell who the real villains were.
“Then if they attack humans, they’re monsters! I wanted to see the summoned creatures fight anyway.”
“Next time, bring a camera and film it yourself.”
Jeon Jae-woo stayed put alongside Jeon Ji-woo, who’d been rendered temporarily blind, while the summoned creatures mopped up the remaining stragglers.
Every time anyone moved, the angels unleashed another burst of light that left you sightless.
‘This is genuinely dangerous.’
The angels’ raw combat strength wasn’t fundamentally different from that of an ordinary Ancient-grade Ruin.
But the risk of instant blindness meant even the strongest hunters would hesitate to attempt a clear without proper precautions.
Word had it that recovering from blindness caused by that light was extraordinarily difficult.
There were so many angels that even after eliminating the leader-class ones, considerable time had passed.
The summoned creatures brought down every last angel and completed the dungeon clear.
“Is everyone alright? Anyone hurt?”
“No problems, sir.”
[No angels remain.]
“And you, sir—are you unharmed?”
“The creator stayed in the rear the whole time, so of course I’m fine. As the saying goes, the bear does the tricks while the boss counts the money. Fits perfectly.”
“……”
Now it was time to collect the dungeon rewards.
‘The Garden of God’s rewards didn’t include an Additional Dungeon Clear Permit, but.’
Just then, something fell from the sky.
Riding the wind came what looked like white snowflakes drifting down.
Looking closer, they were actual ice crystal formations.
According to No-bum, these ice crystals were called God’s Tears.
He had no idea what they were used for, but the name alone was grandiose.
And it wasn’t just the name—an almost unbelievable concentration of energy was compressed within them.
‘But anyway, if it’s tears, should I try to squeeze them?’
He almost brought his tongue up to touch it before the summoned creatures gave him such odd looks that he thought better of it.
But where exactly should this crystal be stored?
Being an ice crystal, he couldn’t just leave it lying around carelessly.
Even now, resting on his palm, he worried the warmth of his skin might melt it.
“Creator. The crystal isn’t melting—your hand is freezing. If you don’t want frostbite to claim your fingers, put it down at once.”
Freezing the entire hand of an S-rank hunter.
Now that he thought about it, the cold was creeping up to his head and making him drowsy—another moment and this could end badly.
“No-bum. If I leave it with you, it won’t melt, right?”
“Of course not, sir.”
[This is a special ice crystal, Creator. Even left outside, it will not melt. Not unless you threw it into lava itself.]
“So if I put it in lava, would it melt then?”
[……]
Still, the safest place was definitely inside No-bum’s body.
Then why had he entered this dungeon at all?
Because God’s Tears was the final material he needed for the next upgrade to the orb.
He’d grown discouraged after querying the International Hunter Organization through the Hunter Bureau, only to learn no one had ever even heard of such an item—and yet here it was, among the rewards of an uncleared dungeon.
‘Now I can finally do another upgrade.’
He harbored a quiet hope that this upgrade would be the last one.
***
Deep within a Legendary-grade Ruin, Korean hunters pressed forward.
Kim Yu-min, Na Yu-gyeong, and other S-rank hunters were pooling their strength to hunt down monsters.
A Legendary-grade Ruin had its own difficulty level, and normally they would have struggled considerably.
But now everyone was flying across the battlefield and dominating it.
All thanks to the Magic Tools Jeon Jae-woo had provided.
“Kill them! Slaughter every last one!!”
“Don’t let a single one escape!!”
“There! There, the monsters are fleeing!!”
Beyond the boost in combat power, the hunters themselves were tearing through monsters with passionate fervor.
As if venting all the humiliation they’d endured beneath these beasts.
Experienced hunters called for restraint, but the newer ones charged ahead with enthusiasm.
Honestly, few hunters disliked fighting monsters.
What made monsters terrifying was that they were living beings beyond what anyone could overcome with individual strength alone.
Monsters themselves aren’t what’s truly frightening.
Once a hunter reaches C-rank, no one fears a single goblin.
If the enemy is something you can casually crush, you’d gladly soar into the heavens and become a hero.
That’s how quickly the Korean Hunter Association conquered the Legendary-grade Ruin.
“Phew…”
After the battle ended, Kim Yu-min brushed the monster’s blood from her clothes and exhaled deeply.
And once again, she found herself marveling at the hunter called Jeon Jae-woo.
‘He really is extraordinary.’
The items he’d provided were genuinely remarkable.
Magic Tools that elevated users’ power to such a degree.
“Hunter Kim Yu-min, you worked hard.”
“Thank you. Everyone did an excellent job.”
“You were truly incredible today, Hunter.”
“I didn’t do much. It just looked that way because the weapon was so good.”
“Ah. Did that hunter make it for you?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
The performance of the sword Kim Yu-min wielded was equally impressive.
She’d used countless blades on her rise to S-rank Hunter, but this one surpassed them all.
Yet the moment they left the dungeon, Kim Yu-min set the sword down.
‘It’s dangerous. No—unsettling.’
The longer she held it, the more an ominous sensation stirred.
It was a weapon that eroded its user the instant it connected to their mana, after all.
Without proper control, there was a very high chance it would push the user toward mana runaway.
Even if one had the capacity to control it, holding it continuously would serve no good purpose unless you could overwhelm its nature.
‘It absolutely cannot be taken outside.’
She’d benefited from the weapon well enough, but she was already worried about accidents that hadn’t even happened yet.
She’d need to caution Director Yoo Jung-tae to handle this matter carefully and prevent any incidents.
In any case, the hunters had successfully conquered the Legendary-grade Ruin.
Yoo Jung-tae welcomed his subordinates as they emerged.
News of the Korean Hunter Association’s Legendary-grade Ruin conquest spread quickly.
[Legendary-grade Ruin Conquered! Record-Breaking Achievement!]
[New S-rank Hunter Shows Promise. Assassination-class S-rank Hunter Na Yu-gyeong Stands Out.]
[Fastest Dungeon Conquest Record Owes to Magic Tools Crafted by Hunter Jeon Jae-woo?]
┗This really did go fast, didn’t it.
┗Didn’t Jeon Jae-woo help them out?
┗If Jeon Jae-woo had helped, it would’ve finished even faster.
┗Honestly, there was no reason for him to go in with them in the first place.
┗So the Hunter Bureau’s power really did increase, huh?
In fact, the International Hunter Organization had recently reassessed the Korean hunter community.
While old-guard hunters remained unchanged, the consensus among observers was that the combat power of the Korean Hunter Association—with its active roster—had risen substantially compared to before.
It now rivaled the hunter institutions of major nations like Japan without any disadvantage.
For the Hunter Bureau, this was complete vindication against the old criticism that South Korea still hadn’t quite entered the ranks of hunter superpowers.
Thanks to this high evaluation, the morale of the affiliated hunters rose, and all was well.
And then came news that Jeon Jae-woo had conquered yet another Ancient-grade Ruin.
Transcendent-rank Hunter’s Dungeon Conquest Methods
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