Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 8

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Chapter 8
Yoo Jeong-tae immediately brought in a professional appraiser stationed at the Hunter Association.
The appraiser examined the Black Armor from every angle, his expression growing more astonished by the moment.
“This—this is truly an extraordinary item. I’d say this caliber of armor ranks in my top three most valuable pieces ever appraised.”
As the appraiser explained the details in depth to Director Yoo and the staff, they too wore expressions of genuine shock.
According to his assessment, the armor’s value ran to at least one trillion won.
When Jeon Jae-woo heard the figure, he nearly fell backward.
‘My god. I thought I’d misheard. It costs that much?’
After that, Jeon Jae-woo decided to sell the armor through the Hunter Association.
Whether through auction or private sale, he would sell the armor to a domestic hunter who needed it and pass the proceeds to the Magical Artifact provider.
The buyer could be affiliated with the Hunter Association or work for a major company.
Either way, it would reach a Korean hunter.
At a price of one trillion won, even that sum was nothing to the highest-tier Rankers whose personal fortunes reached into the trillions.
Especially for Tank-class hunters—they’d liquidate their entire wealth to get their hands on something like this.
After signing the paperwork, Jeon Jae-woo shook hands with Yoo Jeong-tae.
“I’m truly grateful that you’ve chosen to conduct business with the Hunter Association.”
“Don’t mention it.”
“If you ever need the Hunter Association’s assistance in the future, please reach out anytime. I’ll do everything in my power to help.”
Why was he being so effusive about it?
Yoo Jeong-tae’s expression visibly relaxed the moment Jeon Jae-woo mentioned selling the armor.
Of course, the most important aspect of any Ruin expedition wasn’t the conquest record itself—it was the rewards, resources, and items gained from within.
The fact that Jeon Jae-woo had chosen to trade items from a Legendary Grade Ruin with the Hunter Association suggested a genuinely positive view of the organization.
It was a shame he wasn’t formally affiliated, but if he’d simply trade resources and items from his conquered Ruins with the Association, that was more than sufficient.
“Actually, I acquired another Common Grade Ruin the day before yesterday.”
At that, Yoo Jeong-tae’s eyes widened visibly.
“You’ve already conquered another Ruin since then?”
“Yes. But my abilities aren’t sufficient to extract the resources from it, so I’d like to commission the Hunter Association for that task.”
Yoo Jeong-tae beamed and pumped their joined hands enthusiastically.
“Of course! Just call whenever you need us. I’ll dispatch a team immediately.”
For Ruins that yielded a Magical Artifact or two as rewards, it hardly mattered, but Ruins containing massive resource deposits couldn’t be harvested alone.
He couldn’t exactly bring the Golden Palace into reality wholesale.
He’d already ordered Mulgob to demolish sections of the Golden Palace and carry them out.
—Crash-bang-boom!
[Creator. My apologies.]
Most of Mulgob’s attacks either melted the gold outright or pulverized it into powder.
‘…This approach won’t work.’
He’d have to ask the Hunter Association or other firms to handle the sale, offering them a modest cut of the proceeds.
With that settled, Jeon Jae-woo concluded the contract for mining rights to the Golden Palace Ruin with the Hunter Association and headed home.
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After completing the registration and returning home,
Jeon Jae-woo received his newly issued Hunter Registration Certificate.
A Hunter Registration Certificate with “Transcendent Rank” printed in the grade field.
‘I’m officially the highest-ranked hunter in this country now.’
Fortunately, the Hunter Association hadn’t descended into any kind of uproar.
Director Yoo understood that Jeon Jae-woo disliked unnecessary attention and had promised to handle matters discreetly.
After all, there was little upside to exposing the identity of an unaffiliated Transcendent Rank hunter.
Yet even as he considered his own abilities, there was much about the Heaven’s Box that Jeon Jae-woo himself still didn’t understand.
But one thing was certain.
Items of Mulgob’s caliber didn’t appear easily.
Now that he thought about it, the fact that a Golem like Mulgob had been created from nothing more than a mound of dirt meant he’d beaten odds far slimmer than being struck by lightning thousands of times simultaneously—a statistical miracle if there ever was one.
What concerned Jeon Jae-woo far more than his awakening and the Transcendent Rank trait he’d gained
was the necessity of a guardian presence.
As he continued his hunter activities, complications would inevitably arise.
He might encounter various dangers, and he needed a concrete safeguard to protect himself in such situations.
Of course, Mulgob alone possessed tremendous offensive power and pledged unwavering loyalty, calling him Creator.
But relying on a single Golem felt somewhat precarious.
After returning home, Jeon Jae-woo decided to conduct an experiment, placing several items into the Heaven’s Box.
Items being nothing more than plain white paper from around the house, clothes scattered on the floor, and tap water.
Privately, he’d hoped something of Mulgob’s caliber might emerge this time.
When he placed them inside and closed the box, the materials certainly underwent some enhancement in their properties before emerging.
First, the tap water wasn’t ordinary water—it was saturated with nutrients.
The paper had transformed into Gold Leaf Paper.
The clothes he’d bought for ten thousand won at a neighborhood market had changed into fabric of genuinely expensive quality.
Yet none of it could be called anything particularly special to hunters.
‘I’ve just wasted the box’s available time for nothing.’
It seemed that easy profits—snap, like that—wouldn’t work; he’d need to hunt down valuable materials with genuine care and effort.
Well, in truth, even this much would be enough for other hunters to call it a snap.
As a side note, when he’d put potting soil from a flowerpot in the same way, this time he got fertile soil instead of a Golem.
So it wasn’t as though amplifying performance meant Mulgob-like items came out every time.
If he wasn’t going to just gamble on breaking through impossible odds, there was nothing for it but to prepare properly from now on.
‘But where do I find good materials? What even counts as material suitable for putting in the box?’
Seeing the Creator lost in thought, Mulgob offered quiet counsel from beside him.
[If you wish to create something worthwhile, you’ll need to prepare materials imbued with Mana, whatever they may be.]
Right. Materials without Mana infused in them wouldn’t easily produce items worthy of a hunter.
Mulgob added an explanation that it was better to put several different types of material together rather than just one.
Depending on the combination method, the resulting product could vary wildly.
‘I’ll figure that out slowly as I use the ability going forward.’
But for some reason, it felt ominous—as though items as good as Mulgob wouldn’t appear in the future.
It seemed he’d burned through his luck by producing such an extraordinary result as Mulgob.
So what now?
Should he go into Dungeons like ordinary hunters rather than Ruins and try to get Monster corpses?
That’s when Mulgob spoke up with advice.
[If you’re looking for materials to put in the box, I think it would be best to choose the next Ruin.]
“The next Ruin?”
Entering another Ruin was certainly the best approach.
Ruins overflowed with resources incomparably better than Monster corpses.
Monster corpses were important resources in the modern hunter industry, but they couldn’t compare to the natural resources that appeared only in Ruins.
There was a certain anticipation that something incredible might come out if he played his cards right.
But as Jeon Jae-woo, there was one thing that gave him pause.
Jeon Jae-woo glanced sideways at his Golem and asked.
“You’re all right, though? You’ve fought twice in just a few days—no defects or anything?”
Other Golems needed lengthy recharge periods after being used a few times, their operators storing up stamina through rest the way humans do.
But Mulgob replied as though unbothered.
[There are no defects that would hinder battle performance as of now. You can rest assured.]
True to form as the ultimate combat weapon, it seemed different from ordinary Golems.
It had fought so fiercely and showed no fatigue. Like a machine.
‘Ah. He really is just a machine.’
Jeon Jae-woo cleared his throat and opened the Ruin system window.
“Fine. Let’s do that. Which Ruin would be good to tackle this time?”
[Currently Accessible Ruins]
Legendary Grade – Wings of Freedom, Sky Fortress, Chamber of Love, Tomb of the Sword…
Not that he doubted Mulgob’s abilities, but it felt awkward having him tackle Ancient Grade or higher Ruins solo.
Since he wanted to avoid drawing people’s attention again, it seemed best to skip Legendary Grade as well.
But Common Grade felt too far beneath his station to bother with, so it seemed best to find something appropriate among the Rare Grade Ruins this time.
That’s when Mulgob, having stared at the list alongside him, pointed to one with his finger.
[Creator. What of this Ruin?]
“?”
Jeon Jae-woo checked the name of the Ruin Mulgob had indicated and immediately made a grimace.
The Ruin’s name was the Tomb of the Sword. And like before, it was a Legendary Grade Ruin.
Just from the name alone, it seemed like something death-related would appear, which meant Undead-type Monsters.
‘I don’t like Undead.’
Jeon Jae-woo found all Monsters frightening, but he particularly disliked Undead.
The very sight of something lifeless yet possessing consciousness and moving of its own will was deeply unsettling.
After the Apostle of Death Altar, and now choosing Ruins related to death again.
‘Does this creature have a particular fondness for Undead-type Monsters?’
Jeon Jae-woo asked Mulgob carefully.
“Do you have a reason for choosing this Ruin?”
[Last time, you seemed quite interested in the Skeleton Knight. I thought that Undead corpses might make good materials for the box.]
No—he’d only reacted strongly because it seemed surprising that Mulgob had fought a Skeleton Knight and won.
Still, Jeon Jae-woo accepted Mulgob’s recommendation.
He must’ve had his own reasons for recommending it to his master.
The concern is that we’d attract attention by tackling another Legendary Grade Ruin.
‘Ah, well. No point worrying about it. From now on, we’ll be timing our serious Ruin expeditions abroad anyway, so we shouldn’t stand out too much.’
Drawing attention was bothersome, but ultimately, my own gain had to come first.
If I combined Monster corpses and resources from the Ruins and fed them into the box, maybe I could obtain that Undead Knight King that Mulgob had mentioned.
“Shall we head out then?”
[Does the Creator wish to accompany me? We cannot know what dangers lurk in a Legendary Grade Ruin. Wouldn’t it be better for you to remain somewhere comfortable while I handle the combat?]
Jeon Jae-woo shook his head firmly at Mulgob’s concern.
“Anywhere you are seems safest to me, honestly. Besides, I need to adapt to Ruin environments myself. I can’t grow if I just keep trembling every time.”
[…I shall obey your command.]
The moment Jeon Jae-woo stepped into the second Legendary Grade Ruin to obtain new materials.
—Ding.
A notification window from the Ruin system appeared before his eyes.
[‘Tomb of the Sword’ Exploration Condition: Grant peace to all Spirit Guardians who wander unable to leave the sword’s side even in death. (0/138)]
…This exploration condition didn’t seem to be an easy difficulty either.
How Transcendent Rank Hunters Conquer Ruins
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