Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 80

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Chapter 80
With all the spare materials used up, there were no new Magical Tools to craft.
Jeon Jae-woo spent most of his time sparring with Jeon Ji-woo, honing his skills through practice.
Honestly, there was no pressing need for additional Summoned Creatures in their current situation.
He’d already recruited all the worthwhile ones, and each of them was exceptionally capable.
So the only thing lacking in Jeon Jae-woo as a Hunter was himself.
When they entered a dungeon, Jeon Jae-woo was the most useless one there.
Even weaker than his own Doppelgänger.
More precisely, his application and mastery of the power he possessed fell short.
Not that he held any particularly important command role on the battlefield itself.
So to become even slightly more useful, he was desperately training to master the Blade Afterimage Technique that Jeon Ji-woo had demonstrated.
The afterimage that formed when the blade drew a circle through the air.
Beyond its sheer power, it was the most beautiful and magnificent technique he’d ever witnessed.
Myeol-geop’s Mana Cannon was frightening rather than impressive, if he was honest.
The Aura Blade that Jeon Ji-woo had shown seemed to manifest a literal Sword Heaven, blanketing the sky itself.
[The more flashy and grand a technique appears, the less substance it often contains, Creator.]
Myeol-geop seemed to think it wasn’t even worth the master troubling himself to learn such a technique.
“Never mind. Stay quiet. Don’t talk like some stuffy scholar.”
What would a mere Golem know about a swordsman’s dreams?
Lich King, fiddling with potions beside him, let out a derisive laugh.
“When did the Creator ever develop such pride in the blade?”
Yet despite his dedication to training, mastering Jeon Ji-woo’s technique proved far from simple.
Unfortunately, Jeon Ji-woo had very little talent for teaching others.
“You just throw the blade forward like this, and it works, you know?”
……
That was the entire explanation the Doppelgänger had given about the Sword Heaven technique.
He wasn’t asking for throwing tips.
Whoosh.
Unlike Jeon Jae-woo, when Jeon Ji-woo merely swung his blade, an afterimage remained in the empty space where the sword had passed.
And the moment Mana infused that lingering afterimage and solidified it—
a real blade made of pure Mana materialized in the void.
‘Wow… that’s incredible.’
This was far more wondrous and magical than those elemental mages summoning fire, water, wind and such.
He’d only seen techniques like this in martial arts novels.
The strongest-tier characters in those worlds manifesting weapons from nothing but martial skill, needing no physical arms.
Of course, since Jeon Jae-woo’s Ego Sword was a bound item, he didn’t strictly need to master weapon-creation techniques.
Ideally, Myeol-geop, his finest instructor, would teach him, but even Myeol-geop couldn’t offer further guidance.
Even as a Golem versed in all forms of combat and battle, Myeol-geop was no sword master by trade.
From here on, he would have to grasp it himself.
‘The problem is, I can’t get a feel for it at all.’
How exactly was he supposed to leave an afterimage?
Swing down, pull back slightly, swing down again, pull back slightly…
“Hey, what are you doing with that sword all of a sudden? Practicing some kind of physical comedy?”
“I’m not.”
There was truly no difference in the blade-swinging motions between himself and Jeon Ji-woo.
The nature of the Mana infused in the blade, its quantity, its density—everything was identical.
He was a copied Doppelgänger after all, so that much was inevitable.
Kat-si, perched atop No-bum and watching the master’s training intently.
She walked across the empty air and approached Jeon Jae-woo to speak.
[You’re overthinking it, Master. An afterimage is essentially a form of illusion.]
“Huh?”
Now that he thought about it, Kat-si’s specialty was in souls and Illusion Magic.
[So was my Doppelgänger practicing Illusion Magic back then? I can’t do that.]
[No, sir. Even ordinary people can create optical illusions. What matters is pulling the illusion into reality.]
Pull an illusion into reality?
That wasn’t a dream—it was essentially reality manipulation, something only gods could do.
[Master, in this world, isn’t a Hunter manipulating Mana itself an act of reality-warping—something that shouldn’t happen in the normal world?]
Hmm.
After hearing Kat-si’s advice, it almost made sense to him…
“Come on. It doesn’t seem like you’re getting anywhere with this anyway. Can’t we just go home? I’m hungry.”
Our Doppelgänger, summoned creature though it may be, keeps mealtimes with absolute regularity.
Can’t help it—it’s the same human, after all.
Come to think of it, I’d already been inside the ruins for hours now, all that time spent training.
‘Better head back and grab something to eat.’
After leaving the ruins, I checked Heaven’s Box out of habit.
There was still quite a while left before the next upgrade.
“Creator. Staring at it like that won’t make it go any faster.”
“I know.”
Meanwhile, the Hunter Bureau hadn’t contacted me for days.
I’d also heard that several major companies were trying to get their hands on the magical tools I’d sold.
Yoo Jung-tae apologized for failing to secure the items properly, promised to handle the aftermath thoroughly, and said he’d inform me once it was done.
“If you ask me, it was wrong to hand over items you created so carelessly in the first place. Tsk.”
[I’d strongly recommend reconsidering any future dealings with this nation’s government, Creator.]
The summoned creatures’ reaction was more heated than I’d expected (?).
“Why are you all getting so worked up about it?”
“Using items you made without permission isn’t something we can just overlook!”
Even No-bum, the relatively moderate one among the summoned creatures.
I was well aware of just how much demand there was for the magical tools I created.
Back when I’d listed one for sale on the internet as a test, an auction frenzy had erupted overnight, driving the price up insanely.
My magical tools had already built a reputation worldwide by that point.
Still, I never imagined major companies would actually conspire to steal them.
“They’re frustrated because you only deal with the Hunter Bureau.”
“Is that my fault?”
“Not fault exactly. But do you have a specific reason for only trading with the Hunter Bureau?”
The reason was clear enough.
Simply because the Hunter Bureau was the nation’s official agency, and they were my first client.
Besides, the Hunter Bureau also offered the highest prices for magical tools.
Every single magical tool the Hunter Bureau had purchased, they’d paid astronomical sums that no other company could match.
As a bonus, they’d even negotiate with foreign governments to procure the materials I needed.
In that sense, the Hunter Bureau and I had a mutually beneficial relationship.
“Maybe I should start doing some small deals with regular companies too.”
“After they tried to steal your creations without permission? Would they deserve the chance?”
“We could simply choose companies that aren’t engaged in such conspiracies.”
***
Yoo Jung-tae sat in the Bureau Chief’s office.
He was handling his duties in less than ideal condition at the moment.
It was because of an unfortunate incident from days ago—several major companies had conspired to steal items from the Hunter Bureau.
“Sigh…”
Just thinking about it drew a long, heavy sigh that seemed to come from the depths of his being.
It was no trivial matter—they’d tried to steal top-tier magical tools that Jeon Jae-woo had provided—so there was simply no way to let it slide.
After discovering the plot, Yoo Jung-tae had informed Jeon Jae-woo first.
Even if Jeon Jae-woo might be displeased, it was better to tell him honestly upfront than let him find out later.
He’d anticipated that there would be people salivating over the magical tools Jeon Jae-woo created.
But he never imagined domestic companies would brazenly attempt to steal them.
Especially not Korea’s leading major corporations.
As an elder statesman of Korea’s hunter circles, Yoo Jung-tae was on close terms with the heads and executives of major companies—comrades he’d fought alongside for a very long time.
The fact that such men had tried to pilfer items created by Jeon Jae-woo of all people left him with a considerable sense of betrayal.
While he was wearily sifting through documents related to the incident,
“Mm, come in.”
He glanced up from the papers at the sound of a knock.
At Yoo Jung-tae’s words, the Secretary Chief opened the door and entered.
His expression was quite urgent.
“What is it? Has something else come up?”
“Chief. I apologize, but I’ve come to report a different matter.”
“A different matter? What’s happened?”
“The hunters who went into the North Korean Dungeon on a reconnaissance mission have gone missing. The ones who carried Jeon Jae-woo Hunter’s Spirit Blade.”
“…What?”
In that instant, Yoo Jung-tae felt a chill run down his spine.
At the same time, his pupils trembled.
Hunters carrying a Spirit Blade created by Jeon Jae-woo had gone missing—which meant that weapon was now lost?
Inside the North Korean Dungeon?
This is far more than a simple case of the Company attempting to smuggle out Jeon Jae-woo’s Magical Tool.
“Ah, no. Why? What happened all of a sudden?”
“We haven’t determined the cause yet. However, they’ve already exceeded the time they should have emerged from the Dungeon by over three hours.”
If three hours had already passed, something had definitely gone wrong.
Either they’d been killed in a Monster attack or fled for some reason.
Yoo Jung-tae bolted upright from his seat, about to issue orders.
“Contact the Company at once and organize a Dungeon search team…”
But he stopped mid-command, hesitating.
Even if he tried to organize a search team, manpower was stretched thin.
The Hunters of the Hunter Bureau, who should have been focused on clearing the Ruins, had been diverted to monitor the Dungeon precisely because recent incidents had forced raids on major Companies, leaving too few Hunters available to enter Dungeons.
The fact that it had vanished in the North Korean Dungeon meant they couldn’t predict how many high-rank Hunters would be needed for a search.
‘No… still, we have to find it no matter what. This isn’t something we can just overlook.’
If it had merely been an extraordinarily expensive Mana Stone or some other Magical Tool that went missing, he would have reluctantly written it off.
Among the items Jeon Jae-woo had crafted, that Spirit Blade was absolutely something they couldn’t abandon.
When Yoo Jung-tae first saw the weapon, he’d felt it too—there was a chance, however small, that some Hunters might be seduced by the Spirit Blade’s allure and have deliberately run off with it.
“Mobilize every Hunter currently in the Hunter Bureau. All of the S-rank Hunters too.”
“Director. Wouldn’t it be better to inform Jeon Jae-woo and ask for his assistance?”
Yoo Jung-tae bit his lip hard.
Just days ago he’d apologized, saying he had no face to show because of the Spirit Blade leak. Now another incident had occurred—he didn’t know how he could face Jeon Jae-woo.
“…For now, let’s try to handle this with the Hunter Bureau’s own strength. We can inform Jeon Jae-woo after we’ve cleaned up the situation.”
The shortage in manpower would have to be filled by requesting support from other major Companies not involved in this incident.
And at that same moment, deep in the North Korean Dungeon.
The Spirit Blade that the Hunters had lost had already penetrated far into the depths of the Dungeon.
Moreover, the weapon now rested in the grip not of the Werewolf that had first fought over it, but of a different Monster altogether.
“Krraaahhh…”
The Troll, drenched in blood and having slaughtered every Monster around it, wore a grimace of profound satisfaction.
In the Troll’s hands, the Spirit Blade that Jeon Jae-woo had crafted had transformed to match the creature’s massive frame.
The moment the Spirit Blade’s Mana linked with the Troll, the Monster’s eyes changed completely.
Transcendent-rank Hunter Dungeon-Clearing Methods
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