Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 82

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Episode 82
The entrance to the North Korea Dungeon.
Hunters deployed for the Magical Sword retrieval operation were stationed in dense formation.
Within two days of the operation’s start, the sword’s whereabouts had come to light.
[Commander. Reporting in.]
“Good. You found the blade?”
[We located it, but there’s a problem.]
“What kind of problem?”
[The Magical Sword has already fallen into the hands of a monster.]
And not just any monster—a Troll, no less.
The Troll’s raw strength, built on blind charge tactics and reckless assault, matched that of an S-rank Hunter.
In actual combat, S-rank Hunters held a slight edge in victory rates.
‘A sword like that, gripped in the claws of a Troll in the dungeon’s heart…’
The officer wiped his face with one hand.
“Has the blade’s power corrupted it?”
[That appears to be the case. The Mana Wavelength we’re sensing now bears no comparison to ordinary Trolls.]
That meant even a single S-rank Hunter might struggle to face it.
The officer started to ask his subordinates whether they could retrieve the sword from the Troll, then swallowed the words.
Of course, the Hunters who’d entered for reconnaissance couldn’t possibly handle it.
And the dungeon’s interior was teeming with other monsters.
“We have no choice. We’ll lure it out and strike it down.”
[Commander. The monster is located quite deep inside. Luring it out is realistically impossible. There’s a significant risk of triggering a Ruin Break by disturbing the other monsters.]
This won’t work, that won’t work.
He bit his lip, stood up as if resolving something.
“Then we have no choice but to go in directly, neutralize the Troll, and retrieve it. Keep watch on that Troll and don’t let it slip away.”
[Understood, Commander.]
Watching the Commander rise, the Vice Commander objected.
“But Commander. The location where the Magical Sword is said to be is right in the heart of the dungeon.”
“Which is precisely why we need to eliminate the Troll as quickly as possible and get out. Request reinforcements from the Bureau Chief.”
“Eliminating a Troll in an instant and escaping… it’s easier said than done…”
Just then, one Hunter raised her hand.
“Um, would it be possible for me to attempt it first?”
“Na Yu-gyeong?”
“We don’t necessarily need to slay the Troll itself. Either way, we just need to retrieve that blade, right?”
“That’s true, but…”
“Then I’ll go grab just the sword and slip out. I think I can manage it.”
Another officer tried to stop Na Yu-gyeong.
“No matter how capable an S-rank Hunter you are, that’s suicide. The North Korea Dungeon is more dangerous than imagination itself—”
“There’s no harm in trying once. If it looks impossible, I can just run away immediately.”
……
The Hunter Bureau officers gathered in the conference room stared at Na Yu-gyeong.
If she could manage that, there was frankly no better scenario from their perspective.
In the end, the Commander accepted her offer.
“Under no circumstances should you take reckless action. The moment trouble arises, you must withdraw.”
“Don’t worry.”
Through training and real combat, Na Yu-gyeong had grown accustomed to the life of a Hunter.
Compared to her early days, her mind had found far greater ease.
Yet it was precisely at moments like this that veteran Hunters grew careless in their monster hunts.
On the battlefield, a moment’s carelessness could steal one’s life.
The foundation of assassination-class Hunters is the erasure of one’s presence.
Na Yu-gyeong did not specialize in concealment—her characteristic lay in dividing her targets—
but instead, she withdrew a cloak from her item box and draped it over herself.
The moment the cloak settled around her body, the nearby Hunters gasped.
‘What? She just vanished?’
‘No presence at all. I can’t even sense her mana.’
An Invisibility Cloak—a staple of science fiction literature, made manifest.
Its maker was none other than Jeon Jae-woo.
A piece of equipment with excellent performance for assassination-class Hunters to employ.
Of course, the use of magical equipment depends on the Hunter’s own capability, assuming it’s wielded correctly.
“Then I’m heading out!”
Na Yu-gyeong, cloaked in the invisibility garment, slipped into the North Korea Dungeon.
She navigated past the beasts with ease, moving quietly toward her objective.
Even without the invisibility cloak, an S-rank assassin-class hunter could evade most threats without difficulty.
Following the directions she’d been given, Na Yu-gyeong finally spotted the troll.
‘So that’s the Magical Sword…there it is.’
In that instant, a bone-deep unease seized her, and her body tensed with a shudder.
A Magical Sword, a demonic blade—no wonder the Hunter Bureau had been so rattled about it.
The moment she sensed the sword’s sinister mana wavelength, her instincts screamed at her, raising every hair on her skin.
Even though as an S-rank hunter she possessed more than enough capacity to control such a magical artifact.
The troll wandered about, blade in hand, eyes darting back and forth in search.
It wanted any living target it could find and cut down—it mattered little what.
Normally, beasts show unconditional hostility toward humans alone.
But this troll, corrupted by the Magical Sword, slaughtered everything indiscriminately—even its own kind.
‘Found the troll. Now for the artifact itself…’
Na Yu-gyeong gathered her wits and signaled with her eyes to the hunters standing by in the distance.
The hunters retrieved a new magical artifact from the item box.
It was a device that interfered with adjacent magical artifacts and forced them all to shut down.
A useful tool for disabling magical artifacts, though not one of Jeon Jae-woo’s creations.
Still, it was an artifact with a long history of use by Korean hunter institutions.
The moment the hunters simultaneously fed mana into the remote-like device and activated it—
The Magical Sword in the troll’s grip responded at once.
The bizarre mana wavelength that had radiated outward vanished, and the connection between the troll and its weapon weakened.
“Grrgh?”
The confused troll stared at the blade in its grip.
It made sense to be baffled—the sword had suddenly stopped responding to it entirely.
‘Got it.’
Na Yu-gyeong smiled, satisfied that her gambit had worked as planned.
Now she only needed to use her specialty as an S-rank assassin-class hunter to slip the blade from the troll’s grasp and recover it. Mission success.
Disabling the artifact was one thing, but stealing the weapon from the troll’s hands would be impossible for ordinary hunters. For herself, though—an S-rank assassin cloaked in invisibility—
***
[Exploration quest complete.]
[The Black Sea Dungeon now belongs to Jeon Jae-woo.]
Myeol-geop emerged above the water’s surface, having finished subjugating the dungeon.
Upon seeing his master, he paused with a slightly startled expression.
Even in the faintest measure, he immediately recognized Jeon Jae-woo’s advancement.
[How remarkable, Creator. Congratulations on your breakthrough. I offer my sincere praise.]
“Remarkable? Don’t oversell it. Training in seawater just seemed to work really well, that’s all.”
[If one could attain enlightenment so easily, anyone would have reached a new level by now. It is you who are exceptional, Creator.]
A creature so stingy with compliments was making him blush with this kind of praise.
“Hmm. Is that so?”
[Have I not told you before? Your talent for wielding mana is exceptionally refined, Creator.]
It occurred to him that as a doppelgänger, whatever talents Jeon Jae-woo possessed would naturally have been transferred to Jeon Ji-woo as well.
In other words, Jeon Ji-woo’s outstanding talent was a direct result of being Jeon Jae-woo’s doppelgänger.
In any case, he’d obtained the pearl said to be a thousand years old.
Jeon Jae-woo began purchasing other materials online.
‘An serpent’s eye preserved in elixir for over ten years…a Red Dragon’s Claw…’
Once he’d gathered the bizarre materials, he could begin the upgrade.
‘Strange that anyone’s selling these things at all.’
“In any world, mana research gradually reveals which materials are needed through long experience and accumulated knowledge. Such is the way of things, Creator.”
Jeon Jae-woo placed the materials along with Kat-si into a box and sent a mental farewell.
[Kat-si. Sleep well, and I’ll see you tomorrow morning.]
[Master…]
Yet even from inside the box, Kat-si clung to her master’s hand and whimpered.
She did not want to be separated from him, even for a moment.
[Why the fuss, Kat-si? After one night’s rest, we’ll see each other again.]
It wasn’t as though she’d be undergoing a year-long upgrade like that mad orb of his.
Yet Kat-si despised separation from her master far more than any of his other summons did.
‘Is it because she’s a spirit-class summon?’
Jeon Jae-woo coaxed Kat-si like a fretful child for a long while before finally closing the box door.
[Time remaining until creation complete: 23:59:57]
As the countdown notification appeared, Jeon Jae-woo broke into a satisfied smile.
With this, all the summons under Jeon Jae-woo’s command would now possess Transcendent-grade Traits.
Oh, but the doppelgänger, Jeon Ji-woo, still doesn’t have a Transcendent-grade Trait.
“Honestly, I have no intention of investing in a Transcendent-grade Trait. Training’s too much of a hassle.”
“Then what are you even here for?”
“Did I ask to be born? You made me, so here I am.”
Something about the logic felt off, so he turned his head.
“The upgrade could still fail, so we mustn’t grow careless.”
“The success rate is over ninety-nine percent, so please don’t be pessimistic.”
“In actual combat, one must always prepare for the one-in-a-million chance.”
Prepare for what? If it fails, we simply gather the materials again and attempt the upgrade once more.
Though sourcing another thousand-year-old pearl would be troublesome.
“All right then, everyone go conquer an Ancient-grade Ruin while we wait for Kat-si to arrive.”
No-bum asked with a bewildered expression.
“We conquered an Ancient-grade Ruin not long ago, master.”
“The United States has been assigned an Ancient-grade Ruin and asked for our help.”
After Africa’s turn passed, the rotation moved to North America.
And the United States happened to draw an Ancient-grade Ruin.
Even in the hunters’ era, the United States maintained its position as a superpower.
So they’d attempted to resolve the long-unconquered Ancient-grade Ruin on their own strength alone, it seemed.
But after several attempts proved too daunting, they’d requested Jeon Jae-woo’s assistance.
‘I’ve heard there are no active Transcendent-rank Hunters left in the United States—they must be struggling.’
The absurd condition that difficulty increased with time made it impossible for them to handle.
The United States offered an Additional Conquest Right—a single one they’d been hoarding—as compensation.
‘If the reward is an Additional Conquest Right, I have to go immediately.’
Jeon Jae-woo accepted the United States’ proposal without hesitation.
“You can all manage this, right?”
With the forces gathered here, even an unconquered Ancient-grade Ruin would be obliterated with room to spare.
But Myeol-geop held him back.
[Wouldn’t it be better to wait until Kat-si arrives?]
“Hmm? Is that necessary?”
[In Ancient-grade Ruins, anything can happen, so having one more unit of strength is always better.]
Myeol-geop displayed the same cautious stance as always.
By sheer force, it was true that bringing one more Transcendent-grade Summon was the right call.
‘But if we delay even a day, the dungeon’s difficulty will rise further.’
Still, one couldn’t deny that even with increased difficulty, conquering the ruin with an additional Transcendent-grade Summon was preferable.
“Let’s do that then.”
There were still several days until the Ruin Break anyway.
Jeon Jae-woo decided to spend the remaining day training with his sword.
He was gradually getting the knack for the Sword Afterimage Technique.
‘Should I just go back into the Black Sea waters again?’
Or would it be better to grasp it through his own understanding rather than relying on such shortcuts.
Jeon Jae-woo swung his blade earnestly in the front courtyard while his summons watched.
Transcendent-rank Hunter’s Dungeon Conquest Manual
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