Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 90

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Episode 90
News of the Hunter Bureau’s successful Ruin conquest thoroughly washed away the citizens’ anxiety.
After completing the conquest, Yoo Jung-tae heard from other S-rank Hunters about Jeon Ji-woo’s exploits and was genuinely shocked.
Even accounting for the caliber of the Jeon family, he hadn’t expected anything quite like that.
‘Do they only birth monsters in that household?’
At this point, one had to wonder if Jeon Jae-woo’s parents had something going for them as well.
Beyond this, the Legendary-grade Ruin conquests in Asian nations concluded smoothly on the whole, and the schedule for the next Dungeon Assignment rotation began.
Meanwhile, in Korea, the new S-rank Hunter Jeon Ji-woo was the talk of the town.
[New S-rank Hunter Born Just Over a Month After Na Yu-kyung!]
[First Awakening Confirms Two S-rank Traits—an Unprecedented Achievement.]
[Concerns Mount as Position Overlaps with Existing S-rank Warrior.]
Naturally, public reaction was intense.
┗Two S-rank Traits, who cares about all that—she’s just beautiful.
┗But her name is so similar to Jeon Jae-woo’s. Coincidence?
┗Wait, are they siblings?
┗No way. I heard Jeon Jae-woo doesn’t have any siblings.
┗If they really were related, that’d be legendary lmao
Jeon Jae-woo saw the comments speculating about his relationship with Jeon Ji-woo and considered the matter.
‘The fact that we’re siblings has to stay buried forever.’
For now, people were just connecting the dots because of the similar names.
But if the truth ever came out, it would cause a commotion in more ways than one.
Jeon Ji-woo’s face had already appeared in the news, becoming recognizable to the general public.
Being affiliated with the Hunter Bureau rather than a private company meant there was no avoiding the exposure of its Hunters’ identities.
That was precisely why Jeon Jae-woo had refused to affiliate with the Hunter Bureau until now.
While ordinary citizens merely harbored suspicions based on the name similarity, foreign intelligence agencies by now were almost certainly moving beyond suspicion toward certainty.
With names so alike and both demonstrating exceptional ability as Hunters, the connection was impossible to dismiss.
‘Did I choose a similar name for her by chance when I first created her identity?’
In truth, the revelation that she was his younger sister paled beside the danger of the Doppelgänger fact coming to light.
As for the Orb upgrade, time continued to pass with no visible reduction in the remaining duration.
[It would be better not to watch the timer, Creator.]
Rather than fret over the Orb, Jeon Jae-woo began a new project with the Mutant.
Recently, after witnessing how Jeon Ji-woo interacted with people and received her wages, something had struck him.
He decided that instead of merely commanding his Summoned Creatures as obedient servants, he ought to look after them going forward, given all they’d done for him.
Though they were bound to him by nature, there was wisdom in maintaining good relations with them—better to avoid any coup attempts down the line.
So for several days, Jeon Jae-woo worked on the Jindun Cloud with the Mutant’s assistance, adjusting and improving this and that.
“Lich King. Are you busy?”
“No, not at all. Why do you ask?”
“Then come over here and take a look at this.”
Jeon Jae-woo led the Lich King out to the yard where the cloud floated.
“Why are you showing me the Jindun Cloud?”
“Well. Just watch carefully from now on.”
—Rumble…
In an instant, the bright white cloud hovering in the middle of the yard darkened to the color of a storm cloud.
And then rain actually began to fall from the Jindun Cloud.
After days of modifications with the Mutant’s help, he had finally managed to make the Jindun Cloud behave like a real cloud.
“See the rain falling from the cloud? Pretty remarkable, isn’t it?”
“Well. It’s certainly an impressive modification, but why show me specifically?”
“Wait, remember—last time you said you wanted Snow Crystals?”
In the next moment, the rain stopped abruptly, and snow began to fall instead.
Then a single Snow Crystal tumbled down directly into the Lich King’s palm.
“What do you think? Do you like it?”
The Lich King alternated his gaze between Jeon Jae-woo and the snowflake, then replied in an exasperated tone.
“No… I needed a Snowflower Crystal—the one you get as a clear reward from Ruins. This is just an ordinary Snow Crystal, so I have no use for it.”
Faced with this unexpected reaction, Jeon Jae-woo found himself at a loss.
“Just an ordinary Snow Crystal? But it was made with mana infused into it?”
“Merely having mana dissolved into something doesn’t make it a rare object, Creator.”
……
He’d called the Lich King over with the intention of giving something as thanks for his labors, only to find himself embarrassed.
Jeon Jae-woo touched the Jindun Cloud once more and spoke.
“Right. And this is also possible now.”
-Crack!!
In an instant, a shaft of light flickered across the dark clouds and struck the ground below.
Thunder rolled through the clouds and reverberated outward.
Passersby glanced up at the sky, wondering if rain was coming.
Now the Jindun Cloud was no ordinary cloud—it could conjure lightning and thunder.
Riding upon it, summoning rain, snow, and lightning seemed almost like the work of an immortal.
The Lich King gazed intently at the Jindun Cloud, examining it from various angles, then spoke.
“A strike of that magnitude doesn’t seem to pack much punch.”
“?”
“If you want to see real lightning, it’d be better to just have No-bum do it.”
……
After all the modifications, these were functions with little practical application in actual combat.
“If you wish to develop greater combat ability, Creator, you’d be better served by Swordsmanship training.”
……
With the Lich King gone, Jeon Jae-woo sat deflated, left alone with the Mutant.
He’d hoped to use the Jindun Cloud not merely as a mount but also as a weapon in battle.
‘…Perhaps I should look into some new Ancient-grade Ruins instead and go clear them.’
***
While Jeon Jae-woo was considering which Ancient-grade Ruin to tackle next,
the International Hunter Federation was entertaining a similar thought.
The International Hunter Federation—the world’s largest organization dealing with Hunters.
Those unfamiliar with such matters wouldn’t know it, but since Ruins began appearing and being assigned across the globe, the Federation had undergone several upheavals and undergone massive restructuring to handle the resulting problems.
Gathered in the Board of Directors—equivalent to the Security Council of the old international body—were representatives from each nation.
These representatives hailed from the world’s undisputed superpowers when it came to Hunter-related matters.
After a lengthy session, the chairman proceeded.
“Now we shall proceed to the vote. Board members in favor, please raise your hands.”
“Those opposed, please raise your hands.”
“Those abstaining…”
For all the time spent in debate, the result came swiftly.
“…The resolution has been adopted by vote. Let the record show.”
The resolution concerned the preemptive conquest of humanity’s Ancient-grade Ruins.
The remaining uncleared Ancient-grade Ruins would be conquered through the combined effort of all nations in the international community.
Just months prior, the Federation’s general assembly had instructed each nation to preemptively clear their Legendary-grade Ruins.
But that had been merely a recommendation; this time, compliance was mandatory.
Should any nation refuse to cooperate, the Federation would use its authority to impose direct sanctions upon the member state.
In truth, one could argue the resolution was only natural, since no single nation could realistically handle an Ancient-grade Ruin alone.
This quarter’s Ancient-grade Ruin had been cleared thanks to Jeon Jae-woo, but with little time remaining, preparations would need to begin immediately.
As a resolution decided upon by the permanent member states, it carried considerable binding force.
But the real problem was the Transcendent-rank Hunters.
Though the resolution had already been adopted by vote, the representatives’ discussion continued within the chamber.
To clear an Ancient-grade Ruin that had long remained unconquered, the aid of Transcendent-rank Hunters would be essential.
Well, if the entire world pooled its resources, perhaps even the uncleared Ruins could be conquered, but no one could deny that the participation of a single Transcendent-rank Hunter would prove enormously valuable.
‘With just one Transcendent-rank Hunter joining the effort, we could preserve thousands of invaluable Hunter personnel…’
There were a few active Transcendent-rank Hunters in the world—why not assign the remaining uncleared Ancient-grade Ruins to them individually?
That was utterly impossible; it would amount to sending these precious Transcendent-rank Hunters to their deaths.
Transcendent-rank Hunters were formidable, but even they could only handle Legendary-grade Ruins alone.
Of course, even that alone was an extraordinary feat, and the treatment afforded Transcendent-rank Hunters in nations fortunate enough to possess them was beyond imagination.
In any case, a single Transcendent-rank Hunter was generally considered equivalent in combat strength to the Monsters spawned from a typical Legendary-grade Ruin.
Even that said, the currently assigned Legendary-grade Ruins—those that had long remained uncleared—were difficult for a single Hunter to handle.
‘The sole exception, perhaps, would be Hunter Jeon Jae-woo.’
That absurd Hunter who alone had cleared not merely Legendary-grade Ruins, but an Ancient-grade Ruin as well.
In a world where a Hunter’s strength directly translated to national power, no one dared speak it aloud, yet all knew that Jeon Jae-woo was effectively the strongest being on Earth.
“Which Transcendent-rank Hunters would be willing to lend their strength?”
At the question raised by one representative, the others sat in silence.
Even most S-rank Hunters were difficult for individual nations to control; Transcendent-rank Hunters were utterly beyond international governance.
Most Transcendent-rank Hunters maintained the appearance of cooperating with the international community, but unless their own survival was at stake, they absolutely refused to take on dangerous missions.
‘Even if the international community agrees to cooperate in clearing the uncleared Ancient-grade Ruins, nations possessing Transcendent-rank Hunters will never willingly deploy their precious assets.’
Among the great powers represented here, none wished to offer up their nation’s Transcendent-rank Hunter.
The very representative who had just raised his voice held no different conviction.
The reason the Board had just decided to pool their forces and clear the Ancient-grade Ruins now was simple enough.
Logically speaking, it’s nearly impossible for a single nation to clear an Ancient-grade Ruin on its own.
There are three long-standing uncleared Ruins remaining.
Given how the Dungeon Assignments are progressing, the remaining three Ancient-grade Ruins will likely be distributed randomly among South America, Oceania, and Africa.
“South America and Africa might be manageable, but Australia absolutely cannot—”
“Australia can never handle an Ancient-grade Ruin alone.”
Relying on Jeon Jae-woo to do it would require faith that he still has many clears left—and by the assessments, he doesn’t have many remaining.
Even if he has a few clears left, the Republic of Korea would never permit them to be used for another nation, as those clears are assets meant for their own defense.
Of course, since Jeon Jae-woo has been selecting only Ruins with Additional Clear Rights to clear, no one knows exactly how many Additional Clear Rights he’s received as compensation.
In any case, any nation that refuses to cooperate must be sanctioned—the Ancient-grade Ruin brake must be stopped at all costs.
Whether this resolution, adopted by Board consensus, will have real effect or remain merely words on paper remains to be seen.
The resolution passed by the Board was already spreading across the globe in real time.
Clearing Ruins as a Transcendent-rank Hunter
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