Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 94

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Episode 94
The last uncovered Dungeon: Gyeonggyae.
[Gyeonggyae Exploration Condition: Navigate the maze without making contact with the Barrier.]
Jeon Jae-woo and his party began running toward the maze spread before them.
They didn’t know how the maze’s paths extended, but they had to put distance between themselves and something first.
In fact, the entrance of the maze itself wasn’t particularly important to clearing it.
Distance from what, exactly?
From the red Barrier of light enveloping the entire Dungeon.
Beyond the red Barrier, the transparent walls forming the maze itself were also Barriers.
“Phew. We’ve put some distance between us now, right?”
“The space keeps getting narrower. It’s terrifying.”
“That’s what I mean—why’d you follow us? I told you that you didn’t have to come this time.”
“Right. Can’t I just go back on my own now?”
“…Just stay here. With us.”
Now they had to navigate through this maze.
If it were merely a maze-type Dungeon—even a non-Ancient-grade one—there would’ve been plenty of those to handle, but.
The semicircular red Barrier of light continued to contract even now.
And unlike the transparent Barrier, the red one meant instant death the moment anyone touched it.
More precisely, the part of the body that made contact would turn to dust in an instant.
There were no exceptions—not for living or non-living things, not for S-grade Hunters or Transcendent-grade ones.
Even Myeol-geop, possessing the most formidable power, was no exception.
Since Dungeons allowed Hunters to leave whenever they wished, there were almost no cases where someone actually touched that instant-death Barrier and vanished.
So somehow they had to find their way through this maze and reach the center.
Of course, if it were just a simple maze, it wouldn’t be worthy of an Ancient-grade Dungeon’s reputation for difficulty.
“Grrrrrrr…”
Powerful Beasts frequently erupted from various points throughout.
—Boom! Boom! Boom!!
Myeol-geop sent several Drakes flying with a single attack.
Yet the transparent Barrier wall that had caught the blast alongside them remained unscathed.
Jeon Jae-woo wanted to climb upward and observe the maze from above, but the Barrier blocked any such attempt.
“Myeol-geop. Could you punch through this ceiling and these walls?”
[Impossible. My power cannot break through.]
When Myeol-geop stated this without hesitation, Jeon Jae-woo felt a chill run through him.
Even Transcendent-grade Characteristics could not damage it.
The fact that Myeol-geop would equally vanish upon touching the red Barrier was honestly difficult to accept.
What good was Absolute Defense—a Transcendent-grade Characteristic—if it meant nothing in the face of this?
“No-bum, couldn’t your Nature-type Characteristic nullify the Barrier?”
“My Characteristic is about becoming one with nature itself, not merging with Barriers.”
Gates and Dungeons were separate worlds, so the power worked by becoming one with that world’s natural forces.
Or he could merge with natural objects like clouds, trees, or stone.
But merging directly with a Barrier—which was merely a mass of mana—seemed difficult.
Though Jeon Jae-woo honestly couldn’t see the difference.
“This Dungeon’s going to be genuinely tough. Much harder than I expected.”
“So let’s just go back. We don’t absolutely have to clear this one anyway.”
……
The simplest method would be to somehow breach the Barrier and reach the center in a straight line.
But Myeol-geop had flatly stated he couldn’t punch through it, and the transparent Barrier forming the maze couldn’t be crossed even by Catsy’s Spirit Materialization.
It seemed clearing this Dungeon would be difficult no matter how powerful Jeon Jae-woo’s Summoned Creatures were.
And it wasn’t just a maze—a complicated one at that.
At any moment, ceilings descended and walls rose, reshaping the passages.
That’s why the maze’s entrance mattered little, regardless of where you started.
Like this.
“Whoa, damn it!”
A Barrier wall suddenly dropped from above, and Myeol-geop barely pulled him back in time to save him.
‘Damn it.’
One careless move and he’d be separated from his Summoned Creatures, becoming lost.
But even now, the instant-death red wall continued to close in.
Thinking about it, he wondered if they really needed to clear such a troublesome Dungeon.
“After all, the Beasts inside aren’t that strong, so even if Breakage occurs, it shouldn’t be a major problem, right?”
“Could it be that the red Barrier spreads across the surface and annihilates everything that entered from within?”
Hmm. That won’t work then.
If a Breakage occurs, this would be the most dangerous of any Ancient-grade Dungeon.
No matter what, I have to conquer it here.
In any case, Jeon Jae-woo didn’t enter blindly.
Every time he challenges an Ancient-grade Dungeon, he collects sufficient information and formulates a plan.
Though the truly reliable intelligence would be held by the great powers, no doubt.
In any case, he first learned what kind of barrier protected the dungeon, then devised a method to conquer it.
Fortunately, the answer came easily enough.
“Jomulju. About that Gate we saw at the Yeomyeong Ruin—what kind of magic would you say it is?”
“Hmm. Summoning Magic, the kind tamers use?”
“Exactly—Spacetime Magic. And if one commands space, it means there are no limits to what can obstruct me.”
After conquering the Chilheuk Ruin, the “Void Sphere” obtained as a reward had been modified by Mutant.
It was a void space that could hold anything inside, like No-bum’s inventory, but its spherical form was merely an extraordinarily solid iron ball.
He’d wondered if Mutant could properly refine it with his feeble flame.
But Mutant had used the Calamity Fire—his newly acquired flame—to simply melt it down and then modify it.
The newly remade Void Sphere retained the same spherical shape.
Yet the moment Lich King brought the sphere close to the transparent barrier—
Jeon Jae-woo’s eyes went wide.
Glug-glug-glug…!
As if ripples were spreading from the center of a lake, the barrier’s wall opened.
‘That’s incredible.’
Mutant really is something else.
Though it’s a bit surprising that Spacetime Magic works when Spirit Materialization didn’t.
Is it because Catsy’s Spirit Materialization is only an S-rank Characteristic, so the grade difference is vast?
“Come on, everyone. Let’s move forward.”
Jeon Jae-woo’s party had no need to struggle finding their way—they pressed straight toward the heart of the maze.
***
Meanwhile, Transcendent-grade Hunters mobilized through the International Hunter Alliance were also conquering the Gyeonggyae Dungeon.
They were progressing through the maze exploration smoothly.
Since the dungeon had existed for well over ten years, there were already countless cases of failure documented.
Based on the experience and information gathered through many failures, they were able to analyze whether the maze’s transformations followed certain laws.
Upon careful observation, the maze did transform by section, and there were definite patterns in how it changed.
It wasn’t a single pattern, but when examining the dungeon as a whole in detail, there was clearly a pattern to be found.
If one could only discover and read that pattern, the Gyeonggyae Dungeon wasn’t particularly difficult.
Of course, such information was known only to the great powers who frequently challenged Ancient-grade Dungeons.
Until now, their own gathered information had been insufficient to conquer the dungeon, but now through their cooperative relationship, they could exchange information and fill in each other’s gaps.
Thanks to this, they could find their way far more quickly than before.
Thump-thump, thump-thump.
In the maze, only the footsteps of hunters echoed in the silence.
The monsters that appeared from time to time were dispatched without difficulty.
The maze was difficult, but for an Ancient-grade Dungeon, the monsters’ level wasn’t particularly high.
With multiple Transcendent-grade Hunters gathered and doing their part, something like this was hardly challenging.
‘At this rate, there’s absolutely no way we can fail.’
Shu Ming, a Transcendent-grade Hunter from China, smiled to himself.
Though he’d never met Hunter Jeon Jae-woo directly, the rivalry he harbored was substantial.
It stemmed from a past dispute between China and South Korea over a dungeon.
Back then, China had tried to unilaterally seize ownership of the dungeon and humiliate the other side, only to be humiliated in return.
Specifically, his own father, China’s President, had been.
The man’s strength in conquering an Ancient-grade Dungeon so effortlessly alone was such that Shu Ming didn’t dare openly curse him.
‘Let’s see you choke on it this time, you bastard.’
The other Transcendent-grade Hunters held no outright malice toward Jeon Jae-woo, but were much the same.
Some found it grating that he appeared out of nowhere and rose above them, wanting to land a blow; others wanted to check his growth because they disliked how far he was advancing.
Of the three remaining Ancient-grade Dungeons, they’d already lost two, but they were determined to claim the last one.
They were almost at the target location now.
Just a bit further and the center would be within reach.
The Transcendent-grade Hunters’ hearts raced in a way unbecoming of their rank.
Given the nature of such dungeons, an enormous reward surely awaited at the destination.
No matter how Transcendent-grade Hunters were, they couldn’t help but covet Ancient-grade Dungeon rewards.
If they could monopolize the conquest of an Ancient-grade Dungeon, they could expect a tremendous boost in their specs.
“Rohan. Any idea what kind of reward might appear?”
“I understand. No one knows how it’ll end until we actually get there.”
“Still, you can make an educated guess about what kind of reward the dungeon will yield based on its atmosphere.”
In the case of Maze dungeons, treasures or legendary blades typically waited at the end.
As they drew closer to their destination, a single thought crystallized in the minds of every Transcendent-grade Hunter.
‘How can I push these bastards aside and claim the reward for myself?’
They’d already agreed to split the dungeon rewards equally, so acting on the impulse was risky.
But as they neared the end, the hunters who’d maintained perfect cooperation began watching each other warily, their eyes betraying their true intentions.
The Transcendent-grade Hunters quickened their pace.
They wanted to sprint with everything they had, but ignorant of what traps lay ahead, they settled for the fastest walk they dared.
And just as the hunters were savoring visions of the dungeon’s rewards on their way to the objective—
“???”
The Transcendent-grade Hunters’ eyes went wide as saucers.
What on earth had just happened?
One moment the world turned bright white; the next, when their vision cleared, they’d already been expelled from the dungeon and returned to Earth.
It was like being kicked out of a game mid-session, the connection severed without warning.
“What? What just happened?”
“…Did we clear the dungeon?”
“That can’t be right.”
In truth, this was a common phenomenon during dungeon raids.
If another hunter completed the dungeon while you were still inside, you got forcibly ejected.
And at the entrance where the hunters had gone in, reporters crowded the area, waiting for news.
This was a historic moment—for the first time, the international community had united across all nations to tackle a single dungeon together.
The moment the journalists spotted the hunters emerging, they rushed forward in a swarm.
“Oh! The hunters are coming out!!”
“Did you successfully clear the Gyeonggyae dungeon?!”
“What rewards did you obtain?!”
“……??”
“Um. No. Wait, that’s…”
The Transcendent-grade Hunters were still too stunned to speak.
They hadn’t even seen a clear notification, let alone received any rewards.
“Hold on. You don’t mean—?!”
Shu Ming immediately accessed the dungeon system to check its status.
But the dungeon system now displayed a completion mark for the Gyeonggyae dungeon.
And only one name appeared as the conqueror: Jeon Jae-woo.
Transcendent-grade Hunter’s Dungeon Conquest Manual
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