Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 97

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Chapter 97
Time passed, and Asia’s ruin allocation went off without incident.
Now it was the next continent’s turn to receive ruin assignments, yet the atmosphere felt oddly subdued.
Everyone seemed to have shed their sense of urgency.
Was it because all the remaining Ancient-rank Ruins had been conquered?
The only uncleared ruins left were Legendary-rank, and people seemed to believe those were manageable somehow.
Yet only the great powers could handle the remaining uncleared Legendary-rank Ruins; most nations still couldn’t lay a finger on them.
These ruins hadn’t lingered in uncleared status by accident—it was no easy feat to tackle them.
Even a single Ruin Break from a Legendary-rank Ruin would kill or injure plenty of people.
And though many seemed to have forgotten, one tremendously significant thing still remained.
The uncleared Mythic-rank Ruin.
It was only speculation, but the Mythic-rank Ruin would likely be assigned to the entire Earth.
Just as Ancient-rank Ruins had once been assigned across the entire European Union, a Mythic-rank Ruin would probably not be assigned to just one continent or country.
And even if it were, a Mythic-rank Ruin Break could never be ignored as someone else’s problem.
“What do you think? With our current forces, could we conquer a Mythic-rank Ruin?”
Jeon Jae-woo asked Myeol-geop, speaking with some expectation.
Everyone had grown far stronger than before, so surely they could hold their own against a Mythic-rank Ruin now.
But Myeol-geop shook his head firmly once more.
[It is out of the question for us to conquer a Mythic-rank Ruin on our own.]
…So hopeless it’s out of the question, then.
‘If there’s been no fundamental change, what have we even been doing all this time?’
[For us to conquer a Mythic-rank Ruin, the Creator must raise his realm one stage higher.]
If Jeon Jae-woo obtained a Transcendent-grade Trait, Heaven’s Box might unlock one stage further as well.
But how was he supposed to acquire a Transcendent-grade Trait?
It was the kind of trait that only the greatest Hunters at the very pinnacle of the world possessed—and even then, just one.
[Do not rush. If the Creator possesses such talent, it will happen one way or another.]
“Pretty words don’t put anything in my pocket, though.”
[This is not flattery. It is sincere.]
Jeon Jae-woo’s growth rate was indeed rapid, even by his own estimation.
No matter how well Myeol-geop guided him, he’d acquired two S-rank Traits and an extraordinary technique combining trait applications in just over a year since becoming a Hunter.
‘I have a feeling that one more step would let me unlock a Transcendent-grade Trait.’
But he couldn’t figure out which step to take.
No matter how hard he trained daily to acquire a Transcendent-grade Trait, he felt no sense of the trait growing.
Just the same unchanging day repeating endlessly.
Daily training without fail did sharpen his senses and harden his body further.
But at a fundamental level, nothing seemed to change.
That’s why even days upon days of training produced no real difference.
‘This was the third cycle of Ruin Breaks, wasn’t it?’
If he made it through this quarter, there would be three more cycles ahead.
One week per continent, so six weeks total, plus six weeks of buffer.
He estimated that in roughly nine months, the Mythic-rank Ruin Break would begin.
‘Can I awaken my Transcendent-grade Trait by then?’
He wished they’d given more time for something called a Mythic-rank Ruin.
No—that would just raise the ruin’s difficulty and make it even harder to manage.
“If all else fails, shall we have you consume more Spirit Elixir?”
Back in the early days of ruin conquest, Lich King and Myeol-geop had made him forcibly absorb the essence of Spirit Elixir grown from the World Tree.
Jeon Jae-woo recoiled with a startled expression.
“That’s enough. At this point, it’s about enlightenment, not Mana quantity.”
Lich King turned away with the Spirit Elixir, looking somewhat disappointed.
But what would a Mythic-rank Ruin actually be like?
He had to conquer it, yet his heart thrummed with anticipation.
“Really, there’s no way we can do it with just our strength?”
[Absolutely not.]
“What’s our win rate, then?”
[Our side’s is not insignificant, but the ruin’s power still outweighs it.]
“So how far can we actually push it? Give it to me straight as a number—something intuitive.”
[……]
Of course, Mutant was excluded as a non-combatant.
[Win rate: 48 percent. Still below fifty percent. If the Mythic-rank Ruin’s difficulty continues to climb, the gap will only widen.]
But upon hearing Myeol-geop’s calculation, Jeon Jae-woo was surprised.
“Oh. Really? That’s higher than I expected.”
[You’ve understood my meaning correctly, then?]
“Well, yeah. I figured since you kept saying I absolutely couldn’t do it, maybe we’d see somewhere in the thirty, twenty percent range at best. Getting that high is actually pretty impressive.”
But Lich King returned and countered Myeol-geop’s assessment.
“And at full strength right now, we could fight on even terms with a Mythic-rank Ruin. Actually, we’d probably have a slight advantage.”
[The Creator must be excluded from our combat calculations. He is who we’re meant to protect.]
“But the Creator is clearly valuable combat strength on our side too. Didn’t you yourself tell me he needed to awaken a Transcendent-grade Trait? Myeol-geop?”
[……]
Jeon Jae-woo’s expression brightened slightly, and he draped an arm across Myeol-geop’s shoulders.
“Right. It’s a Mythic-rank Ruin, no less—we need to combine our strength.”
Myeol-geop disliked the idea of his master facing any situation that might endanger him.
[My instruction to reach Transcendent-grade power was meant so that you could possess the strength to protect yourself. We exist to protect the Creator. It would be unacceptable for you to put yourself in harm’s way for our sake.]
“That’s exactly what I’m saying. Once Ji-woo and I become Transcendent-rank Hunters, we won’t need to rely only on your protection anymore, right?”
[Setting aside whether you become Transcendent-rank Hunters, to reliably conquer the Ruin you’ll need at minimum a sixty-five percent win rate.]
A sixty-five percent win rate against a Mythic-rank Ruin.
People commonly say the difficulty of a Mythic-rank Ruin isn’t mere metaphor—it truly is godlike.
To maintain a sixty-five percent win rate against such a thing would be a remarkable figure that transcended even Mythic-rank difficulty, yet it didn’t feel impossibly distant to Jeon Jae-woo.
Once Jeon Jae-woo and Jeon Ji-woo both acquired Transcendent-grade Traits.
If that lazy egg awakened all the way to divine beast form, wouldn’t their win rate rise proportionally?
“Good. Let’s push ahead and reach Transcendent-grade as soon as possible.”
Jeon Jae-woo resumed swinging his blade, throwing himself back into training.
***
Meanwhile, Jeon Ji-woo was training alone as well.
In the highest-grade training facility beneath the Hunter Bureau.
Thanks to becoming an S-class Hunter affiliated with the Bureau, she could move freely in a place with few people around.
‘Perfect for training. This is the best space for it. Really is.’
Maybe next time she’d ask if her brother could come train with her too.
Just then, a Hunter with an unfamiliar face entered the training hall.
Jeon Ji-woo paused her blade work and studied the newcomer.
‘Her face looks familiar… where have I seen her? Oh. Na Yu-gyeong—that’s what they said, right?’
Her senior, who’d joined the Hunter Bureau shortly before Jeon Ji-woo arrived.
Jung-tae had mentioned she was a prodigy with talent that defied belief.
Jeon Ji-woo approached and greeted her warmly.
“Hi there! I’m Jeon Ji-woo.”
“Oh, yes. Hello. I’m Na Yu-gyeong.”
Na Yu-gyeong, who’d suffered a critical wound from a Troll and spent considerable time hospitalized.
Her demeanor seemed a bit dimmer than before.
Her body had recovered enough to return to the Hunter Bureau.
But after being in the hospital for so long, her body felt quite stiff and sluggish.
She’d come down to the training hall, but in a state like this, rather than drilling techniques alone…
“Um, if it wouldn’t be a bother, would you mind sparring with me?”
“Oh, of course!”
She’d asked to spar with Jeon Ji-woo, the rookie S-class Hunter.
Despite it being their first meeting, Jeon Ji-woo readily accepted the request to spar.
‘She’s Jeon Jae-woo Hunter’s twin sister, right?’
They really did look alike, too.
She could believe it if someone said Jeon Jae-woo had come in drag.
Jeon Ji-woo had already sparred with all of the S-class Hunters in the Bureau at least once.
To effectively tackle ruins together going forward, synergy with her future teammates mattered.
Of course, every S-class Hunter who’d sparred with Jeon Ji-woo was defeated, regardless of matchup or any such considerations.
Na Yu-gyeong, a prodigy so gifted it seemed unprecedented in the history of the Hunter Bureau, was no exception.
—Clang!
“Ugh!”
Jeon Ji-woo blocked the strike and staggered backward with a grunt.
A swordswoman wielding a longsword, far heavier than a short blade, moved with such speed.
‘Our speed is matched, but in pure power I’m completely outclassed, of course.’
Yet with some incomprehensible technique, she systematically dismantled every aspect of the short-blade swordwork Na Yu-gyeong had trained so diligently.
‘If I’m losing in speed and strength, I have to overwhelm through sheer numbers.’
In an instant, more than ten clones of Na Yu-gyeong materialized.
“Oh…”
Na Yu-gyeong’s Clone Technique, derived from her Fragmentation Trait and applied to the Hunter herself.
The clones drew short daggers in unison and rushed toward Jeon Ji-woo.
She was struck not by the proficiency of the technique Na Yu-gyeong had honed, but by something else entirely.
‘The fighting style is similar to mine.’
The way she fragmented the target to create multiple clones—it mirrored her own methods.
But the next moment, Na Yu-gyeong’s eyes widened in genuine shock.
Dozens of sword-forms materialized around Jeon Ji-woo’s body.
‘Is this… the afterimage technique the seniors mentioned?’
The Sword Aura Formation, composed of dozens of blade-shapes, surged forward as one.
The aura pierced through every one of Na Yu-gyeong’s approaching clones.
The assault continued through to the real Na Yu-gyeong behind them, and with no means to counter it, she fell in an instant.
Once the sparring match ended, Jeon Ji-woo approached the collapsed Na Yu-gyeong and extended her hand.
“Are you all right?”
“Yes…”
Na Yu-gyeong was somewhat dazed, words escaping her.
Two S-rank Traits, she’d heard. Just like that.
‘She really is something else.’
She’d tried various approaches, but none of them offered a path to victory.
Until recently, she’d been called a prodigy born once a decade at best—but standing before this woman, she was nothing.
Her wound suddenly throbbed with pain.
“Ugh…”
She’d recovered enough to resume rehabilitation, but she wasn’t fully healed yet, and she’d pushed too hard in the match.
But beyond the injury itself, the real problem was something else: fear.
While her life hadn’t been in mortal danger, the troll had hurt her badly.
Ever since, Na Yu-gyeong felt a visceral dread of Monsters coursing through her entire body.
Before becoming a Hunter, fear had been something she’d heard about indirectly through the internet; now it was immediate, tangible, written across her skin.
‘Will I even be able to go back into a Ruin and fight?’
She’d resumed training to try, but honestly, she had no confidence.
Then Jeon Ji-woo spoke again.
“Hey, Hunter. You seem to be struggling. Would you like me to call a healer for you?”
“Oh, no. I’m just a bit tired.”
Now that she thought about it, even in the match just now, her movements had been awkward for an S-class Hunter.
‘I heard she was injured. Maybe it isn’t fully healed?’
Jeon Ji-woo, who’d been studying Na Yu-gyeong intently, spoke abruptly.
“Hunter. I know an excellent healing clinic. Would you like to come with me?”
“What?”
A Transcendent-grade Hunter’s Guide to Ruin Conquest
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