Walkthrough for the Transcendental Hunter's Ruins - Chapter 98

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Episode 98
Na Yu-gyeong had followed along with her colleague on the promise of knowing an exceptional healing facility, but the surprise came when Jeon Ji-woo arrived at her home to meet with Jeon Jae-woo.
They weren’t strangers, but they weren’t close enough to expect such an encounter either.
So Jeon Jae-woo was equally startled.
And moments later, having entered the Yeomyeong Ruins with them, Na Yu-gyeong’s jaw dropped open in shock.
The instant the sunlight pouring from the ruins touched her body, she felt completely healed.
All the lingering pain from her injuries vanished in an instant.
It wasn’t just a matter of feeling—her body actually felt weightless, as though it might float away.
Like a sense of renewal and refreshment, as if she’d been born anew.
Na Yu-gyeong stared up at the sun in the sky, bewildered.
‘What kind of magic is this?’
Jeon Jae-woo, who had entered the ruins alongside them, regarded Jeon Ji-woo with a baffled expression.
She’d suddenly brought Na Yu-gyeong and pestered him relentlessly about letting her enter the Yeomyeong Ruins, which was absurd—but since he wasn’t entirely unfamiliar with Na Yu-gyeong and they’d come this far anyway, he’d figured he might as well bring her inside.
It wasn’t as though it required any real effort to let someone into the ruins.
“Why did you bring Hunter Na Yu-gyeong along?”
“She’s been struggling with the lingering effects of her injuries. All you have to do is enter this ruins and you’re automatically healed, right?”
“The more people who know about this ruins’ effects, the worse it becomes.”
“My sister has to make a good impression if she’s going to get anywhere in her career. Help your sister out a bit.”
Did I really need to send this brat out to work at the Hunter Bureau?
‘Making a good impression? She needs other people to make a good impression on her.’
Na Yu-gyeong, who had been dazed the moment she entered, finally came to her senses after about ten minutes and approached him, bowing her head.
“I’m truly… truly grateful. Hunter Jeon Jae-woo.”
“Not at all. I’m just glad you’re feeling better.”
Her gratitude toward Jeon Jae-woo had reached a level where it seemed it might pierce the ceiling itself.
From Na Yu-gyeong’s perspective, it made perfect sense—he’d shown her kindness twice now.
“I had no idea the ruins themselves had healing powers. I’m not sure how to repay you…”
“Please don’t worry about it. You were only here for a moment. There’s no use fee to speak of.”
“But…”
“It’s no trouble to let you enter the ruins.”
Na Yu-gyeong fidgeted with her fingers, at a loss for words.
“But receiving such a tremendous favor and leaving without repaying it feels too shameless.”
“I truly don’t mind. If you’re that concerned about it, then when the time comes and I need something, help me with it then.”
“I’m not sure if there’s anything I could do that would be helpful to you, Hunter Jeon Jae-woo…”
Though no one knows what the future holds, honestly it seemed unlikely.
‘So the effects of the Yeomyeong Ruins aren’t limited to just me and my summoned creatures.’
The ruins’ effects were genuinely remarkable.
As long as Jeon Jae-woo, the owner, gave his permission, anyone could enter without any other restrictions.
And once they entered, all illnesses and injuries were healed instantly.
If word of these ruins spread, every patient in the world would surely flock here.
From a public-interest standpoint, it would be far better if Jeon Jae-woo revealed the ruins’ existence and healed many people.
But Jeon Jae-woo had no intention of revealing the ruins to the public.
If he did, as the saying went, every sick person on Earth would come looking for him—a disaster he could ill afford.
He hadn’t even brought his aging parents here yet, concerned they might let word slip and make their joints, which must surely be beginning to ache with age, known to others.
“Instead, you must keep this ruins’ existence absolutely secret.”
“Yes. I won’t breathe a word to the Bureau Chief or my parents.”
Na Yu-gyeong made a zipping motion across her lips.
With the sunlight and her recovered vitality, she seemed to have regained her brightness from before.
Jeon Ji-woo approached and spoke as if satisfied.
“So now we can continue conquering the ruins with you, right?”
“Yes. I think I’ll be ready now.”
What made the Yeomyeong Ruins extraordinary wasn’t just that it healed physical injuries—it restored mental health as well.
It wasn’t merely that one felt better; there was genuine power to heal mental afflictions like depression and PTSD.
Mental illness, too, responded to the ruins’ treatment the way hospital care works for depression and neurosis.
The moment one stepped into the ruins and felt the sunlight, it was like being cradled in a mother’s arms, bringing such profound peace.
It was like taking an antidepressant amplified a thousandfold in effect, with no side effects whatsoever.
It wasn’t drugs, yet it felt addictive.
At any rate, a single visit wouldn’t reveal all the detailed effects of what the ruins could do.

Na Yu-gyeong’s condition wasn’t critical enough to warrant serious concern, so I figured the potion was mostly easing her fatigue and lingering aftereffects.
“Can I bring my colleagues back sometime?”
“…Bring them here recklessly again, and you’ll be confined for life. Got it?”
If you want to spend the rest of your days breathing no air but what’s inside these walls, by all means, do as you please.
***
I set my sights on a new goal: awakening a Transcendent-grade Trait.
But I had no sense of how to approach it, so I sought advice from Jeon Ji-woo.
She didn’t have a Transcendent-grade Trait herself, but she was sharper than me—surely she’d have found some path forward if there was one.
“A Transcendent-grade Trait? I’m afraid I don’t know much about that.”
Unfortunately, that didn’t help much.
“Since you learn faster than me, why don’t you study under Myeol-geop first, then teach me in a way I can understand?”
But Myeol-geop flatly shook his head.
[I believe I already mentioned that further instruction from me would serve no purpose.]
Myeol-geop had already demonstrated the Transcendent-grade Trait called Sword-Body Unity.
While gripping a sword—or even without a blade in hand—he channeled Sword Energy Manifestation from his entire body.
It was the first time I’d witnessed Sword Energy emanating from a normal body rather than from a weapon. Entirely unprecedented.
Jeon Jae-woo decided to attempt what Myeol-geop had shown him.
First, I had to generate Sword Energy, so I drew mana up through my entire body.
At the edges of that mana, I sharpened the edge and made it keen.
Now, if I could only manifest that sharpened mana as a blade’s shape and solidify it…!
—Whirrrrr…
Predictably, it failed.
The mana that had tried to stretch into the shape of a sword promptly lost its force and scattered into the surrounding air.
It made no sense. If I wasn’t using a sword as a medium but a bare body instead, there was no way ordinary Sword Energy would emerge, let alone Sword Energy Manifestation.
So according to the name of the trait, I first had to achieve unity between my body and the sword itself.
‘But how on earth am I supposed to fuse my body with a sword?’
Was I supposed to swallow the blade or something?
Lich King, watching me fumble through my training, offered a thought.
“Creator. Gripping the sword with all your might like some eager pup won’t cut it, I reckon.”
Damn it.
Trying to pull mana without the sword was making me look even stranger.
But I threw myself into the training regardless, pup-like or not.
Mostly I trained alongside Jeon Ji-woo, exchanging ideas as we went.
When she wasn’t around, I devoted nearly every waking hour to practice.
Catshee, watching me skip meals and pour myself entirely into training, spoke up.
“Perhaps it would be better if you didn’t train alone so much. You should exchange techniques with other swordmasters.”
“Hm? Aren’t you all watching from beside me? And Jeon Ji-woo is here too.”
I had summoned creatures far more formidable than most hunters.
“Even a three-year-old child has something to teach, or so they say.”
I’d never really thought of other hunters as toddlers, though.
[The Creator lacks experience at present, so there is no need to concern yourself with whether another’s skill is high or low. Encountering the martial techniques of many different people and accumulating diverse experience will greatly influence your enlightenment.]
Hmm. I suppose that might be the right approach.
‘But I’ve always been on the antisocial side—mingling with others doesn’t come naturally to me…’
Besides, I’m trying to keep my identity hidden. If I go around openly revealing that I’m Jeon Jae-woo, what then?
Meanwhile, Jeon Ji-woo threw herself into her new career even more earnestly than her brother pursued the awakening of his Transcendent-grade Trait.
At the Hunter Bureau, her popularity soared remarkably fast.
Typically, top-tier hunters don’t easily consent to train with those below their rank.
Those hours are better spent on their own cultivation.
Yet Jeon Ji-woo, despite being S-rank, frequently sparred with other hunters—and even approached them first.
When an S-rank hunter approached you first and treated you as an equal, popularity was inevitable.
Unlike her counterpart, she had a naturally extroverted disposition, and her beauty was merely the cherry on top.
Since the active hunters stationed at the Hunter Bureau’s primary duty was conquering ruins, they had little to do on days when no expeditions were planned.
Training while in the Bureau was their main responsibility during those times.
But occasionally they were dispatched on external assignments as well.
The Hunter Bureau wasn’t merely responsible for ruin conquests; it handled all matters related to Korean hunters and mana.
Normally, a separate department of non-active hunters managed external missions, but the S-rank hunters—the strongest operatives—were exceptions.
Jeon Ji-woo was now receiving her first briefing on an external assignment from the Hunter Bureau.
“A dungeon survey?”
“That’s right. We’ll be coordinating with three major companies on this one.”
Yoo Jung-tae, now speaking casually to his subordinate hunters as if it were the most natural thing.
Jeon Ji-woo reviewed the documents while listening to her superior’s explanation.
Industrial spies—Hunters who’d attempted to smuggle domestic technology overseas.
Cornered by the Hunter Bureau’s investigation, the criminals had fled into the North Korean Dungeon in their desperation, moving too quickly to consider the consequences.
This created a considerable headache for the Hunter Bureau as well.
Since they couldn’t venture any deeper into the North Korean Dungeon, there was little risk of them escaping further.
They might already be dead, hunted down by the Monsters within, but confirmation was necessary.
Under normal circumstances, regular Hunters would be dispatched, but the North Korean Dungeon demanded the full strength of S-rank Hunters.
……
After hearing the briefing, Jeon Ji-woo fell silent for a moment.
Yoo Jung-tae spoke in a soothing tone, trying not to place undue pressure on her.
“You don’t have to do this if you don’t want to.”
It was understandable she’d be frightened—this was her first external mission.
And it wasn’t just any dungeon; entering the North Korean Dungeon was extraordinarily dangerous.
Even for an S-rank Hunter, a novice with limited experience would find the difficulty overwhelming.
It was only recently that Na Yu-gyeong, an S-rank Hunter but still a rookie, had barely survived a near-death crisis in the North Korean Dungeon.
Yet Jeon Ji-woo’s response was unexpected.
“No, sir. If everyone else is working so hard, how could I sit this out?”
“?”
“I’ll go with you, Director.”
Jeon Ji-woo’s expression was surprisingly eager and proactive.
“It’s really okay to say no if you don’t want to go. The North Korean Dungeon is dangerous even for S-rank Hunters.”
“No, sir. To be honest, I really want to go.”
……?
She really wanted to go?
“Inside the dungeon, you must never act on your own impulses.”
“Of course. I’ll only do what the senior Hunters tell me to do. Please don’t worry.”
Well, this time all the other Hunters would be entering together anyway, so it should be fine.
Na Yu-gyeong, now fully recovered and back in active duty, would be joining them as well.
Yoo Jung-tae was startled to see her in her former state of health and spirit.
He’d heard that Jeon Jae-woo had done her a kindness and provided a healing elixir that restored her body.
But why had even the trauma, not just the aftereffects, been completely healed?
And so Jeon Ji-woo ventured into the North Korean Dungeon for the first time.
Ruin Conquest Strategies for Transcendent-rank Hunters
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