The Transcendence Clear was confirmed right after he was kicked out of the Tower.
Min-hyuk was bewildered by a type of clear he had never heard of before.
**[Global Announcement: Due to the first-ever Transcendence Clear, adjustments will be made to Floors 11 to 15 of the Korean Tower. Please understand that entry to Floors 11 to 15 will be unavailable for 7 days.]**
**[Global Announcement: You have cleared a world-first special quest. Construction to turn the 10th Floor of the Korean Tower into a base is underway. Please understand that entry to the 10th Floor will be unavailable for 7 days.]**
The Hunter Net became just as heated as it was when No Name first conquered the 1st Floor with a Perfect Clear, all thanks to the global announcements containing terms never heard before.
— What is a Transcendence Clear? —
ã„´ What did No Name do this time?
ã„´ Is a cataclysm happening on Floors 11 to 15?
ã„´ What is this 10th Floor base construction?
ã„´ Is he trying to change the Tower entirely now?
While confused comments and posts were being uploaded, rewards for the Transcendence Clear began to be posted rapidly.
**[Korean Tower Announcement: The entire 10th Floor will become a base and is designated as a safe zone.]**
— ※ If the conquest rate is not maintained, battles may break out at the base.
— ※ Please be careful, as the base can be lost to monsters upon defeat.
— ※ The safe zone will be expanded due to the Transcendence Clear.
**[Korean Tower Announcement: Due to the restoration of the bridge, challengers of Floors 10 to 19 are now able to visit Floors 1 to 9.]**
**[Korean Tower Announcement: At regular intervals, randomly selected challengers from other Towers will be able to visit the 10th Floor base.]**
— Visiting Floors 1 to 9 is possible by clearing special quests.
— The number of accessible Towers has increased from three to five due to the Transcendence Clear.
— ※ Towers not permitted by the base owner cannot visit.
**[Korean Tower Announcement: Merchants who had disappeared will appear at the 10th Floor midway base. Direct trading is possible through them without going through the Exchange.]**
— Visitors from other Towers can take items obtained from the Korean Tower back to their original Towers through trade with merchants.
However, a 1% fee must be paid to the base owner.
As details just as shocking as the Transcendence Clear were delivered to Korean hunters, the posts on the burning Hunter Net began to be filled with nothing but question marks.
— Didn’t No Name conquer the 9th Floor? —
ã„´ Exactly.
ã„´ What the hell did he do on the 9th Floor to trigger a special quest?
ã„´ Is it a condition for Perfect Clearing Floors 1 to 9?
ã„´ Won’t No Name provide some kind of explanation?
ã„´ Um… I’m really curious about what happened.
Min-hyuk was flustered when things grew larger than expected because of him.
He wasn’t the type to step forward, so he wanted to stay quiet, but he couldn’t this time.
The hunters staying on Floors 10 to 15 had to go into a forced seven-day rest because of him, so he felt he should explain why this situation occurred.
The sooner a fire is put out, the better.
He immediately began writing a detailed post on his board about how this situation unfolded.
— I would like to explain how the current situation came to be. —
The content, which started with an apology, dryly listed only the facts in chronological order.
He mentioned getting a special quest after Perfect Clearing the 9th Floor, his skills being modified, and achieving a massive stat increase based on the growth he gained from Floors 1 to 9.
He even included the fact that he didn’t just defend the bridge but crossed it to annihilate the monsters around the watchtowers.
The long post ended with an explanation of why he was able to achieve a Transcendence Clear.
— So, you’re saying this happened because you were basically playing a dynasty warriors game by yourself? —
ã„´ …Seems like it.
ã„´ It’s also hilarious that he was kicked out of the Tower after slicing up Goblin Warriors that were supposed to appear on the 15th Floor.
ã„´ Just how strong has he become?
ã„´ For now… if that explanation is true, even hunters at the start of the 20th Floor won’t be a match for him.
ã„´ Looking at his explanation, he had room to spare. I don’t think he’d be in danger even at the 30th Floor, let alone the 20th.
People who saw Min-hyuk’s post reacted with disbelief, and the number of comments exploded in an instant.
If the Transcendence Quest hadn’t appeared, they would have dismissed it as No Name lying, no matter who he was.
Even Chun Tae-san, an SS-class hunter, barely managed to defend at Level 15.
Even William, who was unofficially the strongest in the world, barely achieved a Perfect Clear after reaching Level 14.
But No Name went out and played a one-man army as soon as he reached Level 10, and as if that weren’t enough, he went around slaughtering monsters beyond the bridge?
How could anyone believe this?
— This settles it. No Name has more potential than an SS-class. —
ã„´ Agreed. He must have awakened something stronger than an SS-class skill.
ã„´ But you can’t judge him on that alone. First of all, the fact that he stubbornly grew to his limit on Floors 1 to 9 is huge.
ã„´ True. To be honest, current SS-class hunters just grew roughly through Floors 1 to 9 and moved on.
ã„´ If they knew the difference would be this big, even the SS-class hunters would have tried to gain extra growth on Floors 1 to 9 somehow.
Excluding the uniqueness of a Perfect Clear, No Name was the only one who had put so much effort into growing on Floors 1 to 9 before moving on.
And he said it definitively.
‘Even excluding my skills, I could have achieved this result just with the growth of my other stats at Level 10!’
This meant that growth on Floors 1 to 9 had become more important.
One didn’t even need to achieve a Perfect Clear.
The inner cores revealed by No Name, the elixirs added by No Name, and the food that began to develop because of No Name—by using all of these to reach near the growth limit before moving on, one could start in a way incomparable to existing hunters.
There was no longer a need to despair about starting as an F-class awakener.
The difference in skills isn’t that large on Floors 1 to 9, and one can turn things around at the 10th Floor with effort.
— Praise him! —
ã„´ God No Name!
ã„´ No Name is the light!
ã„´ From now on, insulting No Name is insulting me.
The rookie hunters began their praise once again.
He created a foundation for growth, and he created a way to earn money to sustain themselves during that growth.
Now, he even showed the result of why they should grow on Floors 1 to 9.
To the rookie hunters, No Name was truly no different from a god.
However, this time, hunters from Floors 10 to 19 also joined the ranks of praise.
— We can finally taste it too! —
ã„´ Just wait! I’m going to sweep up all the inner cores and elixirs starting now!
ã„´ I believed in you!
ã„´ I’m glad I held out! **[Hunter Certificate (19th Floor) — Identification Code: xxxxxxx]**
ã„´ I believed in you! **[Hunter Certificate (19th Floor)….]**
Hunters who had been holding out just in case shed tears of emotion.
Their rewards might be lower than those of the hunters on Floors 1 to 9, and they might not be able to obtain a torch.
But what did it matter?
Hope had been born for those who had virtually given up on joining top-tier guilds as they approached the 20th Floor, and that alone was enough for No Name to deserve praise.
But the powerful faith in No Name didn’t end there. It eventually reached the hunters in their 20s.
— I’m stopping my climb today and holding out. **[Hunter Certificate (27th Floor)]**
ã„´ He’ll be here soon.
ã„´ He’s playing a one-man army, so it’ll be quick.
ã„´ I believe. Amen to No Name~
ã„´ Amen.
ã„´ Amen.
Now, it wasn’t just the low floors; even hunters in their 20s were holding out, waiting for No Name to arrive.
What was peculiar was that this trend was no longer happening only in Korea.
Although it was random, hunters from other countries now had a chance to go to Korea.
— We didn’t get on No Name’s bad side, did we? (USA) —
ã„´ We’re a bit anxious… (Japan)
ã„´ He’ll probably start with us since we’re a great nation, right? (China)
ã„´ Won’t those two countries be excluded? Lol (Philippines)
ã„´ They’re starting by kicking those two countries out. Lmfao (Brazil)
ã„´ Don’t talk nonsense. We’ve been on good terms lately! (Japan)
ã„´ [Breaking News: Large-scale investment planned for Korea!] (Germany)
ã„´ [Close consultations planned with the Korean Hunter Association] They’re doing their jobs well! (UK)
As soon as the global announcement appeared, various countries began contacting Korea using all their connections.
As a result, the government had no choice but to move as if their feet were on fire.
Changing the ecosystem of the lower floors?
Being recognized by the World Association?
It was no longer at that level.
“A being who changes the Tower, something even SS-classes couldn’t do.”
“The World Association’s judgment was correct. No Name is a being the world must step up to protect!”
“It is not right for a single nation to try to control him! As a member of the World Association…”
Once it was confirmed that he was an outlier who could not be measured by existing analytical methods, the World Association and major powers began an offensive to pull No Name away from Korea, even through the Free Hunter method.
They were trying to forcibly widen the gap created by the government’s previous blunders that had put them on No Name’s bad side.
In response, the government, feeling the pressure, quickly handled the issues he had targeted to somehow make up for their past mistakes.
[Government: Audit of the Monster Management Bureau completed. All involved parties are in the process of being arrested…]
[Representative Mo, to be investigated for monster-related corruption…]
[Minister Mo! Circumstantial evidence of involvement in corruption…]
News broke that even core government figures were being investigated only two days after the Transcendence Clear announcement.
However, as if this weren’t enough to ease their anxiety, they went one step further.
The problem was that it wasn’t something done after sufficient discussion.
[The harm caused by the Bureau is significant. A major reform is needed. We will conduct an overall review of the contracts led by the Monster Management Bureau…]
[Companies that have lost competitiveness will be filtered out. A massive audit will be conducted across the entire monster-related industry…]
The Hunter Bureau was in an uproar over the government’s late movement, which seemed as if their feet were on fire.
It was because the government had acted without consulting them.
*Slam!*
Park Young-hwan, who slammed his desk, let out a shout.
“If you’re incompetent, at least stay still! Why start something! Why!”
If any work is rushed, problems are bound to arise.
They were conducting a massive audit to look good to No Name, but when an audit is conducted, delays in schedules are inevitable.
Schedules were already being delayed due to the Monster Management Bureau’s issues, and if a massive audit were added to that, there was a high possibility that the entire industry would turn into a mess.
“Contact the higher-ups!”
Park Young-hwan intended to visit them personally and ask them to withdraw this decision.
It was an ironic situation where, instead of rowing while the tide was coming in because of No Name, they were about to sink.
The problem was that from the Hunter Bureau’s perspective, an even bigger, unexpected problem had occurred.
Min-hyuk, who was resting at home because he couldn’t enter the Tower, received a call from his family home.
“So… you’re saying an audit is coming to your company as well, Father?”
Min-hyuk asked with an absurd expression.
— It seems a competitor lobbied and made it sound like there’s a problem with us. —
Min-hyuk’s expression distorted at his father’s words.
A common subcontracting company that competed on unit price even for small profits—that was Min-hyuk’s father’s company.
The problem had occurred in the top-tier corporations, but they were hunting down every connected company like rats.
Large corporations might have the strength to endure, but small to medium-sized enterprises like Choi Jin-hyung’s company couldn’t hold on and would go bankrupt while struggling with debt.
“I’ll look into how the situation is unfolding. Don’t worry too much.”
Min-hyuk hung up after calming his anxious father.
“Sigh… these bastards really never change.”
They did the exact same crazy thing this time—enforcing reckless plans to cover up their own mistakes or holding events to divert attention.
If left alone, they would attempt to manipulate public opinion as if they were the ones reforming a corrupt monster dismantling industry.
His father could also become a sacrificial lamb.
“…Should I go public?”
A phone call came to Min-hyuk’s hand as he was muttering to himself.
Seeing the name ‘Bureau Manager Park Min-hye’ written on the screen, Min-hyuk answered the phone with a determined expression.
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