I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 162

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Transcendent Genius Trainer 162

Craaaaaash-.

“……I came closer since it seemed you couldn’t hear me. I’ll relay the message like this.”

Kim Sang-yu felt a slight shock at the tremendous force emanating from Yujun.
Then he quickly composed his expression and laughed heartily.

“Hahaha. You’re quite the joker! Understood! I’ll tell them you’ll finish soon!”

A laugh that still seemed to project confidence.
But he couldn’t avoid Yujun’s gaze.

‘Amusing expression.’

As he turned away, he was biting his lip.
After Kim Sang-yu left.
Yujun immediately examined the Awakened Ones in the forge once more.
Snap-.

Clang-! Clang-! Clang-!
The Geumgang Kim Family blacksmiths each crafted artifacts in their own way.

‘Some swung hammers down,’

while others shaped and completed artifacts using only their abilities.

‘Hmm.’

Yujun spotted a blacksmith crafting the Kilo Gauntlet among them.
He looked quite young—roughly the same age as Gyu-cheol.

Whoooosh-!
A powerful Aura blazed from him.

‘S-rank.’

The blacksmith next to him was bringing down his hammer.

‘S-rank here too.’

Yujun calmly examined all the other blacksmiths with his eyes.

‘Every single one of them is S-rank.’

Whoooosh-.
Red light and cracks.

‘Normally I’d have to address the Awakened One in the worst condition first…… but strangely, not a single one has good condition.’

It was literally difficult to judge who should be trained first.

‘They could explode at any moment.’

It was identical to the state of Kim Sang-hun, whom Yujun had trained.
Their Mana Circuits had burned out, leaving them with severe Mana Burn.

Clang-!

‘How are they even enduring this condition…….’

Every time they swung the hammer and used their abilities now, they must be experiencing excruciating pain.
Yet still, they continued forging artifacts.

Thud-.
Thud-.
Finished artifacts piling up on one side.
Yujun approached and examined them.

‘Quite elaborate.’

These were artifacts made exclusively by the Geumgang Kim Family.

-Geumgang Wave Chest Plate
-Geumgang Crushing Hammer
-Geumgang Great Sword

These artifacts, manufactured exclusively by the Geumgang Kim Family, were no exaggeration to call essential for Tower climbing.

Whoooosh-.

‘There it is.’

But in Yujun’s eyes, cracks appeared in everything.
They shouldn’t have cracks since they were just made, yet they did.

‘Just as Kim Sang-hun said.’

They were intentionally reducing quality.

‘But…… some of these don’t seem to be intentionally lowering quality?’

Some artifacts were definitely deliberately made with lower completion.
But others seemed unintentional.
If that were the case…….

‘Their bodies prevented them from achieving higher quality.’

It was a serious situation.

‘This won’t do.’

Yujun took a deep breath and focused strength into his eyes.

-Scanning Awakened One!

This training was Yujun’s first large-scale training attempt of high-rank Awakened Ones.
At One Shot and prospect training, the numbers were higher, but overall rank was lower.
With the Cheongdam Insect Tower case, he’d handled multiple S-ranks, but far fewer in number than now.
Now there were eighteen.

Snap-! Snap snap-!

And all of them were the finest blacksmiths supporting the Geumgang Kim Family.
All were S-rank Craftsman-type Awakeners, and some were upper S-rank level.
Even with damaged bodies, the Mana they emitted was not to be underestimated.
Snap-!

Countless information flooded into Yujun’s eyes.
After reaching Divine Eye – Extreme, he could see much more.
But the strain on his eyes was unavoidable, and they began to ache.
All their information became light, entering Yujun’s eyes.

Awakening abilities.
Clang-!
The angle of their striking wrists. Injury sites. Strengths, weaknesses.
Stats.
Mana purity.
Even though they appeared to possess the same awakening ability, each was subtly different.
Additionally, special awakening abilities derived from bloodline factors also existed.
Some suppressed these to focus solely on crafting the Geumgang Family’s exclusive artifacts, while others cultivated them.

Whoooooosh-!
The red light intensified.
It was an injury too great for Yujun to handle.
Suddenly the world’s colors seemed to invert and appear differently.

Yujun’s eyes instinctively sensed danger and began to close.
The information was excessive for his current ability.
His eyes might burn out if he continued like this, but Yujun didn’t stop.

‘I need to go further. I need to remember the necessary information and dig deeper here once more.’

Yujun furrowed his brow and drew up Mana, concentrating it maximally into his eyes.

Whoooooosh-!
Around Yujun’s body, Mana swirled like a tempest.

‘I can endure.’

His stats had soared thanks to training prominent-level Awakened Ones previously.

‘Yes, the Incubation skill. It’s better to strengthen this as soon as possible.’

Whoooosh-!

Yujun endured the pain and continued acquiring their information.
Craftsman-type Awakeners possessed a different Mana system than ordinary Awakeners.

‘It’s hazy.’

But the scanning process wasn’t going smoothly.

‘When I trained Baek Hyeon-jin, I could see most things fine, but I can’t see the cracks of these people.’

Penetrating the cracks to discern which parts needed training had become fairly familiar through hero training.
But because their Mana system was completely different, there were some whose cracks remained invisible.

‘In the Tower of Infinity too, Craftsman-type Awakeners were quite difficult to train.’

Yujun clenched his teeth.

Whoooooosh-!
It was the first time just scanning alone made him feel like collapsing.
But he had no intention of giving up.
He hadn’t come here with such weak resolve.
He needed to see more.
To the limits of what he could do.

Ding-!
-Divine Eye – Extreme proficiency increases.
-Awakener Scan is enhanced!

Whoooosh-!
-You can enhance Awakener Scan by consuming all Points!

Yujun had accumulated nearly one hundred thousand Points to learn a Platinum Skill.
But at this moment, he decided to consume all of those Points.

‘I can accumulate Points again later.’

He needed the enhancement of Awakener Scan he could strengthen right now more than a Platinum Skill he couldn’t learn yet.

Whoooosh-!
-All Points consumed.
-Awakener Scan is enhanced!

Slide-.
Snap. Snap snap-!
The cracks of the Craftsman-type Awakeners that had been invisible began appearing.

-Skill enhanced!
-Deep Scan learned!

As Awakener Scan upgraded to Deep Scan, all eighteen status windows unfolded before his eyes at once.

Whirrrrrr-!
Yujun rapidly scanned the eighteen status windows, grasping their information and formulating plans.

How to train them.
What direction the training should take—he quickly absorbed it all.
Then he smiled and immediately approached one of the Geumgang blacksmiths.
Since all were in the worst condition, it was right to train the strongest first rather than the most critical.

‘The one with the highest difficulty.’

“Hello.”

Clang-!

Despite Yujun’s greeting, the blacksmith didn’t look at him.
Complete immersion.
Completely absorbed in crafting the artifact before him, it seemed he couldn’t hear.
Perhaps he’d simply chosen to ignore him while focusing.
But Yujun didn’t mind.

“Your wrist just throbbed, didn’t it? Your shoulder angle is collapsing, and you must be feeling a constant burning pain inside your body.”

Only then did his gaze turn toward Yujun.

“……Who are you?”
“Your Mana’s leaking. Severely.”

The blacksmith, who appeared to be in his forties, was emitting a strong Aura from his entire body, yet Mana was leaking from his wrist each time he brought the hammer down on the material.
The Mana of Craftsman-type Awakeners was relatively heavy.

‘That heavy Mana leaking out is completely shredding his Mana Circuit right now.’

Moreover, the Mana Burn symptoms Kim Sang-hun had experienced were severe here as well.
Rebuilding from nothing was dimensionally different from removing what exists and rebuilding.

‘He could die from shock.’

Yujun was a Trainer, and this was the domain of healers.
But he’d already heard about it.
Numerous healers and rehabilitation specialist Trainers had all given up on the current Geumgang blacksmiths.
Rehabilitation Impossible Judgment.

‘And they know this too.’

So it was possible they’d shown little reaction upon seeing Yujun.

“……Your Mana’s leaking?”
“You must have had times when options that should’ve been added weren’t. And times when materials that should’ve broken in two strikes didn’t break even after five.”

Yujun drove the wedge home.

“You developed materials you couldn’t handle.”
“…….”

The blacksmith’s expression suddenly hardened.
To him, Yujun politely introduced himself.

“I’m Kang Yu-jun. I work as a Trainer.”
“A Trainer……, you say?”

His face suggested he knew what a Trainer was.
But his expression showed he didn’t know it was the famous Kang Yu-jun.

“……I’m Kim Jung-hun.”

The one introducing himself as Kim Jung-hun shook his head slowly.

“You’ve described my body’s condition, but I already know all of these facts myself.”

A tone half-resigned.

He’d have to pull another all-nighter to complete the Tower of Ash request.

It could’ve sounded mocking, but Kim Jung-hun could sense it wasn’t.
A genuine question.
A question asking for his true intentions.

“And what are you making that good equipment for?”
“Making good equipment is…… for the Geumgang Kim Family.”
“Then what have you gained by grinding your body down for the Geumgang Kim Family?”

Watching him, Yujun continued calmly.

The sounds of various tools and Awakening abilities continued ringing through the smithy.
But Yujun could tell.
Everyone in the forge was listening to his conversation with Kim Jung-hun.

“……!”
“……!”
“……!”

Whether they truly wanted this or had already given up entirely.
The most important factor in training was the will of the person being trained.

“…….”

Words didn’t come easily.
Then.
Someone shouted.

“I want to!”

We want to live.
A different life.

So his intentions were most critical.

“Confirmed.”

-Beginning Deep Scan!

So he had to use Deep Scan one person at a time.

Yujun focused strength into his eyes.

New information was beginning to reveal itself.

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