I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 173

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Transcendent Genius Trainer 173

“……!”

The moment he heard those words, Do Kang-myeong’s face registered shock.

“You’re saying we need that?”
“Yes. I’ll need that item.”

What Yujun had requested was something Do Kang-myeong hadn’t anticipated at all.

“Burn Potion.”

Burn Potion.
It was a potion that temporarily amplified the body’s mana dramatically.

‘Most people find it difficult to obtain.’

The production itself was so difficult that there was only one company in the country capable of making it.

‘Evolution.’

It was the potion specialist company that had made every potion Yujun had consumed so far.

‘I’ve heard it can be made overseas too.’

Lightning—the blood trait of the Choi Family.
This lightning was something Yujun had used extensively in the Tower of Infinity.
At the same time, it was also the power that had caused him the most trouble.

‘I need to control it. But controlling lightning’s power is nearly impossible.’

There was only one method available.

‘To devour it.’

For that, he needed a Burn Potion.

Of course, even a Burn Potion wasn’t a perfect solution—there were risks involved.
Knowing this, Do Kang-myeong asked with concern.

“You’d have to be bedridden for four days. Will you be all right?”

Since a Burn Potion amplified mana so dramatically, its rebound was equally severe.
Difficult to obtain though it was, someone of Do Kang-myeong’s stature could procure it.

“Yes. I’d be grateful if you could obtain it for me.”
“Then I’ll do my best. Trainer Kang.”

Heukgang Academy was a specialist trainer academy with sponsorship contracts with several corporations.
It naturally maintained deep ties with Evolution, the manufacturer of Burn Potions.

“I’ll speak to Evolution and make sure we get it!”

* * *

Vroom—!
After finishing his conversation with Do Kang-myeong, Yujun departed for Yeongjong Island.
Meryl Holland, the SS-rank Awakener from England who had commissioned him, was staying at a hotel on Yeongjong Island.

‘I should handle this before training with the Choi Family.’

That way he would achieve the SS-rank Professional achievement.
Arriving at the Training Ground of the West Hotel on Yeongjong Island where Meryl Holland was staying, Yujun sent a message using the contact information he’d been given.

-I’ve arrived.

How long had he waited?
The Training Ground door opened, and a tall woman with golden hair and blue eyes stepped in.

“Trainer Kang Yu-jun?”

Meryl Holland spoke to Yujun in fluent Korean.

“Yes. It’s nice to meet you.”
“Pleasure to meet you, Trainer Kang. You can just call me Meryl.”

Shaaaaa—!
Meryl Holland.
The SS-rank Awakener from England radiated intense mana with every movement.
It was a powerful, dominating and crushing mana.
But there was something that caught his eye even more than that.

‘This is bad.’

Yujun couldn’t help but frown and click his tongue.
Shaaaaa—.
He had trained numerous Awakeners with various problems until now.

‘But never a case like this.’

Meryl Holland was not in a normal state.

‘Since the domestic Awakeners aren’t seriously attempting unconquered tower conquests anymore.’

At this point in time,
South Korea’s Awakeners were not seriously attempting tower conquests.

-Domestically, tower conquest proceeds with a focus on safety first.
-Now that few challenge the towers, progress on unconquered towers has stalled.
-But in this stable era, who would risk their life attempting a tower conquest?

Many articles were circulating along those lines.
Guilds no longer actively challenged unconquered towers, and guild members themselves had adopted a corporate worker mentality.
There was no need to risk one’s life conquering towers.
Even if you risked your life, you wouldn’t receive adequate compensation for it.

-It has to be efficient.

So for Yujun, witnessing this directly was a first.

A curse—.
The strongest debuff that could be inflicted in a tower.

‘She’s been cursed.’

A powerful curse from the tower wound around her body.
It wasn’t just one or two either. Countless curses were assailing her.
Shaaaaa—.
Through those curses, Meryl’s gaze could be seen.

“You can see them, can’t you. My curses.”
“Yes.”

Crack—!
Yujun’s eyes turned crimson.
Intense lightning crackled as all his power was directed toward her.
Crackle-crackle-crackle—!

-Scanning Awakener.
-Deep Scan!

With Deep Scan, he identified everything wrapped around her body.

-Curse of Enfeeblement
-Curse of Chill
-Curse of Overload
-Curse of the Soul
-Touch of Corrosion
-Curse of Erosion
-Curse of Terror
……
……

Countless curses wound around her.
As Yujun attempted to identify them, the curses reached toward him, trying to damage his eyes.
At that, Yujun stomped harshly and expelled mana.
Boom—!

At that sight, Meryl’s eyes widened.
She had met every notable trainer from overseas.
Before seeing her condition, they had all expressed confidence.
Some had boasted that the enormous compensation Meryl offered would be theirs, while others had claimed they would resolve this and elevate their standing.
But once they actually saw Meryl, they all trembled in fear or stepped backward.
Then they all declared training impossible or fled.
It was as if they had encountered a storm at sea.
Meryl had assumed this Korean would be the same.
The world’s first trainer to have trained a dragon.
Kang Yu-jun, who had trained an SS-rank Awakener from South Korea and an SS-rank Awakener from Japan, was beginning to be mentioned overseas, but the renowned trainers from abroad had all achieved similar feats multiple times.
So Meryl had come grasping at straws rather than with high expectations.

“What do you think?”

Meryl asked.

“Can training be possible?”

What kind of response would he show?
So far, no fear was visible in Yujun’s eyes.
He was frowning as though displeased, but it was far from fear.
Meryl waited a moment.
Seeing Yujun’s eyes continuously tracking something, Meryl gave a bitter smile.
He seemed fascinated by the curses attached to her.
His pupils kept moving, and it seemed his eyes had met the curses, which meant it was essentially over.

“That’s unfortunate.”

But then.
Grin—.
Yujun smiled at her.

“Twenty-two.”

Yujun spoke.

“Twenty-two curses are wrapped around your body, Miss Meryl.”

He wasn’t fascinated by the curses.
He had simply been counting them.

‘There are many. Very many.’

Yujun rotated his neck side to side.

‘And the level of these curses is extremely high.’

Curses of this caliber weren’t something that could be easily removed.
Yujun pulled out his Crystal Staff, then put it back away.

‘This won’t do.’

The difficulty was higher than Hero Baek Hyun-jin or Japan’s Prince Kei.

“It seems significant preparation will be necessary.”

At that, Meryl’s eyes went wide.
This was unprecedented.
Someone who smiled calmly and spoke of needing preparation.
How could someone laugh in the face of these curses?

“So that means…….”

Meryl couldn’t make sense of the situation for a moment.

“Let’s draw up a contract first.”

* * *

“Please wait a moment.”

Yujun first asked Meryl to wait at the hotel on Yeongjong Island again.

“I’ll come back after making preparations.”

The Crystal Staff had its limits.

‘To remove all those curses, I need more preparation.’

He needed a better artifact.
Yujun moved quickly to another location.

“Gyu-cheol.”

The Geumgang Kim Family.
He hadn’t expected to return to the Kim Family so quickly.
Kim Gyu-cheol was busily receiving a transfer of the family head’s duties.
Of course, he wasn’t directly involved in most of the work, but as family head, there was much that required his approval.

“I’ve come to make a request.”
“……!”

At those words, Kim Gyu-cheol broke into a wide smile.

“You’ve come to help me again.”

Right now, he was quite exhausted.
These administrative duties weren’t to his taste, and they were far too difficult.
So the more he continued as family head, the more tired he became compared to when he was crafting.
But whenever a request like this came from Yujun, he had no choice but to prioritize equipment creation.
Yujun was the benefactor of the Kim Family, after all.

“Understood. This can’t be helped.”

Kim Jung-hun, who had been assisting Kim Gyu-cheol beside him, shrugged his shoulders and stepped back.
Thus Yujun and Kim Gyu-cheol headed toward the Geumgang Forge.

“I’ve always wanted to enter here.”

However, entry into this forge was only permitted to blacksmiths who had passed the Kim Family’s test.
In other words, becoming a successful Awakener within the Kim Family was proven by the ability to create equipment in this forge.
Naturally, Kim Gyu-cheol had never been allowed inside and had only gazed at it with longing eyes.
And after becoming family head, he hadn’t been able to enter due to family head duties and orientation training.

“So I’m finally entering.”
“Entering is only the beginning.”

Yujun shook his head and pulled something from his pocket.

“Kim Jung-hun said to give you this.”

What Yujun pulled out was exclusive Kim Family material that only the Kim Family could produce.

“……!”

Upon seeing it, Kim Gyu-cheol’s mouth split wide.

“Ohhh. The day has finally come when I use this.”

It was Geumgang Iron Sand—a mineral that had been processed and refined from material supplied exclusively to the Kim Family.
The black sand-like mineral was beautiful to behold, as if one could be drawn into it.
A black mineral that gleamed like a jewel.
Gyu-cheol’s hands trembled.
Slide—.
Gyu-cheol quickly worked the Geumgang Iron Sand.
Indeed, it was the finest material he had ever handled.

“May I ask what purpose you intend for the staff?”

Gyu-cheol asked Yujun carefully about his needs.

“If I understand the details, I can put my heart into it. Furthermore, I’ll be able to add options that suit your intentions. This is something I realized while wielding the first family head’s power. Understanding and imagining how equipment will be used greatly elevates the final quality.”
“I’m planning to train an Awakener who’s been cursed.”

Yujun thought of Meryl Holland.

“Twenty-two curses wrap around her entire body. I need to break each curse one by one, but the Crystal Staff can’t handle it.”

The Crystal Staff was Gyu-cheol’s own work.
It was an artifact that would absolutely never break during ordinary training.
If he was saying even that wouldn’t suffice, there could be only one reason.

“The curses are creating a synergy, aren’t they?”
“That’s right.”

It meant these were curses that would even devour an SS-rank artifact.

“Understood.”

Yujun stopped Gyu-cheol just as he was about to begin crafting based on the information provided.

“You said you can make better things if you understand, right?”
“Yes.”

Shaaaaa—.

“Domain Declaration.”

Yujun immediately declared a training domain.

“I’ll transmit the sensations I’m feeling now to you. I’m counting on you.”

Shaaaaaaaa—!

-Synchronizing!
-Casting Immediate Correction!

Immediate Correction was a skill that transmitted the exact posture Yujun had taken.
Yujun conveyed to Gyu-cheol what curses were afflicting Meryl, how he planned to train her, and everything else.

“……!”

-Immediate Correction complete!

Kim Gyu-cheol, having received the Immediate Correction, was astonished.
This sensation.
This posture.
This method.
Gyu-cheol’s pupils trembled.

“Is this actually possible?”

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