I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 176

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Transcendent Genius Trainer – Episode 176

Crackle—
Whoooosh-!
In an instant, a powerful wave spread through the surroundings, so intense that the building trembled.

Each time Yujun swung his staff, the curse recoiled violently, trying to consume him entirely.
Yet his gaze remained utterly composed.

‘Actually, going inside the curse like I did is working to my advantage.’

Though he’d nearly died inside the curse, having entered and emerged from it allowed him to see everything about it.

Crack-!

-The Curse of Fear has been lifted!

Bang-!
Like a balloon bursting, another curse was lifted.

But Yujun remained entirely unruffled, breathing calmly and steadily.
He maintained his focus, plunging into the work of curse removal.
Nothing else entered his field of vision.

The curse and himself.
Training.
He brought everything to a single point and pierced through it.
His eyes fixed solely on the curse before him.
Crack-crack-crack-!

“Ugh.”

Meryl, the one undergoing training, felt pain mingled with a strange exhilaration.
At first the pain dominated, but gradually her body felt lighter and more at ease.
Her body was normalizing.
The parts consumed by the curse were being freed, and her dormant recovery ability was beginning to function.

Meryl was no longer at the curse’s mercy.
Crack-!
She suppressed her body’s resistance, making it easier for Yujun to lift the curses as he swung his staff.

Bang-!

-The Curse of Overload has been lifted!

Done.
The curse that had most powerfully bound her from within had vanished.
Now came the final stage.

“Try circulating your mana.”

At Yujun’s words, Meryl swallowed hard.
The last time she’d circulated mana was five years ago.

Back then, ignoring the curse and attempting to circulate had nearly killed her.
She hesitated for a moment, but then steeled herself.
This was it.

Now was the moment to lift the curse that had bound her.
Shiiiii-!
As mana flowed through her body, it began to push the curse out.

Crack-! Crack-!
As Yujun lifted the expelled curse, the last of the black aura scattered like dust.

“Haah. Haah.”

Bang-!
A wave erupted outward with force.
Not only Meryl but also her secretary and bodyguards, who had been watching with concern, startled and lowered their stances.
Yujun brushed off his Geumgang Steel Staff and stepped back slightly.

-The curse has been lifted!
-The curse has been lifted!
-The curse has……

Shiiiii-!

“Meryl.”

Yujun declared with a solemn expression.

“Curse removal is complete.”

Shiii-!
All twenty-two curses that had bound her were lifted.

“It’s really…… gone.”

Every last curse had vanished.
The terrible, spine-chilling sensation of the curse she’d always felt was entirely absent.
There was only……

“Quiet.”

Silence.
Yet Yujun remained on high alert.

“We’re not finished yet. We’ve only completed the first phase.”

He had merely released the powerful force of the curse.

‘The real training starts now.’

Crackle-!
Yujun assessed Meryl’s physical condition and frowned.

‘It’s severely damaged.’

But then a smile crossed his face.

‘This will be worthwhile to fix.’

“Real training now. Shall we?”

* * *

“Hmm.”
“The situation is developing very favorably, Chairman. I had expected considerable pushback, but there’s been almost none. In fact, many people seem to favor the designation of National Treasure.”
“Is that so?”

The Korean Trainer Association.
Chairman Ryu Jeong-hwan was receiving an additional briefing in his office.
The newly announced SS-rank evaluation, done in collaboration with the Management Bureau, had received quite favorable reception.

“From a traditional perspective, it was quite a challenging initiative.”

Subdividing trainer ranks had been proposed repeatedly in the past.
But it had always come to nothing.

“The main contention was always who to elevate.”

Who should hold the first SS-rank position?
It always came down to one of Do Kang-myeong, Yeon Da-seul, or Han Gyu-jin—yet all three had significant shortcomings for placement at SS-rank.
To begin with, compared to foreign trainers, Korean S-rank trainers were widely considered insufficient.
And yet to create an SS-rank and elevate someone?
They would face ridicule from overseas, and Korea’s competitive standing would certainly erode further.
Then Yujun appeared.

“Everyone acknowledges it now. On Hunternet and on video platforms, Trainer Kang Yu-jun’s image is quite strong. Unlike other trainers, the training sessions Trainer Kang has demonstrated recently have been genuinely impressive.”

Not just domestic training, either.
He’d accomplished dragon training that world-class trainers couldn’t manage, and he’d even trained Kay, an SS-rank Awakener from Japan—a nation of Awakeners—who had capitulated completely.
And domestically, he had trained Baek Hyeon-jin, a hero.

“This is going to settle in nicely.”

The chairman chuckled.

“It’s like having a bad tooth finally pulled.”

But this wasn’t a time to simply rejoice.

“Everyone is now focusing on Trainer Kang’s first training since becoming SS-rank.”

Kang Yu-jun had chosen another difficult training for his debut at the new rank.

“Meryl Holland.”

She was too prominent a figure.
An Awakener prominent in both good and troublesome ways.
Once lauded within England for conquering multiple unclaimed towers at a young age and earning the title of youngest SS-rank Awakener—hailed as Britain’s future—after being cursed, she acquired the dishonorable epithet “Trainer Killer.”

“How many trainers died?”
“Four trainers died attempting to train her. All were consumed by the curse, and after that, not a single person attempted to train Awakener Meryl.”
“Those would have been fairly renowned trainers in England for daring such an attempt……”

When she became cursed and could no longer function properly as an Awakener,
Britain had spared no effort—material or otherwise—to help train and heal her.

Yet no one succeeded in training her.
Britain’s once-praised “fastest missile” had lost her velocity.

If Yujun trained Meryl and restored her to active duty, it would strengthen bilateral relations and bring substantial rewards to Yujun himself from England.

“The British queen has never summoned an Awakener or trainer from the East.”

The 120-year-old British monarch remained quite vigorous.

“But…… it won’t be easy. Lifting a curse is a different matter entirely. Trainer Kang hasn’t done this before, has he?”

In Korea, there’s limited direct experience with curses.
Overseas, unclaimed towers are actively conquered, making curses a relatively common penalty, and top-tier trainers often gain experience with them.
But among Korean trainers, those who can handle curses are conspicuously few.
Healers are in the same boat.

“South Korea has almost no curses.”

There are towers in Korea where curses do exist.
But because no one seriously attempts to conquer them, curses naturally appear nearly absent.

“I just hope he returns safely……”

* * *

Real training.
Those words made Meryl’s heart race.
Yet worry was also present.

“I don’t think my body is in a state to receive training right now……”

After five years of curse torment, Meryl’s body was little more than tatters.

“In this condition, shouldn’t I be receiving treatment rather than regular training?”
“It’s fine.”

Yujun shook his head.

“I’ll do both at once.”
“……Pardon?”

Meryl asked in surprise.
Was such a thing even possible?
The secretaries watching from behind wanted to stop this training.
For them, Meryl’s health was paramount—more important than any risky training.
But they had to hold their tongues because of the results Yujun had already shown.
Curse removal itself was hardly what one could call safe.
Yet Yujun had achieved it nonetheless.

“Is it safe?”
“It isn’t safe.”

Yujun looked at her secretary and bodyguards.
He understood well what they were concerned about.

‘A regular trainer wouldn’t be able to train at this stage.’

But Yujun was no regular trainer.

Divine Eye – Extreme.
Yujun identified the minute fractures and Dead Points.
Meryl’s body, damaged by five years of curse, was practically overflowing with places to train.

‘Restoring the Mana Roads. First, I’ll refine the mana.’

Yujun planned to start by repairing her damaged Mana Roads.
Bang-. Crack-.

“Relax your body.”
“It’s fine, Trainer Kang Yu-jun. I’m already so grateful just that you lifted the curse. I feel reborn……”

Curse removal alone had left her deeply satisfied.
Yujun approached her and swung his Geumgang Steel Staff.
He figured he’d need to show her directly before she’d believe his words.

‘The collarbone. This is where the minute fractures begin. The curse likely accumulated through here. The damage is worst here. So striking this point……’

He would restore the severed Mana Road.

Bang-.
He struck the collarbone precisely, channeling mana through it, and reconnected the severed Mana Road.

“Wha—?”
“You had a chronic issue during mana circulation. It was probably due to your ability.”
“My Mana Road was severed……”

She froze in shock.
The severed Mana Road had been restored.

“……?”

Could a severed Mana Road reconnect so easily?
No.
Even before the curse, she’d conquered many dangerous towers and suffered numerous injuries. Naturally, her Mana Roads had been severed in the process.

“That severed Mana Road took over a month to reconnect back then……”

And even after that, she’d required months of rehabilitation to normalize that Mana Road.

“Normally, yes.”

Yujun grinned.

“But I’m not normal.”

Shiiiii-!
As the Mana Road was restored, her presence grew more intense.

“Would you like to try using your ability?”

Her ability was Rushing.
It had some similarities to Woo Ha-na’s ability, whom Yujun had trained early on.

‘Though Rushing is the more advanced ability.’

In terms of potential, both were outstanding abilities.

“Mana has never circulated so smoothly……”

She spoke in a voice of awe, moving to loosen her body.

“Trainer Kang, my ability is quite special. If one isn’t versed in this field……”
“Concentrate two-thirds of your mana in your waist, the rest in your thighs. And.”

Yujun tapped her ankle area lightly with his Geumgang Steel Staff.

“Now.”
“Probably won’t work immediately……”

In an instant, her body vanished like the wind itself.

“Did it work?”

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