I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 177

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Transcendent Genius Trainer, Episode 177

Meryl tested the Sprint ability once more.
She moved far lighter and faster than before.

“To think we’d see Meryl running again.”

The secretaries were moved to tears watching her.
Twenty-two curses.
They had never imagined she could return to active duty as an Awakener because of those formidable curses.
They had only hoped for the curses to lift and for her to regain her health.
Yet here she was now, running.

Thump!
She pushed hard against the ground and surged forward.
Speed like a bullet itself.
But Yujun watched her sprinting form with grave intensity.

-Slow Motion activates!

Thump.
Mana bursting forth.
The motion of pushing off the ground and running.

On the surface, her recovery appeared smooth, but Yujun’s eyes saw it.
Inflammation was blooming again in the areas he had trained.

‘I need to open them up as much as possible.’

Especially the ankles—most critical for Sprint.
Already inflammation was forming there again, threatening to obstruct the flow.

‘Before the curse, she probably forced the mana through violently to clear it.’

After using the ability, inflammation would accumulate and she’d be unable to use it for days.
Crackle!
Crackle-pop!
Meryl increased her speed even further.
Even with Yujun using Slow Motion, she appeared to move at normal speed.

‘She’s pushing herself to her limit right now.’

Snap!
Her body was straining, yet she continued moving swiftly.

‘She’s showing herself to me.’

Her mindset was now completely different.
Perfect faith in Yujun.
Realizing she could entrust herself to him, she sprinted with all her strength.

‘Then I must live up to that expectation.’

Thud!
She stopped sprinting, her face contorting.
Ankles, shoulders, lower back, abdomen.
Nowhere was spared from pain.

Whoosh.
Wind gusted from her body.

“Even before the curse, your joints probably ached after using the ability.”
“Yes. So I always had to rest. Heat packs, massage, and acupuncture too.”

Many Awakeners received acupuncture treatment.
Eastern medicine’s acupuncture proved remarkably effective for Awakeners.
The exact mechanism remained unclear, but placing needles on injured or overworked areas often led to marked improvement.

“Still, that let me recover and continue my work.”
“I see.”

Yujun nodded and gripped the Geumgang Iron Staff.
Whoosh.

‘There could be good synergy here.’

The Geumgang Iron Staff wasn’t merely a striking weapon.

‘It has a different skill embedded than the crystal staff.’

Yujun frequently used a method of infusing his own mana into the Awakeners he trained.
To optimize that infiltration method, he’d asked Gyu-cheol to embed a skill into the staff.

“Visualization.”

Clang!
The Geumgang Iron Staff transformed instantly.
The tip became sharply pointed so Yujun’s mana could penetrate more precisely.

Yujun still didn’t know the staff’s full potential.

‘I should find out this opportunity.’

“Once more with the Sprint, if you please.”
“Yes.”

Meryl circulated her mana again, her expression full of anticipation.
Having already pushed through one full cycle at maximum effort, drawing up the mana was painful—but she read the certainty in Yujun’s eyes.
Perhaps, just perhaps, she could return as an active Awakener today.

Crackle!
Yujun’s eyes sharpened.

-Deep Scan!
-Scanning SS-rank Awakener Meryl Holrand!

Her every movement etched itself into his vision.
Yujun stepped forward.

‘She must be in Sprint mode.’

Only then could he inject his mana into her circulating mana while rapidly expanding her Mana Circuit.
A stationary state would take far longer to restructure and couldn’t be completed perfectly.

‘Unlike Baek Hyun-jin or K, she doesn’t need complete rebuilding. So I’ll preserve the existing Mana Road while strengthening and widening the Mana Road in areas where inflammation blocked proper circulation.’

With each spinning motion of her sprinting form, Yujun extended the Geumgang Iron Staff.
Thud.
Ankle. Mana infused, clearing inflammation from the Mana Circuit.

‘Restore and expand the Mana Circuit, widening the Mana Road.’

Yujun focused most on the ankles.

‘Considerable strain is bearing down on the ankles.’

He had to widen the Mana Road in her ankles by any means necessary.

‘In her current state, explosive speed bursts are her limit.’

She needed to sustain that fast speed continuously.
Sprint meant nothing if she was fast for only an instant.
Awakener battles—Tower clearances included—didn’t end in minutes.

‘Focus on that.’

Explosive speed.
And stamina to run long distances.

‘If she lacks potential, I’d be concerned.’

-Latent Potential: Supreme

From the scan, her latent potential was supreme.

‘That’s how she reached SS-rank despite being in such a state.’

Crackle!
Yujun cleansed the Mana Road.

-Mana Purity increases!

Raising mana purity.

‘Widen the Mana Road.’

Crackle-crack!
Yujun’s mana crashed like waves.
He deployed every training method at his disposal.

Sustaining the ability must have been unbearably painful, yet she endured it well.

‘Tough.’

At this point, she could have given up and collapsed, but she merely stifled intermittent groans and continued following Yujun’s training.

‘True SS-rank with supreme latent potential. Despite five years of curse, her body’s recovery is impressive.’

Then he examined her Hidden Trait.

-Hidden Trait [Fear as Ally]

“……!”

A truly remarkable Hidden Trait.

‘Speed-type Hidden Traits that fit this well are rare.’

Now he understood why her potential was supreme.

-When Fear is felt, speed surpasses its limit and accelerates.

Remarkably simple, yet perfectly suited to her.
When an Awakener felt fear, her speed increased.
There was no ceiling.

‘The greater the extreme fear, the faster she becomes. Synergy with Sprint is excellent.’

-Bestowing Hidden Trait!
-S-rank Hidden Trait.
-Required Points: 30,000 P

Yujun immediately bestowed the Hidden Trait.
In the past this would have been a crushing expense, but with 120,000 Points remaining from the Kim family training, he had room to spare.

‘From experience, successful training always yields more Points anyway.’

Yujun immediately bestowed the Hidden Trait.

-Hidden Trait bestowed upon Awakener Meryl Holrand!

Whoosh!

‘Push harder.’

Yujun smiled and snapped his fingers.

“Fen.”
“Grrrrrrr!”

Fen materialized from the darkness.

“Kyarrr!”

And then came another.
The Demon Beast of Ruin, Pargonia.
Meryl’s eyes went wide.
To see the legendary beast in person!

“From now on, these two Demon Beasts will assist in your training.”

Yujun issued commands to both beasts.

“This woman stole the delicious treats I was going to give you.”

Simply attacking on command wouldn’t suffice.
At Yujun’s words, fury ignited in both beasts’ eyes.

“Catch her, and I’ll double your treats.”

Yujun fingered a Mana Stone in his inner pocket, letting them hear its clink.

“Grrrrr!”
“Kyarr!”

Driven by instinct, both beasts unleashed their fury.
Once the command fell, they would charge at Meryl.

“Combat training begins now, Meryl.”

Yujun gestured toward her.

“And these two Demon Beasts can kill you.”
“……!”
“……!”

Meryl’s secretaries frantically tried to stop him.

“Such dangerous training!”
“She’s only just been freed from the curse. Wouldn’t the kind of training you showed us just now be better?”
“It’s not enough.”

Yujun spoke with absolute certainty.

“I provide the best training. I will do everything I can. Combat training is part of that. If I’m going to do mediocre training, I wouldn’t train at all.”

At the unwavering resolve in Yujun’s eyes, Meryl nodded and gestured for her secretaries to stand down.

“Step back, all of you. I’ll try it.”

Ambition took hold of her.

“A body like mine was never meant for such ambition. But now I think I can dream again.”

Thud!
She stomped hard against the ground.

“I’ll run again.”

Through Yujun’s training, running had become far easier.
But easier meant there was still room to grow.

“It shouldn’t be easy.”

As though reading her heart, Yujun spoke the same words.

“It must hurt!”

Growth came with pain.
Comfort in the present state meant she hadn’t yet reached her limit.

“Grrrrr!”
“Kyarr!”

Both beasts charged at her with murderous intent.
She gradually increased her speed.

“Haaaah.”

She had been wrapped in countless guilts until now.
The guilt of having destroyed everything through the curse.
The guilt over her fallen comrades who died clearing the Tower that bore that curse.

She wanted revenge.
Against the Tower that made her this way and took her comrades.
But at the same time, she wanted to flee.
Yet the curse held her fast, preventing escape.
And upon that came responsibility.
Her body grew heavy. She couldn’t run further.
Despite her Sprint ability, she couldn’t escape anything.
It was fear.
Extreme fear.

-Hidden Trait activates!

But now she could flee.
The curse was gone. Her body improved through Yujun’s training.
She increased her speed.

The countless guilts she carried.
The powerlessness from five years.
From all of it, she ran.

Thud!
She ran.
Running and running.

“Grrrrr!”

Though the beasts charged with all their might, they could no longer catch her.
Thud.
Crash!
At that speed, she subdued both beasts in an instant.

The secretaries could no longer see Meryl. She had become light itself.
Only Yujun watched her with perfect clarity.

‘She’s transforming.’

In this moment, Meryl radiated mana unlike anything before.

‘She transformed.’

-Training Complete!
-Magnificent training achieved!
-Calculating training score!

She gradually slowed her pace.
Her breath no longer ragged.
Calmly subduing both beasts, she bowed to Yujun.

“Thank you, Trainer Kang Yu-jun. I could run. Thanks to you, I ran beyond my limit.”

She smiled. A brilliant, radiant smile—as if questioning whether she’d ever been capable of such warmth.

-Training Score 10 / 10
-Perfect training!
-Unprecedented training success!
-[SS-rank Specialist] Achievement earned!

Achievement unlocked.

-Reward received for achievement!

Whoosh!
Yujun closed his eyes, savoring the elation spreading through his entire body.

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