I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 181

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Transcendent Genius Trainer 181

Originally, someone else was supposed to greet Yujun.
But Choi Yu-na sought permission from that person and came out to meet Trainer Kang Yu-jun herself.
The reason was simple.

“It’s an honor to meet you, Trainer Kang Yu-jun.”

Choi Yu-na herself wanted to see Kang Yu-jun.
A person who had succeeded multiple times at a training that even world-renowned trainers had abandoned and retreated from.
And she was curious how an Unawakened who had been released for showing no future had staged such a comeback.

Of course, the family hadn’t approved this.
The family had tried to hide Choi Yu-na as much as possible.
Because if Yujun saw her condition from the start, he might give up on the training.

‘I didn’t expect Yu-na to come greet me.’

Choi Yu-na was the daughter of the current family head, Choi Mu-ju, and the granddaughter of the previous family head, Choi Cheon-gang.
Moreover, she was an Awakened with the strongest affinity for lightning’s power in the Cheonrae Choi Family, one of Korea’s most renowned noble houses.
But her body wasn’t strong enough to withstand that power.

‘It’s quite severe, as I’d heard.’

Yujun immediately recognized her identity and examined her.

‘The burns on both her arms must be from an accident years ago.’

Lightning-shaped scars.
Even with this much time passed, the scars remained visibly, which suggested how severe the injury had been.

‘Though oddly, they almost look like a tattoo—not particularly grotesque.’

Her burn scars had a peculiar quality: they formed the shape of lightning.
As if someone had tattooed her with the power of lightning itself.
But overall, her condition was, without exaggeration, dire.

‘How is she even alive?’

It was a miracle that she lived at all; even that she walked about was astonishing.

‘It’s not just willpower.’

A faint hum sounded in his mind.
Yujun’s brow furrowed slightly.

‘There’s something there. She has power.’

Ding!
An alarm chimed.

-A new achievement has been added!
-The achievement <Solver of Attribute Stigmas> has been added!

The achievement: Solver of Attribute Stigmas.
This lightning mana was one of the powers called an Attribute Stigma.

‘This lightning mana is both a curse and a blessing called an Attribute Stigma.’

Mana with elemental properties inherently carries risks.
Lightning mana was one such Attribute Stigma power.

‘Those with just elemental powers already face great risks, but in the Choi family, this Attribute Stigma power has been passed down through generations. The strength grew, but so did the risks—continuously.’

Yujun recalled the Tower of Infinity races he’d encountered who possessed Attribute Stigma powers.

‘Well, it’s not without reason that I haven’t solved this until now.’

There had been many people in poor condition there too, but Choi Yu-na before his eyes was in a different league entirely.

‘She’s burning.’

Crackle-crackle. Sizzle-sizzle-sizzle. Crackle-crackle.
In Yujun’s eyes, Choi Yu-na’s state was vividly clear.
Though she appeared perfectly calm at this moment, she was burning madly with lightning.
The Attribute Stigma power was consuming her, without distinction between body and spirit.
The intense lightning mana made it difficult to move forward at all.

“Exhale.”

But with no intention of retreating before even starting, he took a deep breath and approached her.

“It’s a pleasure. I’m Kang Yu-jun. I wanted to meet you as well. I’ve heard you’re the most promising of the Choi family. And that you’ve undergone impressive training.”

Before Choi Yu-na became this way.
She had trained a family elder the moment she obtained her trainer certification.
An elder who hadn’t been able to use his legs for decades because of lightning mana.

Through her training, the elder regained the use of his legs, and this rehabilitation training had become a massive issue at the time.
But it lasted far too briefly.
Lightning mana gave her tremendous power and stole her future.

“It was luck. I only succeeded once, after all.”

Choi Yu-na smiled bitterly and turned away.

“I’ll show you the way, Trainer Kang. The family head is waiting.”

Yujun nodded and activated Deep Insight – Extreme.
Deep Insight – Extreme pierced through Choi Yu-na in an instant.
But immediately, Yujun’s eyes felt an intense pain.
A powerful backlash.

‘The lightning is rejecting me.’

Powerful lightning appeared before Yujun’s eyes, its force pressing against them.

‘I can’t look for long.’

But Yujun didn’t close his eyes.
Instead, he took another step forward.

-Activating Deep Scan!
-A-rank…….
-Lightning…….
-……due to…… …….

The Deep Scan succeeded, barely.
But it was almost embarrassing to call this a successful scan.

“Exhale.”

Yujun breathed out softly.

‘The person who inherited the Cheonrae Choi family’s strongest power.’

Rising waves of lightning’s force.

‘I didn’t expect to be unable to scan someone in this condition.’

His eyes, which had penetrated even renowned SS-rank Awakeners, were being rejected.

‘This is interesting.’

Indeed, the Cheonrae Choi Family deserved the name.
An iron fortress, a swamp of lightning.
And a graveyard for countless trainers.
Both the Choi family’s trainers and outside trainers had all failed to control this powerful lightning mana.
Yujun followed behind her, organizing his thoughts.

‘Not right now.’

Baek Hyeon-jin, Yamura Kei, Meryl Holland.
Even among the worst conditions, these SS-rank Awakeners were among the worst, and Yujun had trained them.
But in some ways, Choi Yu-na’s condition was even worse than these three.
Crackle-crackle. Sizzle-sizzle-sizzle.

‘She could break down at any moment.’

Prince Kei’s life had been in danger too, but this situation was more complex.

‘It keeps scattering. I can’t see it properly. The lightning hides everything like mist. If it were just mist, endless attempts would let me see through it, but——’

The lightning mana he directly confronted was definitely different from the Tower of Infinity’s lightning mana.

‘It’s attacking my eyes.’

“It’s this way.”

Creak-creak.
Choi Yu-na opened the door.
Sizzle-sizzle-sizzle.
Inside the room brimming with intense lightning mana, the family head sat waiting.

“It’s an honor to have someone of your standing visit our Choi family. Please, come in. And have a seat, Trainer Kang.”

The family head greeted Yujun calmly, his eyebrows twitching slightly.
Then he fixed Choi Yu-na with a sharp gaze.
Clearly, greeting Yujun was supposed to be someone else’s role.
She was meant to wait quietly in her quarters during this training of Kang Yu-jun.
Putting her out, in her worst condition, offered no advantage to the Cheonrae Choi Family’s training.

“Then.”

Choi Yu-na, reading the family head’s gaze, bowed respectfully to him and promptly left.

“Thank you for making this journey, Trainer Kang Yu-jun. That girl is my daughter and—as you can see—the greatest problem facing our Choi family.”

Choi Mu-ju observed Kang Yu-jun intently as he spoke.
A legendary trainer who had taken only impossible trainings and succeeded at all of them.
A national treasure.
S-rank.
Highly regarded not just domestically but internationally, and he wanted to confirm with his own eyes what kind of trainer Kang Yu-jun truly was.

But from appearances alone, it was difficult to judge.
As for presence, Do Kang-myeong had far more. As for mana aura, Yeon Da-seul’s sharp, piercing power was stronger.
And as for potential, Han Gyu-jin surpassed him.

He seemed to lack something notably greater than those three preceding trainers.
Yet there was something peculiar about his gaze.
Though not particularly impressive in appearance, there was something in his eyes that felt as if they saw right through him.

“Not at all. How could I refuse when the Cheonrae Choi Family, one of Korea’s noble houses, has asked me directly?”

Kang Yu-jun’s demeanor was very respectful.
Given his accomplishments and the attention he’d received so far, one might expect arrogance, but there was none of that.
Seeing this, Choi Mu-ju raised his evaluation of him somewhat.

“You’ll already know the situation the Choi family currently faces, so first…….”

The Choi family’s training couldn’t be completed overnight.
So lodging came first.
Then he’d introduce Yujun to the family members and show him their conditions gradually.
But Yujun spoke up immediately.

“If it’s alright with you, I’d like to begin training right away.”
“Right now, you mean?”
“Yes.”

Crackle-crackle. Crackle-crackle.
Yujun slowly examined Choi Mu-ju’s body with Deep Insight.

Choi Mu-ju met his gaze.
Being a trainer himself, the family head knew his own condition well.
Lightning mana.
This power, which granted tremendous strength but pressured him with a shortened lifespan, had put him in a far from ideal situation.
What would Kang Yu-jun think of his condition?
He held both hope and despair simultaneously.
Yujun examined his state slowly.

‘Prudent.’

Choi Mu-ju, the family head of the Cheonrae Choi Family, was completely different from Kim Hwa-cheon.
The previous family head, Kim Hwa-cheon, had wielded expansiveness as a weapon, but beneath it lay a serpentine nature, while Choi Mu-ju was exactly what he appeared to be.

‘For someone like this, it’s better to gain trust quickly.’

“Then I’ll have the White Lightning Unit summoned.”

Choi Mu-ju moved to call the White Lightning Unit, the Cheonrae Choi Family’s greatest force.
They were the Awakeners most in need of immediate training.
The Cheonrae Choi Family planned to participate in the Tower of Ashes conquest, and to do so, they first needed to restore the White Lightning Unit to proper condition.

“No.”

Yujun shook his head and spoke bluntly.

“I’d like to train you first, family head.”

A sharp hum sounded.
The family head, Choi Mu-ju, had the nickname Cheonrae.
The name was given because he trained other Awakeners with hands imbued with lightning, just as the name suggested.

-Scanning Awakener!
-Deep Scan!
-<S-rank Trainer Choi Mu-ju>
-Hands: Damaged by powerful lightning mana. Risk of permanent disability. Cause: Lightning Training started twelve years ago.
-Internal body: Deep wounds from lightning mana. Permanent Mana Road damage, Mana Circuit damage.

Choi Mu-ju’s condition, while not as severe as Choi Yu-na’s, was still quite poor.

‘He can’t control the lightning mana.’

“I didn’t come here to train certain specific people of the Cheonrae Choi Family.”

At Yujun’s words, the family head exhaled slowly and asked.

“……You mean you’ll train everyone?”
“I came to train the Cheonrae Choi Family.”

The entire Cheonrae Choi Family.
That was Yujun’s training target.
Something began to radiate from Yujun in that moment.
A chill ran down Choi Mu-ju’s spine.

Do Kang-myeong, Yeon Da-seul, Han Gyu-jin.
Excluding his gaze, his first impression was that he seemed less remarkable than those three.
But it was completely different now.
Yujun at this moment was more formidable than any trainer he’d ever encountered.
That inexplicable confidence and momentum.
Those eyes that proclaimed he could accomplish anything.

“If I train you first, then everyone in your family will be able to trust me.”
“…….”

It was a fair point.
But the family head hesitated for a moment.
His own condition wasn’t in good shape either.

“Don’t worry.”

Yujun spoke to such a Choi Mu-ju.

“I don’t only train Awakeners well.”

Until now, he’d only trained Awakeners.
But Yujun wasn’t limited to training only Awakeners well.

‘The Tower of Infinity had achievements like this too.’

The trainer of trainers.
The Tower of Infinity contained truly diverse training situations and training subjects.

‘This is doable.’

“Let’s head to the Training Ground right away.”

There was no time to hesitate.

“……Understood.”

* * *

Choi Mu-ju was curious about Yujun’s abilities.
But he hadn’t expected to receive direct training like this.

“This is our Choi family’s Training Ground.”

The Choi family’s Training Ground contained state-of-the-art VR training equipment.

“We use these VR machines to practice training.”

It was identical to the method Yujun had used before in Japan, where he’d created a virtual Awakener alongside Japanese trainers and trained that Awakener.

‘The experience I had in Japan is actually proving useful here.’

This was state-of-the-art equipment, yet he was operating it as if he’d used it countless times before.

-Vessel Fracture
-Information Overload
-Mana Collision
……
……
……

Hum-hummmmm.
Then he smiled.

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