I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 194

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Transcendent Genius Trainer Chapter 194

Shhhhhiiing—!
The training gloves that Kim Gyu-cheol had crafted began to radiate with light.

“The name of these gloves is Seonghwi. Please try them on at once.”

At Kim Gyu-cheol’s confident words, Yujun slipped the gloves onto his hands.

“Once you’ve put them on, try infusing mana into them, sir.”

Following Gyu-cheol’s instructions, the moment Yujun infused mana, golden circuits began to bloom across the gloves.

“When Seonghwi activates, you’ll be able to use skills that are effective for the training methods you’ve described to us, sir.”

Gyu-cheol explained the functions of Seonghwi.

“And if you touch a training subject while they’re activated, you can gently infuse your mana into them.”

The Excalibur Fragments were magnificent material.
Throughout the process of crafting Seonghwi, Kim Gyu-cheol had marveled again and again.

“It was difficult to craft these into gloves. But with the experience I’ve accumulated, the outstanding materials and equipment of the Kim Family, and the help of those who’ve worked long in the Kim Family’s forge, I was able to complete them.”

In other words, these weren’t equipment made by Kim Gyu-cheol alone.

“I suspect you didn’t ask me to make these gloves just for the sake of having gloves, did you?”

Kim Gyu-cheol’s eyes sparkled.

“Now that you’ve become the household head, you wanted me to forge deeper bonds with the Kim Family’s smiths. I finally understand that was your teaching.”

‘……?’

Yujun was inwardly flustered.

‘What is he talking about?’

He’d simply obtained good materials. And he’d happened to need gloves.
He’d needed quality gloves for better training.

“You’ve grasped it.”

But Yujun didn’t bother voicing this contradiction aloud.
Sometimes it’s happier not to know.
So he praised Gyu-cheol with a stern expression, as though he truly had intended exactly that.

“Excellent work.”
“Thank you, sir!”

Yujun then heard an explanation from Gyu-cheol about the gloves’ special skills.

“The main skill is this Geumgang Shield.”

Shhhhhiiing—!
A powerful energy barrier that emerged when mana was infused.

‘This energy… I could use it in many ways.’

Yujun observed the energy and began to envision its applications.

“Sturdy and dependable. From now on, those you’ll train will likely all be people who were once powerful, yes? Moreover, they might not be controlling their strength properly, or their bodies might be in dangerous condition, so that power could flow to you.”

The lightning mana from the Cheon family came to mind as an immediate example.

“I believe you’ll be able to use it very effectively with the Cheon family.”
“That would have been the case.”
“……I’m sorry?”

Kim Gyu-cheol tilted his head, asking for clarification.
Would have been? Why was he speaking in the past tense?
Did this equipment seem insufficient for Yujun somehow?
But what came next from Yujun was even more shocking.

“I finished training the Cheon family. They’re all trained.”
“……?”

He was taken aback.
The training of the Cheon family was already finished?
Hadn’t Yujun said just two days ago that he was going to train them?
He’d heard he wasn’t training just one person, but the entire Cheon family.

“Only two days have passed, though……”
“Two days was enough.”
“…….”

Kim Gyu-cheol was at a loss for words.
He understood roughly what that lightning mana was like.
Without solving that lightning mana problem, training the Cheon family would be impossible.
But he’d solved it?

“No, I was so absorbed in the crafting… I haven’t heard any news. You’re not joking about this, are you……?”
“Not joking. It’s already done.”
“Huh.”

He’d thought he wasn’t too late.
He’d believed he’d finished it quickly enough to be of great help to Yujun’s training.
But what was this?

“I… I fell short.”

The Kim Family smiths who had been waiting nearby wore deeply apologetic expressions.
Truth be told, before Yujun had come, they’d praised the household head for crafting it so quickly, saying it would play a crucial role in the Cheon family training.
But who could have predicted that the Cheon family’s training would already be complete?

“Next time, I’ll make it in a single day.”

Kim Gyu-cheol wasn’t discouraged.
Yujun had finished training the Cheon family in two days?
Then next time an artifact was needed for training, he’d craft it in a single day and deliver it to Yujun.
That’s what a Kim Family household head should be capable of.

“Please grant me another chance.”

Kim Gyu-cheol’s eyes gleamed.

‘This guy…….’

Yujun was actually filled with genuine admiration.
Seonghwi, the training gloves that Kim Gyu-cheol had crafted in two days, was not an artifact that could be made in two days.
Just as those who’d been trained by Yujun were amazed, Yujun too was quite impressed by Gyu-cheol’s work.

‘This kind of stimulation might actually be better for Gyu-cheol.’

“Alright. I’ll give you another chance.”

At that, Kim Gyu-cheol broke into a smile with bright, gleaming eyes.

“Then, new materials……”
“When they come up, I’ll bring them right away.”

‘So that’s what he was after.’

He seemed quite taken with the Excalibur Fragments.

‘Since the result turned out so well.’

Whenever Yujun brought good materials to Kim Gyu-cheol, the returns were more than worth it.

“I couldn’t use it for the Cheon family training, but I still have places to go. Still have plenty of training to do.”

Training the Cheon family had been merely a warm-up.

‘Now that I have the gloves too.’

Yujun smiled slightly.

“Among all the Awakeners I’ve trained, your growth has been truly outstanding. You’re my pride.”
“Sir……!”

Yujun gave his shoulder a quick pat and turned to leave, whereupon Kim Gyu-cheol called out.

“I’ll make something even better to show you!”

* * *

Boom—!
Boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom—!
The Tower of Ashes, releasing a gray aura with tremendous roars.
Before it stood the Dream Guild.

“Tower of Ashes. We’re entering!”

Under the Management Bureau’s approval, the conquest of the Tower of Ashes officially began.

“Dream Guild entering!”

The first to enter the Tower of Ashes wasn’t a top-tier guild—it was the Dream Guild.
Dream had successfully bid for entry rights to the Tower of Ashes and could now be the first to enter the tower.

Slash—. Slash—. Slash—.
The S-rank trainers that Han Gyu-jin had cultivated with great care took the lead.

-Entering the Tower of Ashes!

The Tower of Ashes conquest was being broadcast live on all major networks and was a hot topic on Hunternet and video platforms.
But that wasn’t all.

“Mm.”
“I didn’t expect we’d be watching this from here.”
“I wonder when we’ll be able to meet Kang Yu-jun.”

Overseas scouts and Awakeners who had entered the country to meet Kang Yu-jun were watching the Tower of Ashes conquest attempt.

“But isn’t that person a trainer?”
“I heard there’s another excellent trainer besides Trainer Kang Yu-jun in Korea.”
“That’s probably him.”
“Mister Han. So this is that renowned trainer.”

Han Gyu-jin was also included in the vanguard of Dream Guild’s raid team.

“Don’t worry. I’m behind all of you. So feel free to show what you can do.”
“Yes!”
“Yes!”

Han Gyu-jin had taken direct command of Dream’s Tower of Ashes conquest.
The dangerous choice to enter the tower alongside his team was made because of Kang Yu-jun.

That fact—how Kang Yu-jun had entered a tower with his team during the Insect Tower conquest in Cheongdam and trained the Awakeners in real time—had made a deep impression on Han Gyu-jin.
To become the best trainer, one had to go wherever training was needed.
Han Gyu-jin gulped down a potion.

“Entering.”

Half a day after Dream Guild’s initial entry.

“Master Guild entering!”
“Promise Guild entering!”

The entry rights Dream had won gave them a 12-hour head start into the tower.
Normally, new tower entry rights were allocated in hour units rather than day units.
Following Dream Guild, the top-tier guilds Master and Promise entered the Tower of Ashes.

“……I do hope they all return safely, at least.”

After receiving the report, the Director stood and gazed toward the Tower of Ashes.

* * *

“Grrrrrr—.”

-Defeat 100 Bloodfiend Goblins.
-Time Limit: 25:00

1st Floor of the Tower of Ashes.
Upon entering the 1st floor, Dream Guild immediately received their quest.

“These goblins! They’re not ordinary goblins!”
“Defeat 100 of them in 25 minutes?”
“The 1st floor isn’t easy at all.”

Crash—!
Screech—!
The Bloodfiend Goblins possessed strength on an entirely different level from ordinary tower goblins.
The clear condition seemed simple, but it was far from easy.
The Bloodfiend Goblins regenerated at an extremely rapid rate; if they weren’t killed simultaneously, they’d continuously revive.

-Quest failed.
-Retry available.
-Retries Remaining: 3 / 5

They had five retry chances total.
But this was already their third failure.

“To be stuck on the 1st floor like this……”

The Dream Guild members looked quite exhausted.

“It seems like we need to bring in Team 1.”

Dream Guild was expanding very aggressively and was simultaneously attempting to conquer other towers.
Because of this, not all of Team 1 had come; Han Gyu-jin’s recently promoted S-rank forces made up the majority.
While they weren’t inexperienced, they fell short compared to the original Team 1 elite.

“……Focus.”

Han Gyu-jin’s mind was working furiously.

“We can conquer the 1st floor.”

At the same time.
Master Guild and Promise Guild, who’d entered half a day later, were experiencing the same situation.

“We need to bring Team 1.”
“Unless we bring our elite team, this is going to be difficult.”

Like Dream, both Promise and Master Guild had their core forces committed to other towers.
Without solid information about the Tower of Ashes, they were reluctant to commit their elite teams here.

“And there’s a conquest ranking system here too. Even if we fail, we still get rated, and the rewards will definitely vary by rank.”
“Let’s at least break through the 1st floor one way or another.”

Ding—!
-1st Floor conquered!
-Conquest rank being calculated!
-1st Floor Conquest Rank: B

“Huff. Huff.”

They’d managed to conquer the 1st floor with great difficulty.

“B?”

-Conquest reward received!

Boom—.

“……!”

Their eyes went wide.

“What is this……”

It was a reward they’d never seen before.

“A Golden Mana Stone……”

If a B-rank reward was this Golden Mana Stone…

“This won’t do.”

The leadership of Promise and Master Guild quickly made a decision.
They absolutely had to bring in Team 1.

* * *

Training gloves.
And a Geumgang Iron Staff.
Now equipped with the SS-rank Artifacts needed for training, Yujun headed to the Gwanghwamun office while listening to reports about the Tower of Ashes situation.

-Tower of Ashes conquest in progress.

Currently, the top-tier guilds were challenging the Tower of Ashes.

“Dream Guild entered first, I see.”

Han Gyu-jin’s Dream had been the first to enter the Tower of Ashes and currently held the lead.
But good news wasn’t coming through.

-Dream Guild under Han Gyu-jin currently struggling on the 2nd Floor.
-More than half a day spent on the 2nd Floor.
-Overseas evaluation of the Tower of Ashes from earlier rapid attempts…… not a place to challenge lightly.
-Warning: The Tower of Ashes has penalties…… do not challenge lightly.

“The warnings are starting to come out.”

The Tower of Ashes was an extremely dangerous tower.
Unlike other towers, if the conquest of a floor failed or something was touched incorrectly, it spread like a curse, releasing a powerful penalty centered on where the tower stood.
Just then, breaking news erupted.

-Dream Guild Tower of Ashes conquest failed.
-Participating Awakeners in critical condition.

It was breaking news of Dream Guild’s failed Tower of Ashes conquest.

-Han Gyu-jin, who entered with them, sustained serious injuries…… but appears to be more shocked by the failure on the 2nd Floor than by his physical wounds.

“The training you’ve done so far won’t be enough to conquer it.”

‘If the Tower of Ashes is the same as the Tower of Infinity…’

The boss monsters that appeared early on were dummy bosses.

‘Boss monsters designed not to be broken.’

Because they were monsters created to be overcome through special training rather than through attack, they had to be surpassed through other means, not combat.
Without knowing that, reaching just the 2nd floor before being destroyed was enough to despair.
Especially for an elite like Han Gyu-jin, it would be doubly so.

Gwanghwamun Training Ground.
Yujun met Meryl Holland again there.

“So Meryl convinced the Queen.”

Unlike before, Meryl had come alone.
Now that she had solid trust in Yujun, she’d come to meet him by herself.

“Yes. In my opinion, Trainer Kang absolutely had to receive a knighthood.”

Meryl smiled softly and answered, then assessed Yujun’s aura.

“But in such a short time, your training ability seems to have improved even further.”

Meryl was astonished.
She’d been thinking of requesting the Queen’s training, but instead, Yujun had already quickly identified the Queen’s condition and trained her himself.
It was something even the Queen’s personal trainer hadn’t known about.

The original plan had been to request training for her back.
She’d thought that training could help cure the chronic lower back pain and the stiffened areas.
But he’d solved not only that back issue but also problems near her heart that had been lurking there.

“It was all thanks to that important training.”

She seemed to have gained new insight from the training she’d undergone after declining the knighthood.

“To think your own growth is this rapid!”

She marveled.

“You said you’d teach me something new, so I came right away, unable to wait and see how much more perfect I could become.”

Even though they hadn’t started training yet, her heart was beating fast with anticipation.

‘Perfect timing.’

“I have a proposal for you.”

Yujun gauged her reaction and opened his mouth.

“I can make you much faster. In exchange, would you join my team?”

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