I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 225

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Transcendent Genius Trainer 225

After the training at Promise Guild concluded.
Yujun received all the compensation promised under their contract.
“We’ve actually kept quite a lot set aside for you.”
Choi Ho-jeong, the Guild Master, walked toward the warehouse with a grin on his face.
There was a separate space prepared in the guild warehouse.
-[Kang Yu-jun]
“This is……”
Yujun was startled to see a box with his own nameplate attached to it.
At this, Guild Master Choi Ho-jeong explained with an awkward expression.
“Being the Golden Youth and all, we naturally assumed you’d succeed and kept this stored away……”
“You’ve been keeping it all this time, then.”
“How could we throw it away? It’s the history of our guild……”
And Yujun’s history as well.
“We thought it might feel strange for you to receive it right after your release, so we planned to send it after some time had passed.”
But from right after your release, you started performing brilliantly, and we missed the right timing to send it.
“Now I’m presenting it to you at last. Please accept it.”
With his gifts piled high, Yujun left the guild escorted by Guild Master Choi Ho-jeong and Director Kim Tae-jeong.
“You’re welcome to return anytime.”
The Guild Master muttered wistfully as he watched Yujun’s departing figure.
“I should have taken the training too.”
When Yujun first came to Promise Guild.
His training plan had included even Guild Master Choi Ho-jeong.
But Choi Ho-jeong had refused.
Instead, he’d asked for more focus on the Youths.
Yujun accepted that proposal, and ultimately Guild Master Choi Ho-jeong’s training was skipped.
“You made the right choice.”
“…No. If I asked him to do it even now……”
“…Didn’t you just have a beautiful farewell?”
“That’s just what I’m saying.”
Guild Master Choi Ho-jeong grumbled that he couldn’t even joke, then gazed upward with a serious expression and asked.
“How much higher will he fly?”
***
Promise Guild, training completed.
Returning to his office, Yujun felt considerably at ease.
‘It seems I was carrying more of a sense of debt than I realized.’
Like the Guild Master had thought, Yujun held various emotions toward Promise Guild.
And when the Guild Master said that.
All those emotions transformed into one, and he felt relieved.
“Of course, I actually was in debt.”
He was the Golden Youth who’d done nothing but eat their food.
“I’ve paid it all back now.”
More than paid it back—he’d given far more.
The results he’d achieved at Promise Guild this time were extraordinary.
It was unfortunate not to have trained the Guild Master, but there’d be other opportunities anyway.
“And I’ve received this as well.”
Yujun opened the box he’d received.
Inside the box were various Artifacts.
“Back then I used a sword.”
A simple sword made of diamond.
And light armor crafted from the finest Magic Stones.
Even a shield to go with it.
These items were no longer necessary for Yujun, who’d become a Trainer, but he carefully displayed them on one corner of his office wall.
“Good.”
He was sealing away his past self here.
Yujun then reviewed the contract.
-Promise Guild Equity: 30%
This was both equity in the guild’s assets and equity in its operations.
It meant Yujun had gained authority to freely deploy thirty percent of Promise Guild’s total strength.
‘The Guild Master made a big decision for this.’
But through that big decision, Promise Guild had gained far more in return, so it was a reasonable decision.
And Yujun had no intention of casually mobilizing Promise Guild members without good reason anyway.
“Win-win, really.”
Yujun turned on his smart pad.
Ding-ding-ding!
Messages from Promise Guild appeared on the smart pad.
-Tower of Ashes Conquest Status
-Tower of Ashes Information
They were conquest status and information on the Tower of Ashes.
‘It’s about time I learned how dangerous and difficult the Tower of Ashes really is.’
Yujun checked the Tower of Ashes conquest status first.
-Currently breached to 4th Floor in South Korea.
-Frontline guilds: Azure Dragon, Sunlight, Master, Dream.
“Oh.”
Already the 4th Floor.
Not much time had passed since the Tower of Ashes was created.
-Overseas situation.
-Breached to 5th Floor. Heavy casualties, but top-tier guilds are competing to conquer the Tower of Ashes.
-Frontline guilds aren’t fully disclosing information.
“Then… they probably haven’t just cleared the 5th Floor. They’ve likely already surpassed it.”
Early floors could be cleared easily if one focused solely on conquest without worrying about grade ratings.
Of course, “easily” meant at Yujun’s level as a long-time Tower of Infinity veteran, but with overseas top-tier Awakeners’ strength, reaching the 10th Floor was feasible.
Though that was the maximum, so they might have stopped at the 8th or 9th Floor.
‘To reach double-digit floors, you need to match the grade and defeat the boss.’
Yujun’s brow furrowed slightly.
“If things play out that way, they’d be dealing with synchronization.”
The Tower of Infinity was a single tower that had split into multiple towers.
Because of that, all towers were connected, and a massive law existed.
‘All towers worldwide must maintain the same floor conquest level.’
Otherwise, a tower crush occurs in that nation’s Tower of Infinity.
As Yujun climbed the Tower of Infinity, he’d experienced game over thousands of times.
‘An explosion intense enough to obliterate an entire nation.’
In the game it just ended with GAME OVER, but if that happened in reality, tens of millions would perish easily, with potential damages reaching the hundreds of millions.
Yujun immediately called the Director.
Ring-ring.
“Director. May I visit you briefly?”
-Of course! Just come straight to the Management Bureau! Oh, but could it be……”
“Yes. The Promise Guild training has concluded.”
-…What?”
A brief silence followed.
He’d received reports that Yujun had conquered three uncleared towers.
That meant he’d focused heavily on tower raids, so the Promise Guild training would inevitably take longer.
But it’s already finished?
-It’s been just two weeks now.
Exactly two weeks since receiving the Promise Guild training.
-And a week of that was spent conquering uncleared towers……”
“My strength improved somewhat.”
-Somewhat?”
The Director was quite flustered by Yujun’s response.
If it improved just somewhat and turned out like this—
-Then what happens if it improves greatly……”
“Who knows.”
Faced with Yujun’s carefree laugh, the Director gave a wry smile.
-Heh, this is really…… Anyway, just come straight here!”
***
Management Bureau.
Director’s Office.
“I’m thinking of beginning work on the Tower of Ashes conquest matter.”
The moment Yujun entered and spoke, Director Lee Ji-tae’s expression brightened.
He swept his chest with a look of relief.
“There’s no end to luck, is there? Actually, there’s been some bad news regarding the Tower of Ashes…… we’re in a situation that needs significant help! So, let me explain in detail……”
Before Director Lee finished speaking, the Secretary knocked on the door.
“Director. I apologize for interrupting, but right now the Master Guild Master is……”
“We’re in a very important meeting right now. Sorry, but could you ask him to wait……”
“Is it related to the Tower of Ashes matter?”
“Ah, yes, that’s right. The bad news I just mentioned……”
“Then it would be fine for him to come in. Let’s discuss this together.”
‘Master Guild reached the entrance to the 4th Floor, if I recall correctly.’
If so, they’d have a very sensitive grasp of the current situation.
‘I need to confirm whether the information I have matches theirs first.’
That the Tower of Ashes was the Tower of Infinity—Yujun had judged that from outward appearance alone.
Yujun still hadn’t seen the interior of the Tower of Ashes.
‘I need to confirm whether they’re truly identical from someone who’s been inside.’
“Come in!”
The door opened and the Master Guild Master entered.
“…!”
The Master Guild Master’s expression showed shock upon seeing Yujun already present.
He had a look of wondering why Yujun, who should be training at Promise Guild, was here.
“The Promise Guild training has concluded, and I had additional matters to discuss, so I’ve brought him here.”
“Is that…so?”
The Master Guild Master wore a bewildered expression.
The Promise Guild training is already over?
When it’s only been a short while.
“I’m Kang Yu-jun.”
“I’m Hong Yun-seong, managing the Master Guild.”
Yujun initiated the greeting first, and Master Guild Master Hong Yun-seong awkwardly accepted it.
“Ah. You ended it early because of the Tower of Ashes matter, I see.”
The Master Guild Master naturally assumed Yujun had cut the training short and come here.
Having achieved the extraordinary feat of conquering three uncleared towers, the Promise Guild members must have reacted very positively.
He thought it would be disappointing for Yujun from various perspectives.
“No. Not ending it early—it was fully completed.”
But Director Lee Ji-tae immediately corrected Hong Yun-seong’s assumption.
“…All of it?”
“Yes.”
The training for all of Promise Guild?
“It’s a joke…heh. Given the circumstances, it’s hopeful……”
“It’s not a joke.”
“……”
The Master Guild Master wore a bewildered expression.
If this isn’t a joke, how is he supposed to understand this right now?
The training he knew of was……
Suddenly he stopped thinking and recalled Baek Hyeon-jin’s words.
“You really did it. All of it. In this short span of time.”
His training was something that would draw objections from anyone who heard of it.
Simply because all conventional wisdom fell apart in the face of it.
So it was easier to simply accept this new form of training.
Yujun calmly observed the Master Guild Master.
Crackle-snap.
The True Eye scanned him in an instant.
Like Guild Master Choi Ho-jeong of Promise, who had accumulated strength in his younger days, there were traces of golden light scattered throughout.
‘Even more so.’
Master Guild Master also had golden light spread throughout various places.
‘But this one is still active.’
The Guild Master of Promise no longer enters towers.
Meanwhile, the Master Guild Master regularly participates in tower raids and was also among those involved in this Tower of Ashes conquest.
Whoosh.
‘With just a little training, this person could fly much higher than now.’
Truly someone with excellent training cost-effectiveness.
The kind of person who grows significantly with just minor adjustments.
Of course it wouldn’t be easy, but he was a desirable figure.
“Then let me proceed directly to the main topic. Since what I need to discuss with both of you is similar, I’ve gathered you like this unintentionally.”
“That’s fine by me.”
“I’m fine with it too.”
Yujun and the Master Guild Master took their seats.
“Then, Master Guild Master. Could you perhaps tell us what the Tower of Ashes was like up to the 4th Floor?”
Director Lee Ji-tae began first with a reference check.
“The 1st Floor of the Tower of Ashes is……”
Various monsters, traps, and stringent conquest conditions.
Though he’d conquered numerous towers so far, he’d never encountered one as difficult to conquer as the Tower of Ashes.
‘It’s definitely the Tower of Infinity.’
Various monsters.
And traps with challenging conquest conditions to boot.
‘It’s exactly the Tower of Infinity.’
There was no longer need for further confirmation.
This tower was the Tower of Infinity.
“Right now, the 4th Floor is only partially explored. We don’t have the resources to proceed further, so we came down temporarily. Reinforcements are needed.”
After finishing his explanation, the Master Guild Master looked at Director Lee Ji-tae.
Now it was the Director’s turn.
“Raid teams operating in the United States, England, and other overseas locations have reportedly breached the 5th Floor. And…we’ve learned that there’s a Penalty on the Tower of Ashes.”
“A Penalty?”
“When another nation’s Tower of Ashes breaches the 5th Floor, our Tower of Ashes also has to be conquered to that level—that’s what they’re saying.”
“…!”
Hong Yun-seong’s eyebrows twitched slightly.
“Are the towers connected somehow?”
“That much I’m unsure of. But the floors need to match, and if they don’t, there will be severe Penalties, supposedly.”
“Severe Penalties……”
Hong Yun-seong clicked his tongue.
“That means we also need to quickly conquer the 5th Floor?”
“Yes.”
But they haven’t even conquered the 4th Floor yet.
“Then I think the Azure Dragon and Sunlight Guild Masters should be here instead of me.”
Hong Yun-seong lacked confidence in conquering the 4th Floor alone.
They’d barely reached the 4th Floor thanks to Baek Hyeon-jin.
For Master Guild, the 4th Floor was still their limit.
Whereas Azure Dragon and Sunlight should be capable of breaching the 5th Floor.
“They’re pursuing independent operations. They refused consultation, saying they can’t take the risk since we don’t even know if this Penalty is real or not.”
Azure Dragon and Sunlight continue walking their own path.
Naturally so. The two guilds are contending for 1st and 2nd place.
There was no need for them to consult with the Management Bureau, and consultation wasn’t easy anyway.
“They’re prioritizing other uncleared towers. Azure Dragon and Sunlight are.”
The Tower of Ashes is an irregularity.
“They said they don’t want to sustain more damage here.”
When Director Lee Ji-tae learned of this Penalty, he first shared the information with the Azure Dragon and Sunlight Guild Masters and consulted with them.
But the two guild masters, saying they couldn’t trust the information, refused the Director’s consultation.
“……”
Hong Yun-seong wiped his face.
“…I did find something strange. I heard that Azure Dragon and Sunlight sent their 1st teams to the Tower of Ashes, yet there’s been no word of them advancing further than us.”
In terms of guild capability alone, Master Guild couldn’t catch up to Azure Dragon and Sunlight.
Azure Dragon was bringing in promising Awakeners from overseas to bolster guild strength, and they had a considerable number of SS-rank Awakeners.
Furthermore, Park Cheon-jun, called the finest Awakener of South Korea and an SS-rank Awakener, belonged to Azure Dragon Guild.
If that were the case, they should logically be advancing further in the Tower of Ashes, yet no significant news had been heard.
“Now I understand.”
Now it made sense.
Why the Director had called him in.
“Our Master Guild……”
Hong Yun-seong trailed off.
“I understand this will be a difficult decision.”
The Director also didn’t fully understand what the Penalty entailed.
He said it was an enormous Penalty, but the extent of that enormity was unknowable.
Meanwhile, proceeding with Tower of Ashes conquest was a known danger. The 4th Floor was already tough to break through—now to break the 5th.
This was an excessively high-risk undertaking.
It was then that Yujun spoke up.
“Then I’ll go in myself.”
At Yujun’s abrupt statement, both Director Lee Ji-tae and Master Guild Master Hong Yun-seong looked toward him simultaneously.
“…What?”
“Trainer Kang. The Tower of Ashes is……truly a dangerous place. I understand you’re an outstanding Trainer, but even specialist raid teams like ours can’t guarantee success there…… We’ve already suffered tremendous casualties reaching the 4th Floor. Moreover……”
At the Master Guild Master’s concerns, Yujun nodded in acknowledgment.
“Don’t worry.”
Yujun smiled softly.
“I know well enough.”

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