I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 232

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Transcendent Genius Trainer – Episode 232

In the torn-up ground, there was a single box.
And beneath that, an enormous Magic Circle had been drawn.

Whoooosh—.
Intense Mana radiated from the Magic Circle, and this circle was the main one currently activating the traps in half of the 1st Floor of the Tower.
But Yujun smiled, his eyes fixed on the box above it rather than the circle itself.

‘There it is.’

This was exactly the hidden box.

‘The Tower of Infinity has quite a few of these hidden boxes.’

Yujun called this a special reward.
Everyone’s eyes lingered on the box, then shifted toward the enormous Magic Circle.

“This Magic Circle is connected to the 1st Floor’s traps. You can think of it as the force epicenter.”

Yujun explained.

“How did you……”
“I felt it.”

Yujun answered tersely.

‘A hidden Magic Circle. And a special reward.’

Yujun still suspected that the Tower of Infinity might not have been transferred to reality in its entirety.

‘It can’t be perfectly identical.’

And he could be certain now from what he’d just seen.
There had been a different Magic Circle drawn here originally.
Yujun knew this for certain.

‘But the rewards are the same.’

Creak—.
When he opened the box, a Magic Stone emerged from inside.
But it wasn’t just any Magic Stone.
Sparkle—. Sparkle—.
It was a Magic Stone that glimmered like a star.

“This is different from an ordinary Magic Stone!”
“I’ve heard that special Magic Stones come out of the Tower of Ashes.”
“So this must be one of those!”

‘This is something else. This is a Magic Stone that only comes from the Tower of Infinity.’

In the Tower of Infinity, this was called Starlight.

‘Because it looks like starlight. Unlike ordinary Magic Stones.’

Yujun tucked the small box into his chest.

‘I’ll keep this safely.’

“The Magic Stones that come from the Tower Raid will be distributed fairly among all of us.”
“No! That won’t be necessary!”
“It’s fine if Trainer Kang takes more than our share! Because today’s experience… it will be an experience that completely transforms my life as an Awakener!”

Still on the 1st Floor.
Yet Lee Su-yeon had become certain.
That this Tower Raid today was a moment when she could reach a higher realm as an Awakener.

“Seok-jae. Destroy the Magic Circle next to us.”

Crash—!
Im Seok-jae destroyed the Magic Circle without hesitation.
The traps that had been active on the 1st Floor immediately ceased.

“It won’t stay stopped for long. It’s a Magic Circle that keeps regenerating.”
“So while it’s stopped, we just advance?”

Im Seok-jae showed eagerness.
Yu Je-na marveled once more at Yujun’s eyes.

“I never dreamed. Even though we were carefully drawing up Mana, we never thought of the ground.”
“I can see better now than before.”

Snap—. Snap—.

Combined with the information Yujun originally possessed, his True Eye rendered everything on the 1st Floor of the Tower crystal clear.
With such sight, his responses had to be swift.

“And because I know exactly what kind of Awakeners you all are, I can respond to anything. You don’t need to hesitate anymore.”

But that was brief.
Beyond the traps, a rustling sound echoed from far away.

“A monster…!”

Lee Su-yeon clenched her fists.

“Grrrrrrr……”

Everyone startled at the monster’s cry.

“…?”
“What is that monster…?”
“It’s not a normal monster wolf…!”

‘A Mist Wolf.’

But Yujun remained calm.
He knew the monster well.
It was a monster that dispersed like mist, preventing solid strikes.

‘It has no form.’

But Yujun knew the answer.

‘There’s no need to seize its body. Just time the moment its form becomes unstable.’

Yujun immediately issued orders to Yu Je-na.

“Je-na. Hwasan. Spread it wide in front. Concentrate your firepower.”

Roooarrr—!
Yu Je-na deployed Hwasan widely according to Yujun’s orders.
The Mist Wolf dispersed into mist and spread to the side to attack.

“Pinpoint focus. Aim for the moment it mists. There will be a core.”

The moment it turns to mist.
For a very brief instant, the core is exposed.

‘It’s a split-second window that’s difficult to seize without intense concentration.’

But Yu Je-na could do it.

‘If it’s Yu Je-na as a high-tier S-rank.’

Boom—!
Yu Je-na’s Hwasan shot forth like an arrow.
Bang—!

“Screech!”

The Mist Wolf shrieked and was hunted down.
Whoooosh—.
The Mist Wolf’s Magic Stone dropped to the ground.

‘There are two types of Magic Stones that come from this Tower.’

One was the Starlight that appeared when he tore up the ground earlier, and the other was the Magic Stone that came when hunting monsters like now.

‘The Magic Stones from monsters have better efficiency than other Towers.’

So it was better to sell them, but Starlight was different.

‘Starlight must always be taken with us.’

Roooarrr—!
Yujun had Yu Je-na drive the Mist Wolves to one side.

“Seok-jae.”

He sent Im Seok-jae forward, and had him and Woo Ha-na rampage through the wolves.

‘Just a bit further ahead.’

Whoooosh—.

‘A new monster.’

“Keeeeiiiik!”

A Mist Goblin appeared.
This 1st Floor had many such formless monsters.

‘The key to the 1st Floor conquest grade is speed.’

How quickly and accurately you could handle these formless monsters.
That was the condition for receiving a high conquest grade on the 1st Floor.

‘There might be differences between the monsters that come out on the 1st Floor of the Tower of Ashes and the Tower of Infinity.’

So he had composed his team to account for all possibilities.
But since the monster composition was exactly as he knew it, countering them was incredibly easy.

“From now on, we’ll increase our speed.”

Yujun assessed the situation and conveyed the first objective to everyone.

“Our target is a conquest grade of S.”
“…!”
“!?”
“S, S-rank?”
“Give the order!”

Im Seok-jae shouted.
The other three had only focused on the conquest itself.
They weren’t thinking about conquest grades.

“I didn’t come here just to conquer the Tower.”

A mere conquest held no meaning.

‘I intend to show them the difference.’

The people outside already knew about the difficulty of this Tower of Ashes.
And they knew its conquest grades too.

‘The highest grade is only B.’

Everyone else climbed the Tower at C-grade.
The problem wasn’t with them.
They did their best, but the Tower of Ashes itself was the problem.

‘To raise the conquest grade, you must be flawless. You can’t miss even one thing.’

You could only receive bonuses with a higher conquest grade.
From now on, this was Yujun’s domain.

* * *

Bang—. Crash—. Bang—!
Countless traps.
Formless monsters unlike anything seen before.
Monsters that appeared one after another—so difficult to respond to that even Yu Je-na, hardened by raids, seemed flustered.

“Destroy the cores.”

Snap—!
Yujun’s two eyes glowed an even deeper red.

“Advance. Woo Ha-na, destroy the trap on the wall. Accelerate. Just accelerate as if you’re about to collide.”

Following Yujun’s precise and rapid orders, the team’s advance speed was remarkable.
Though there were clearly moments where they should have suffered setbacks, he accurately identified each trap and directed its swift removal.

“Even in regular raids… we can’t move continuously like this……”

And yet they were moving without pause through the Tower of Ashes, which they were visiting for the first time.

“It feels too easy. I mean, the Tower of Ashes is definitely difficult……”

Lee Su-yeon blinked her eyes.

“Haven’t we almost reached the end?”

An hour since entering.
They were already at the end of the 1st Floor.

Boom—!
The four of them, having defeated the final trap and monster, caught their breath lightly.

“…Why was it so easy?”

They were deeply confused.
Just moments ago, they had been quite anxious.
Though they didn’t worry for their lives because they trusted Kang Yu-jun, they’d heard so much that they couldn’t help but be tense.

“They said it’d be difficult from the 1st Floor on……”

At their bewilderment, Yujun smiled.

“It’s because all of you have grown stronger.”
“That doesn’t… seem right.”

The result was unbelievable.
At the end of the 1st Floor.
Before the stairs leading to the 2nd Floor, Yujun smiled.

Click—!
-Tower of Ashes 1st Floor conquered!
-Calculating conquest grade!

The same alert appeared simultaneously before the four Awakeners who participated in the conquest.

-Congratulations!
-Conquest Grade: S

“……”
“It really… is S-rank.”

Everyone looked at Yujun simultaneously.
Perhaps he really could do it.
The 5th Floor conquest that no one had ever achieved.

* * *

After Yujun and his team of four entered the Tower of Ashes.

“They might all die and come out.”
“I’m really worried about this one.”
“Is Trainer Kang really going to die here?”
“I can’t understand why they entered with that lineup.”

The Awakeners from the Master Guild waiting outside muttered with worried faces.

“Couldn’t Trainer Kang Yu-jun recruit stronger Awakeners?”
“There’s the Promise Guild right here, isn’t there?”
“He could have entered the Tower of Ashes with an elite team from the Promise Guild.”

There were so many strong Awakeners that Kang Yu-jun could mobilize.
Frankly, he could have just requested the Promise Guild and entered the Tower of Ashes with their elite Awakeners.
But no one could fathom why he’d made this choice instead.
Other guilds felt the same way.

“He’s entering the Tower of Ashes with that lineup?”
“It’s absurd. They’ll all die!”

“Isn’t this an opportunity? If we rescue Trainer Kang right now and come out……”

Of course, they couldn’t rescue him.
The moment you enter the Tower, the space divides.
They could only meet each other in the Neutral Zone that existed within the Tower, but the Tower of Ashes hadn’t produced such a Neutral Zone yet.

“The Tower hasn’t even discovered a Neutral Zone yet… so he couldn’t have not known.”

The Master Guild prepared to re-enter.

-The Tower conquest rankings have been updated.

“…What is this?”

A change in the Tower conquest rankings.
The guilds that had entered earlier were now all resting.
The only ones who had entered after that were Kang Yu-jun and his team.
There shouldn’t have been any change in the Tower conquest rankings.

“Could it be……”

The Guild Master of the Master Guild urgently checked the rankings.

-Kang Yu-jun, Yu Je-na, Im Seok-jae, Lee Su-yeon, Woo Ha-na
-3rd Floor conquered.
-1st Floor Conquest Grade: S
-2nd Floor Conquest Grade: S
-3rd Floor Conquest Grade: S

“Wh-wh-what is this?”

The Master Guild Master was shocked and stunned.
He rubbed his eyes several times in urgency and checked again.
But what appeared before him remained the same.

“3rd Floor conquest…?”

The fact that that team conquered the 3rd Floor at all was astounding, but his eyes were drawn even more to the conquest grades.

“S, you say…?”

Bang—!
He unknowingly stamped the ground forcefully.

“Guild Master…?”
“What is it!”

Everyone looked urgently at the Guild Master.
They concluded something must have happened to the Guild Master.
Otherwise, the normally composed Guild Master wouldn’t show such agitation.
Other guilds waiting in the back came forward to see what was happening.

“What happened, Master Guild Master?”
“Something did. A very big thing.”

The Master Guild Master wore a grave expression.

“They broke through the 3rd Floor.”
“…Who?”
“Trainer Kang Yu-jun. He broke through the 3rd Floor with that lineup. But… there’s something even more surprising.”
“…!”
“The 3rd Floor?”
“How did that team get through the 3rd Floor…?”

Everyone in the room was shocked.
They knew from direct experience.
The 3rd Floor of the Tower of Ashes was a dungeon of such difficulty that even an elite team had to risk their lives.

“There are those mist monsters there, and the traps, and on the 2nd Floor there’s even that insane Lizard!”
“With that amount of firepower, conquest should have been impossible……”
“Wait, Guild Master. You said there was something even more surprising than that? The 3rd Floor breakthrough itself is insanely surprising……”

The Master Guild Master swallowed hard and spoke.

“The conquest grades are all S.”
“…?”
“…?”
“…?”
“From the 1st to the 3rd Floor, all S.”

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