I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 238

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Transcendent Genius Trainer Chapter 238

England. The Grey Tower.
England had named this newly risen tower the Grey Tower.

“Sigh…”
“This is serious.”
“We need to match the floor count?”

Guild executives from various organizations had gathered at a temporary base camp set up in front of the tower.
Under normal circumstances they would be competitors, but because of this tower they had joined forces.
Executives from massive guilds that could never ordinarily meet had assembled to discuss matters related to this Tower of Ashes.

“We’ve had our share of difficulties too. But can other nations really clear this within the time limit?”

England was a superpower of Awakeners, possessing a fair number of SSS-rank ones.
They also had Awakeners who approached SSS-rank ability, and several high-level SS-rank Awakeners as well.
With these as the core, they had managed to clear the Grey Tower relatively quickly, reaching the 5th Floor.
Meanwhile, there were quite a few nations that had no SSS-rank Awakeners at all.

“Other nations…”
“It seems difficult.”
“Nations without SSS-rank Awakeners will be unable to defeat the Floor Boss even if they somehow manage to clear the 4th Floor.”
“That firepower. The ability to instantly destroy everything—you absolutely need an SSS-rank to endure it.”
“And there are mental attacks too.”
“The Grey Tower is completely different from any tower we’ve cleared before. It’s still difficult to grasp how many floors it has.”

Nations with multiple SSS-rank Awakeners could certainly manage, but weaker nations stood absolutely no chance against this 5th Floor Boss.
This was the unanimous opinion among all the executives present.

“So this penalty… it looks like many nations are going to face collapse.”

Other nations collapsing wasn’t particularly pleasant for England either.

“We should consider sending Awakeners to assist.”
“Or perhaps we should think about passing on our strategy and tips.”
“In exchange, we make sure to receive proper compensation.”

Just then, a messenger from one of the guilds entered the base camp.
Since multiple guild executives were gathered inside, the messenger hesitated for a moment.

“It’s fine. Go ahead with your report.”
“Yes. I have a report regarding the Grey Tower in East Asia.”

He immediately continued with his report.

“It appears that South Korea’s frontline raid team attempting to clear the Grey Tower is in serious trouble. The top guilds have been deployed and are proceeding with the attempt, but…”

The messenger’s detailed report continued.
The situation they had been concerned about was unfolding.

“Fortunately, Japan and China have advanced to the 5th Floor with their SSS-rank Awakeners leading the way, and now only the Floor Boss remains.”

Among East Asian nations, every country except South Korea possessed SSS-rank Awakeners.
Because of this, South Korea was in the most vulnerable position regarding the penalty.

“Hmm…”
“Only the 3rd Floor? There won’t be much time left now.”

They let out a heavy sigh.
If South Korea was struggling this much, then weaker nations faced even graver circumstances.

“Hmm…”
“Even South Korea is struggling. And I heard they have quite capable SS-rank Awakeners.”

South Korea had no SSS-rank Awakener, but that didn’t classify them as a weak Awakener nation.
The Awakeners below that rank were quite numerous, their system was well-established, and their national power was solid, so there had been no major issues.

“But don’t they have quite a few capable SS-rank Awakeners?”
“The guilds containing those talented individuals are focused on clearing other towers.”
“In other words, they’re not taking the Grey Tower penalty seriously.”
“Yes, it appears that way.”

In truth, even the nations that had cleared the 5th Floor first didn’t accurately understand the penalty.
It was an unprecedented tower among all towers created so far, making it difficult to predict what the penalty might be.
But in a sense, this was a favorable situation.

“I heard South Korea has that remarkable trainer. Wouldn’t it be possible to bring that trainer here using this opportunity as leverage?”

If they provided assistance while securing that famous trainer, Kang Yu-jun, as a condition, it would be an enormous advantage for England.

“That trainer! What an excellent idea!”

The South Korean trainer who had trained Meryl Holland and, according to unofficial accounts, had even trained the Queen herself, was already famous worldwide.
Meryl Holland was essentially a retired Awakener.
A talent who had passed through many hands, yet no one had succeeded in training her.
Everyone regretted her wasted potential, but no one had been able to train her.
Several promising trainers had even died attempting to train her.

“Not only did he succeed in training Meryl Holland, he made her even stronger.”
“The fact that the Queen herself flew to South Korea is truly astonishing.”

A monarch flying to another nation for a knighthood ceremony?
It was truly unprecedented.
If such a trainer, Kang Yu-jun, were to become a naturalized citizen of England, England would undoubtedly become the strongest Awakener nation.
But then, a new report arrived.

“Urgent update! South Korea has just… succeeded in clearing the 5th Floor!”
“…Succeeded?”
“Didn’t you just say the top guild failed?”
“That is…”

So they had only succeeded up to the 3rd Floor, but now they were saying the 5th Floor was cleared?

“Trainer Kang Yu-jun personally selected team members and entered the tower to clear the 5th Floor.”
“…!”
“…!”

Kang Yu-jun.
The moment that name was spoken, the eyebrows of the guild executives twitched.

“The trainer entered directly?”
“Did he go in with the top guild’s Awakeners?”
“No.”

The messenger shook his head.

“He entered with his own assembled team of Awakeners. But their ranks were…”

SS-rank and below.
All of them froze when they heard it was a team of just four Awakeners.

“Just four people.”
“And that includes an S-rank?”
“Ha…”
“This is absolutely insane.”

The guild executives looked at the messenger in disbelief.
They too had entered the Grey Tower and knew the truth.
You simply cannot clear it with S-ranks.
An SSS-rank Awakener is essential, and you need multiple high-level SS-rank Awakeners among your ranks to have any chance of success.
That’s what it took to reach the 5th Floor and hunt the 5th Floor Boss.

“…This is completely mad.”
“There must have been a reason the Queen herself went and granted him knighthood.”

In essence, Kang Yu-jun had become South Korea’s representative at this point.

“I never imagined a trainer could become a representative Awakener for a nation.”

While trainers were important, ultimately they were just support.

“The Holland Guild has arrived!”

Outside, there was a commotion.

“The Holland Guild?”

The Holland Guild, led by Meryl Holland, had arrived at the Grey Tower.

“Isn’t Meryl away taking the promotion exam? I heard the SSS-rank promotion exam was being held…”

But everyone thought it wouldn’t succeed.

“It’s too soon.”
“Her condition only improved recently.”

However, all their predictions were wrong.

“Meryl Holland has been promoted to SSS-rank!”
“She’s immediately challenging the 6th Floor of the Grey Tower!”

The guild executives quickly rushed out of the base camp.

“…!”

And they all gasped in shock.

“Is that really… Meryl Holland?”

She was not the Meryl they had seen before.

“Kang Yu-jun…!”

Trainer Kang Yu-jun.

“What has he even created…”

* * *

News of Yujun successfully clearing the 5th Floor of the Tower of Ashes with his team members spread rapidly.
Through news articles, broadcasts, Hunternet, and Mytube.

-Kang Yu-jun succeeds in clearing the 5th Floor of the Tower of Ashes, which even the top guilds couldn’t achieve…
-“We never thought he’d succeed with those members.” Success with what seemed like an impossible lineup…

As articles spread, broadcast stations aired special features on this Tower of Ashes clear attempt.

“South Korea’s prestigious guilds Cheongryong and Sunlight, as well as the Master Guild, all failed to reach the 5th Floor.”
“Moreover, Dream Guild’s trainer Han Gyu-jin led Dream’s elite members in the attempt, but is currently severely injured and hospitalized at an Awakener medical facility.”
“For Trainer Kang Yu-jun to accomplish this in such circumstances… is truly unbelievable.”

The biggest issue from this tower clear was the team members themselves.

-Those team members who went in with Trainer Kang Yu-jun this time—they’re not from major guilds, right?
-The strongest is Yu Je-na, and she’s from the Neverland Guild, which is a mid-tier guild.
-How on earth did Trainer Kang Yu-jun clear the 5th Floor with that lineup…?

No matter how excellent a trainer Kang Yu-jun was, clearing the Tower of Ashes’s 5th Floor with these members was unbelievable.
Everyone was incredulous.

-But why did he choose those specific people in the first place…?
-Isn’t it performance? Proving that he can clear the Tower of Ashes even with Awakeners of that level?
-But he’s staking his life on it. If he fails, he dies…
-He must have been confident of success.
-If it were someone else, I’d tell them to stop spouting nonsense… but since it’s Trainer Kang, this actually seems plausible.

Debate raged about how Yujun had cleared the Tower of Ashes’s 5th Floor, but no one could be certain of the exact reason.

-To be honest, I’m not sure. Why he made such a choice or how he succeeded.

Mytube content creators had uploaded analysis videos, but even they couldn’t figure out how these four Awakeners had climbed the tower.

-First, let’s talk about these people’s ranks before they received training from Trainer Kang.
-It’s honestly unbelievable, but it was three S-ranks and one A-rank.
-The Awakeners from the Master Guild and Dream Guild who had previously cleared up to the 4th Floor were all SS-rank, and even their S-ranks were all high-tier.
-…Honestly, I’m not sure how to analyze this.

The comments started flooding in.

-??
-A-rank?
-You mean Woo Ha-na, right?
-Yes, that’s correct.
-The rest were all S-rank too?
-This is absolutely ridiculous.
-How did he do it!

While everyone was shocked, some people were also stirring up trouble or venting their inferiority complex.
They belittled Yujun’s Tower of Ashes clear as not being such a big deal.

-Is this really such a big deal to make such a fuss about?
-The thing is, if you don’t clear it, there’s a penalty, so you have to clear it regardless, and they said they were having trouble with the attempt.
-It’s the same with other towers. They all have penalties.

All towers had penalties.

-Look at other nations. They’ll just bear the penalty.

But that was short-lived.

-Everyone, the penalty just hit.
-What is it? What’s happening?
-Luxembourg’s capital…
-An entire nation was basically wiped out…

* * *

Tick-tock.
Tick-tick-tock.
The stopwatch kept counting down.

“We have no choice.”
“We don’t have the talent to clear the tower.”

Luxembourg.
A nation with only hundreds of thousands of inhabitants, but very wealthy.
However, the Awakeners belonging to their nation lacked the power to clear the new tower, so they ultimately decided to accept the penalty.

“All evacuations are complete.”

All citizens in the vicinity of the tower had been evacuated, and they had secured containment using Artifacts.

“Then…”
“Let’s start the meeting about this situation…”

Click!
At that exact moment, the penalty timer hit zero.

-00:00:00
-Time limit expired.
-Tower clear failed.
-Penalty applied.

The penalty was applied to all nations that had failed to clear the 5th Floor.
Boom.
Locke, the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, didn’t fully understand the nature of the tower’s penalty, but deemed acceptance the best course of action.

“Next time…”

This time, due to time constraints, it was unavoidable, but next time they planned to request cooperation by offering compensation to other nations.
However, the meeting didn’t last long.

Rumble-rumble-rumble.
KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
A massive explosion occurred with such force that the sound was audible despite the great distance from the tower.

“…This is…”
“What is…”

Complete annihilation.
Literally everything in the vicinity of the tower was obliterated.

“Ugh…”

The Prime Minister, who had rushed outside to look, was horrified.
It looked as though the world itself had ended.

“This is… this is…”

He couldn’t find his words.
This result far exceeded all expectations.

At the same time.
Nations that, like Luxembourg, had failed to clear the 5th Floor were receiving identical penalties.

Massive explosions.
Areas spanning dozens of kilometers became wastelands from the penalty, and people were left horrified.
The leaders of nations that experienced the explosions directly were particularly unable to cope.
They had never anticipated a penalty of this magnitude.
Despite preparations, the casualties were staggering.

“Prime Minister.”
“Your Excellency!”
“We don’t have time for this!”

The penalty wasn’t over with just one strike.

“If other nations continue attempting to clear… there will be more penalties.”
“…”

An emergency meeting was necessary.
An urgent meeting to decide how to proceed from this point forward.

“Let’s quickly… very quickly hold an emergency meeting on what we can do from here.”

* * *

‘The penalty must have been applied by now.’

Indeed, news of the penalty being applied to the nations that failed came through.

‘When things reach this point… the most sought-after would be…’

-Trainer Kang, requests have come in.
-From Luxembourg…

Texts arrived simultaneously from the Management Bureau Director and the Trainer Association Chairman.

“I’ll inevitably become a trainer.”

Yujun sorted through the messages.
There were promising Awakeners among overseas talent.

‘I need to carefully select those who possess that ability I confirmed in the Tower of Infinity.’

Yujun intended to bring them to South Korea.

-This is Kang Yu-jun. First, please tell them that I’m accepting the Romania request.

Romania.

‘There are specialized Awakeners there.’

After sending the message, Yujun stood before the Tower of Ashes once more.

“Then let me start by completing the achievement.”

-Entering the Tower of Ashes!

Yujun entered the Tower of Ashes alone.

-Moving to the 5th Floor, Neutral Territory!

Of course, he had no intention of clearing it alone.

“Once you reach the Neutral Territory, you can move around freely.”

Those who reached the Neutral Territory could move freely throughout all lower floors centered on that Neutral Territory.

-Arrival at Neutral Territory confirmed.

Upon reaching the Neutral Territory, Yujun immediately sought out the marketplace there.

“Welcome! Challenger!”

Challenger.
It was the term for those who climbed the Tower of Infinity.

‘How strange.’

To hear a term he’d only encountered in games in reality.

“You seem to be visiting for the first time.”

The shopkeeper smiled pleasantly at Yujun.

“Would you like me to explain our Tower of Trials?”

‘Tower of Trials?’

Each nation called this tower by a different name.

‘So the official name is the Tower of Trials.’

“Please, I’d appreciate an explanation.”
“Then!”

The shopkeeper grinned widely and opened his mouth.
Jingle.
But then the door opened.

“…!”

Yujun’s expression shifted in surprise upon seeing who had entered.

‘The person I was looking for. Or rather…’

The person he’d been seeking stood before him.

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