I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 241

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Transcendent Genius Trainer Became One | Episode 241

“You’re explaining why you all climb the Tower.”
“…….”

Uref lowered his head at those words.

“It’s an embarrassing matter.”

He continued with difficulty.

“It’s hard to speak of unless you’re a comrade…… but.”

Uref hesitated for a moment, then made his decision.
This human was different.
He possessed a power that filled in shortcomings in an instant.
With that thought, he looked at the other dwarves, and they nodded as if sharing the same sentiment.

“I believe we can meet both conditions you mentioned.”
“Good.”

Uref began to explain why he wanted to reach the 10th Floor.

“We lost our homeland due to a penalty from the Tower of Trials.”

After that, they entered the Tower.

“We needed the Tower’s power to rebuild our land. So we began collecting what we needed—Starlight Stones, Magical Stones, and so on. That’s when we learned that in ancient times, other dwarves had entered this Tower of Trials, and documents of their ancient techniques lay on the 10th Floor.”

The 10th Floor.
Once we realized the most critical item for rebuilding our land was there, we set it as our goal and began climbing the Tower.

“I served as the main force. And the dwarf called Cadron was leading the vanguard.”

Cadron, who led the vanguard, was the heir to the dwarf city that had vanished due to the penalty.

“We climbed together. But in that process, we came to realize how dangerous the path to the 10th Floor was. We learned that more than half—or even more—of those here could die.”

Realizing that, Uref said they should abandon the ascent.
That they should rebuild their land with their own strength, without the ancient techniques.
But Cadron opposed it.

“That ancient technology was supposed to be the key to rebuilding our land. But we concluded there’s no need to obtain it at the cost of sacrificing what few comrades remain.”

We thought it had ended there, but Cadron took those who agreed with him and climbed the Tower unilaterally.

“It’s sad, but I thought it was possible. Then a problem arose.”

As Cadron’s vanguard progressed, penalties began falling upon those who remained behind.

“We too had to clear the floors that the vanguard ahead had conquered. If we didn’t…… we faced a death penalty.”

So Uref’s main force had no choice but to climb as well.

“As we climbed…… we witnessed shocking things.”

Uref clenched his fist.

“Our injured comrades. Cadron abandoned them. He said the injured were a burden and advanced, leaving them behind.”

At Uref’s words, the dwarves behind lowered their heads.

“You can see for yourself. There are hardly any healthy dwarves left in this main force.”

There had been many injured to begin with, but now they had to care for those abandoned by the vanguard as well, and the burden only grew heavier.

“But you still have to climb.”
“Yes. There’s no dwarf willing to sit idle and die.”

‘So that was the reason.’

Yujun nodded.

‘Those who climb the Tower carry many different reasons.’

Back when Yujun was captivated by the Tower of Infinity, he hadn’t regarded the Tower’s lore as particularly important.
He’d thought of it as merely constructed fiction.
But the moment the Tower of Infinity became reality.

‘Every story became real.’

It was not fabricated narrative.
These people were living reality.
That choice to abandon the weak and press forward.

‘I thought it was natural.’

Wasn’t that optimization?
But it shouldn’t be that way.

‘Of course, it must have been an unavoidable situation. There’s endless justification possible.’

“……Now that you’ve heard the whole story, your thoughts may have changed.”

Did they have a chance?
A possibility of climbing the Tower?

Uref knew the answer.
They had no hope.
It was nearly impossible for them, with their current strength and condition, to reach the 10th Floor.

“You seem to have forgotten what I said earlier.”

Yujun smiled faintly.

“You can all reach the 10th Floor. You’ve met me.”

* * *

Yujun immediately scanned Uref.

-Deep Scan!
-Scanning dwarf, Uref!

-[Uref] Overall Grade S
-Body: [S]
-Mind: [A]
-Special Conditions: Muscle Fiber Fatigue, Mana Calcification
-Awakened Ability: Iron Bone
-Mana Purity 25%
-Body Efficiency 60%

Overall Grade S.

‘Dwarves possess Awakened Abilities different from ordinary humans.’

The abilities one could obtain varied by race.

‘Iron Bone.’

It was an ability that increased bone density, making the body momentarily tougher.

‘But it has a major flaw.’

That flaw was listed precisely in the special conditions.

‘Muscle Fiber Fatigue. Right now it just says fatigue, but.’

Whoosh—
Yujun examined his muscles closely.

‘It’s much closer to rupture.’

This was the chronic disease of Iron Bone.

‘They should grow together, but he never grew the muscles.’

Fundamentally, only bones grow stronger through Iron Bone ability.

‘As Iron Bone grows stronger, the muscles must grow with it, but he neglected that.’

Crack—
Yujun examined his body more carefully.
The grain of the muscles.
The density of the muscles.
Deeper still.
Micro-fractures cut through.

‘Already extensively ruptured.’

There were multiple rupture sites, and many more on the verge of rupture.
If he continued using Iron Bone in this state, he would reach a point of no return.

‘He’d become a dwarf unable to use his muscles.’

These people’s center of power comes from the strength that erupts from their mighty bodies.
If that disappeared, so would their identity as dwarves.

Crack—
Yujun’s eyes checked the other dwarves.

‘Even Uref in this condition is far better than the other dwarves.’

Of course, only better among these.

‘In terms of level, roughly S-rank.’

Uref, measured by human Awakener standards, was right at the threshold of S-rank.
In the dwarf’s characteristic powerful lower body, a very faint golden glow was visible.

‘This is perfect.’

Red glow, micro-fractures, faint golden light.

‘With training, he can soar.’

This sort of training was among the easiest and most enjoyable kinds for Yujun.
Yujun immediately deployed his domain.

‘Let me verify first.’

-Training Domain is declared!
-Training Efficiency increases!

Then he promptly drew out the Geumgang Iron Staff and swung it without hesitation.
Thud—

“Don’t move for a moment.”

‘The skin is very tough.’

Ordinary strikes couldn’t deal proper damage to this skin.
Uref instinctively tried to dodge the sudden staff strike, but stopped at Yujun’s words.

“Now move as you normally would.”

At Yujun’s instruction, Uref grasped the axe at his waist and swung it as usual.
Whoosh—
Yujun observed Uref carefully.

“Powerful force exploding from the lower body. Yet Mana isn’t reaching that lower body sufficiently.”

Thud—. Thud—. Thud—.

“And you’re overusing Mana. Likely from emotion.”

Right now he was urgent.
His mind was filled with the thought that he must reach the 10th Floor, and his body was tense from the heavy responsibility of leading these dwarves.

“Try using Iron Bone.”

His Awakened Ability was Iron Bone.

‘A power that makes bones as hard as steel, turning them into weapons.’

He slightly furrowed his brow and activated Iron Bone.
Crunch—!
Yujun’s eyebrows twitched at the suddenly intensifying red glow.

“……How is it?”
“The condition is serious. You must have been in pain every time you used the ability.”
“…….”

He had only observed.
By understanding his condition through observation alone, Uref began to trust Yujun even more deeply.

“Yes. That’s right.”

Uref slightly furrowed his brow.

“Iron Bone is…… essentially unusable right now.”

He frankly disclosed his condition.
Muscle injury from Iron Bone.
Every time he used it, his whole body would swell, fever would develop, and the ability was practically sealed.

“It wasn’t like this before.”
“It’s a Discordance State.”

Yujun continued immediately, as if he understood.

“Your Iron Bone ability has advanced considerably, but muscle growth hasn’t kept pace.”

It was as expected.

“So I trained my muscles intensively.”

Uref spoke with a bitter expression.

“But it didn’t work. No matter how much I strengthened my muscles, the moment I used Iron Bone, the same situation repeated.”

Then he sighed.

“This would be…… difficult to train in a short period, wouldn’t it?”

Muscle strengthening required repeated training over a long time.

“Is there perhaps a different approach……?”
“It’s possible.”
“……!”

At Yujun’s words, Uref thought there might be another way to resolve this Iron Bone issue.

“Then with that method…….”
“No.”

But Yujun’s “possible” meant something different.

“I meant that short-term training is possible.”
“Muscle…… strengthening, you mean?”

Yujun smiled faintly.

“Yes.”

For a human, rapid muscle growth would be impossible.
But Uref was a dwarf.

‘If I utilize the dwarf’s racial traits well, it’s easily possible.’

Yujun immediately used a skill.

-Bestowing Hidden Trait!

‘There’s a Hidden Trait that can enhance a dwarf’s superior physical abilities.’

Shimmer—
Many Hidden Traits that the dwarf Uref could learn began appearing.
Yujun found the desired Hidden Trait among them.

-Hidden Trait: Muscle Growth Gate

‘Found it.’

That was the Hidden Trait Yujun sought.

-Required Points: 100,000P

It required a full hundred thousand Points, but Yujun didn’t hesitate.

“Bestow Hidden Trait.”

-Hidden Trait has been bestowed!

The moment the Hidden Trait opened, muscles began writhing across Uref’s entire body.

“Beginning training.”

Yujun twirled the Geumgang Iron Staff and drove it straight into Uref’s body.

Boom—!

“From now on, all your muscles will be under intense strain.”

Ultra-short-term muscle growth.

“It will be somewhat painful, but you must endure it. I’ll guide you through the shortcut.”

Shreeiek—!
At Yujun’s gesture, Uref swung his axe once more.

“Huh?”

Then he became confused.

“W-Why is this happening?”

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