I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 246

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Transcendent Genius Trainer – Episode 246

Director Lee Ji-tae headed straight for the Tower of Ashes.
And what greeted his eyes was this:

-Kang Yu-jun: 7th Floor Cleared.
-Average Clear Grade: S

…….

It was exactly as they’d discussed in England.
Yujun had cleared all the way to the 7th Floor.
And the clear grade was S-rank throughout.

“It’s one thing that he keeps clearing, but how does he maintain an S-rank grade consistently?”

It was already astonishing that he continued raiding, but what truly bewildered him was the steady stream of S-rank grades.

“They were amazed by this in England too. Said their jaws practically hit the floor.”
“Even A-rank is supposedly extremely rare.”

Director Lee Ji-tae let out a low whistle.
Here was Kang Yu-jun, consistently maintaining S-rank grades that far surpassed the already-difficult A-rank achievement.

“But… when do you think Trainer Kang will emerge?”

Vice Director Seo Kang-cheol, who’d come along, felt both exhilarated and anxious about the situation.

“Everything Trainer Kang asked us to prepare is already coming through.”

The overseas training requests that Kang Yu-jun had asked for were now arriving in steady waves.
Nations hit hard by the recent Penalty, along with those seeking entirely new training programs, had all emerged—and every single one of them was searching for Kang Yu-jun.

“There’s even a request from someone claiming they caught a peculiar Demon Beast in the Tower of Ashes and asking for training.”

Those who had entrusted their training to Yujun—the first person ever to train both Demon Beasts and Phantom Beasts—waited for him with desperate longing.

“Could it be… that he intends to clear all the way to the 10th Floor?”

At Vice Director Seo Kang-cheol’s words, Director Lee Ji-tae’s expression turned grave.

“If that’s the case…”
“We become the leading nation.”

Currently, the vanguard of Tower raids was dominated by advanced Awakener nations like England, America, and Germany.

“How many people are dying from the Penalty right now!”

Vice Director Seo Kang-cheol’s voice rose.
Luxembourg, India, Mexico…
Countless nations were suffering catastrophic losses, unable to bear the Penalty.

“We have to stop this immediately…”

Yet the advanced Awakener nations were pouring their hearts into understanding and exploiting the value of the byproducts obtained from the Tower.

“They’re saying the efficiency is dozens of times greater than before.”
“And that matters more than human lives?”
“It matters. After all, it’s not their own people dying.”

Director Lee Ji-tae shook his head grimly.

“But now we don’t have to be dragged along.”

Rather than negotiating over Tower conquest, they wanted the Magic Stones that came from it.
Beyond that, they coveted Trainer Kang Yu-jun’s training services and promising prospects as well.
But if it came to that, everything changed.

“Is he… bearing all of this alone with all this in mind?”

At Director Lee Ji-tae’s words, Vice Director Seo Kang-cheol began to clap sharply, his head nodding vigorously.

“That’s it. That’s the answer, Director!”
“But… how is he clearing it right now?”

None of them understood why Yujun was suddenly raiding the Tower alone.
In the first place, this wasn’t a Tower that a single Trainer could clear alone—how was this even possible?
It made no sense that Trainer Yujun was clearing it solo.

“Did he learn something like a clone technique?”

At Vice Director Seo Kang-cheol’s absurd remark, Director Lee Ji-tae’s expression turned serious.
It was normally dismissible talk, but with Yujun, there was a real possibility he’d actually learned it.

“Or did he train the monsters inside and make them his allies?”
“Ha-ha-ha-! Director, a clone technique would sound more plausible!”

* * *

8th Floor of the Tower of Ashes.
The dwarves set down their axes on the ground with weary faces.

Thud!

“We need to hold a meeting.”

These were the vanguard dwarves who had abandoned Uref and the others and pressed ahead.
A makeshift tent.
Inside that tent, the dwarves began a heated debate.

“The 8th Floor has multiple Conquest Conditions. In our current situation, what we can do is avoid the Lizardmen as much as possible and find the magic circle on this floor to destroy it. That should open the path to the 9th Floor.”
“And we’ve been unable to find it for days now.”
“We can’t even confirm whether it exists at all.”

The first Conquest Condition of the 8th Floor was the destruction of that magic circle.

“Or we could face the duplicates from the labyrinth and defeat them.”
“We’ve lost over thirty times. To them.”

The 8th Floor’s concept was harsher than any other floor.
At the center lay what was called the Mirror Labyrinth, where exact copies of themselves emerged—duplicates replicated down to every detail.

Combat style.
Strength.
Weapons.
To defeat a duplicate that copied everything perfectly required simultaneous growth and combat.
But such a thing couldn’t possibly be easy.
And so they continued to circle the 8th Floor, deliberating on conquest methods.

“There’s no way.”
“The only method available to us now is to exterminate every last Lizardman and clear the 8th Floor that way.”

Another dwarf immediately protested.

“Does that sound reasonable to you?”
“Haven’t we already experienced how strong the Lizardmen are!”

They had already fought Lizardmen on the 7th Floor.

“They have something to protect. If we launch a concentrated assault centered on the Lizardman Queen…”

One dwarf who had been listening to all the discussion rose to his feet.
A dwarf whose head was a full head taller than the others.
It was Kadron, the vanguard commander leading them all.

“I’ve heard your opinions.”

He then turned his gaze across all the gathered dwarves.

“But realistically speaking, exterminating all the Lizardmen isn’t an easy task.”

And since they couldn’t clear the Mirror Labyrinth, in the end there was only one method left.
Something they hadn’t yet attempted. They had to try it now.

“Now is the time to attempt what we haven’t tried. Otherwise, we can never reach the 10th Floor. We won’t be able to execute the only method to revive our race.”

A dwarf asked Kadron, who gripped his axe with fierce determination.

“What method are you considering?”
“Eliminate the Lizardman Queen.”

Among the various conquest methods for the 8th Floor, they had been the first to cross out this option—the death of the Lizardman Queen.

…!
…!
“The Lizardman… Queen…?”

The other dwarves were deeply taken aback that he would choose this method.
The Lizardman Queen dwelt in the very depths of the Lizardman Nest, guarded with ironclad security.
That was precisely why they had eliminated this conquest method from consideration from the start.
Exterminating all Lizardmen seemed far more plausible by comparison.

“Are you truly thinking of doing that?”

The other dwarves asked in bewilderment at this unexpected conclusion.

“It’s the only way.”

Kadron’s face bore the look of a decision already made.

“I want all of you to reach the 10th Floor with me. Not a single one of you should fall behind.”

At those words, the dwarves suddenly recalled the comrades they had left behind and abandoned.

“But if circumstances force us otherwise… then it cannot be helped.”
….
“Then how… will you deal with the Lizardman Queen?”
“We’ll lure away the Lizardmen and assassinate the Lizardman Queen.”

It was a simple plan.
There was no chance of winning through direct combat.
So they had no choice but to resort to stratagem.

“I’ll keep moving at the center and draw their attention. Just ensure their eyes stay on me, and I’ll handle the rest. Besides, the Lizardman Queen herself is already gravely wounded. Once we break through her guardians, the Queen will be easy to put down.”

Kadron possessed unwavering confidence.

“Only two more floors to go. If we can just obtain the ancient dwarven documents waiting there, our clan can be reborn.”

He raised his axe high.

“For the Black Stone Clan!”
“For the Black Stone Clan–!”

* * *

Deep within the Lizardman Nest.
Crackle—. Crackle, crackle!

“There she is. Our Queen.”

The Lizardman Queen lay before him.
She was vastly larger than ordinary Lizardmen, and above all, carried a distinct nobility.

‘The color is different.’

Her coloring alone made it immediately apparent that she stood apart, special even among her kind.
Yujun’s eyes pierced through to the heart of the Lizardman Queen.

‘Her body shouldn’t even still be alive.’

“I apologize that I can only receive you in such a state.”

The Lizardman Queen lay upon a constructed bed.

‘Her life force is draining away.’

The vitality weakening with each moment.
She seemed to have precious little remaining.

“Can you help me? Human.”
“Can you help us, my Queen?”

Yujun drew closer to the Lizardman Queen.

-True Eye activates!
-Thought Acceleration!

He reads.
He pierces through.

-Heterogeneous Species Detoxification Skill activated!

The Lizardman Queen was unlike ordinary Lizardmen.
Formidable power.

‘A far stronger nature.’

Yujun quickly grasped what the problem was.
Cold blood, venom, joints…
He needed to identify which part was now failing.

…!

Yujun seized the Geumgang Iron Staff.
Then, without hesitation, he brought it down hard against the tail that protruded from the bed’s edge.
Crash————!

“Found it. The problem.”

The problem that was draining her life force away.

“The poison is backflowing.”

The venom unique to Lizardmen, created to counter enemies, was flowing backward through her body.

‘The Queen’s poison is generated in her tail, unlike other Lizardmen.’

An extremely potent venom that coursed backward, consuming her life force.

…!
…!
“Then that means…”
“It’s why her body is now completely broken. She could die at any moment now.”

The Lizardmen trembled violently across their entire frames.
It could not be.
Their Queen must not perish!

“I’ll begin Training immediately.”

But then.

“The… the dwarves are attacking outside!”
“The dwarf bastards are here!”

Uref and the other Lizardmen’s expressions hardened.
Yet they immediately gripped their weapons.

“We’ll finish them off.”

Uref looked toward Yujun.
But Yujun shook his head.

“Wait here.”
“…Yes?”

Uref repeated, surprised that he was being refused.

“They’ll likely come here.”

‘Though the conquest might differ from what I know.’

The Conquest Conditions of the 8th Floor likely held multiple paths to victory.

‘With a monster nest like this, defeating the most powerful being within would complete the conquest.’

On the 8th Floor, the Lizardman Queen would naturally qualify as that supreme adversary.

‘So they’ll come here.’

Drawing attention from outside and approaching for assassination—that was the conventional approach.

“If you trust me, please wait here.”

Uref nodded despite his confusion.
They had no choice but to trust Yujun.

“Very well.”

Yujun gripped the Geumgang Iron Staff once more and looked at the Lizardman Queen.

“Let’s begin.”
Ding!
As Yujun prepared to start Training, a new alert appeared before his eyes.

-Incubation Skill effect activates!
-Successfully training the Lizardman Queen will allow you to inherit the power of the Lizardmen!

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