I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 12

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Transcendent Genius Trainer Episode 12

Ten days.

Some might call it a long time, but it was far too short to educate an Awakened Youth.

“There’s nothing you can change in ten days.”

“It’s tough luck taking on trainee Kim Gyo-jun.”

“It’s different from Woo Ha-na, completely different from Woo Ha-na.”

Trainer Team Office.

The trainers were all saying the same thing.

Trainee Kim Gyo-jun, whom Yujun had chosen, had far too low potential.

Even though he had undergone extreme training for ten days, it was hard to expect significant changes.

Ability aside, stamina wasn’t something that could be raised in a short period.

“He received good evaluations with Woo Ha-na, but this is unfortunate.”

“Well, it’s early in his career. Even if trainee Kim Gyo-jun gets expelled, Trainer Kang will be able to continue his winning streak!”

Everyone thought Yujun wouldn’t be able to prevent Kim Gyo-jun’s expulsion.

* * *

Meanwhile, in the Guild Master’s Office.

“Manager Kim.”

Ten days had passed and the day of internal evaluation had arrived.

Guild Master Lee Hyeok-jun called Manager Kim from the Trainer Team. He planned to inspect the Youth first with Manager Kim before the internal evaluation.

“What we need to pay most attention to today are the members up for expulsion.”

Internal evaluations were conducted coldly.

About once every three times, they would expel Youth who failed to meet standards, and the Guild Master evaluated these expulsion members strictly.

This was because there had been several cases where Youth who were expelled without proper evaluation due to their own problems later bloomed with talent at other guilds.

In such cases, it would be fortunate if they only felt bitter inside.

If that situation spread through SNS or YouTube, it would become quite troublesome.

A guild with no eye for talent.

A guild that missed promising Awakened.

They would face all kinds of ridicule and could become a guild that Awakened would avoid, so they had to proceed as carefully as possible.

“What do you think will happen today?”

At the Guild Master’s question, Manager Kim made a thoughtful expression.

“It’s only been ten days.”

“This is a completely different case from Woo Ha-na. Woo Ha-na was full of potential, but Kim Gyo-jun… well, based on our long observation, the possibility of him growing into an Awakened who meets the guild’s standards is infinitely low.”

“Are you saying zero percent?”

“Close to that.”

Manager Kim said this but added more words.

“Trainer Kang Yu-jun might be able to change various things in ten days. But it won’t be easy to withdraw the expulsion.”

The possibility of changing Kim Gyo-jun in just ten days was close to zero.

Even if they trained him for a longer period, it was questionable whether he would meet Sky Guild’s standards.

While Kang Yu-jun’s successful training of Woo Ha-na was highly evaluated, this time with Kim Gyo-jun didn’t seem easy.

“Rather, it will be good experience for Trainer Kang. It’s better to experience failure early.”

It would be his first failure as a trainer, but it wasn’t necessarily bad. To become a better trainer, one must also experience failure.

“It would be much better to assign him kids with potential. It would also be good to assign Trainer Kang the kids who will participate in this inter-guild Youth evaluation battle.”

“Let’s discuss it together after this internal evaluation ends.”

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The internal evaluation consisted of mock training.

They would wear training VR equipment to create an environment like the Tower and proceed with strategy.

They could go to the actual Tower for evaluation, but there might be accidents in the unlikely event.

Moreover, this was much better for Youth evaluation.

If they held back thinking they wouldn’t die, that would also be reflected in their evaluation scores, so the trainees being evaluated had to give their all.

“It will proceed exactly the same as the previous internal evaluation.”

Manager Kim finished speaking and displayed a huge screen.

The screen showed the trainee receiving the internal evaluation. The screen in the video was unmistakably the Tower itself.

“Eliminate all monsters.”

Elimination wasn’t the end.

“Use all the abilities you possess. And.”

To receive high scores in the internal evaluation, they had to show all their abilities.

In addition to that, there was one more important thing.

“The time limit is 15 minutes.”

Time limit.

They must not exceed this 15-minute time limit.

Time was also important in actual combat.

So exceeding the limited time would result in point deductions.

“Then, in first order…”

The internal evaluation began in earnest.

“Start!”

Each trainee began to showcase their abilities.

Guild Leader Lee Hyeok-jun and Manager Kim Do-hun, who were in charge of the evaluation, observed the trainees’ performance with hawk-like eyes.

Screech-!

The monsters that appeared were goblins.

Though they were commonly seen monsters in the Tower, these goblins implemented in VR had bloodshot eyes.

This meant they weren’t ordinary goblins.

“They said it would be the same as before…”

“It seems like the monster level has increased.”

“But did their numbers decrease a bit?”

Instead of the monsters’ level increasing, the number of monsters had decreased.

“This won’t be easy…”

Sure enough, the trainees who were flustered by the goblins’ appearance, which was different from what they had seen in the Tower, allowed attacks to get through.

But the confusion was only momentary.

The trainees quickly began to utilize their abilities and overwhelm the goblins.

“Evaluation complete!”

Clear time: 14 minutes and 30 seconds.

They barely made it within the time limit.

“Hmm…”

“Their ability utilization isn’t bad.”

Lee Hyeok-jun and Kim Do-hun exchanged words and made their evaluation.

“Next!”

The evaluations continued in order after that.

“Next, please come forward!”

The next turn.

Finally, it was the turn of the trainee everyone was paying attention to.

Kim Gyo-jun.

Everyone focused on Kim Gyo-jun as he stepped forward.

“There doesn’t seem to be much change…”

“Ten days is too short.”

Manager Kim and the trainers shook their heads as they looked at Kim Gyo-jun.

They had heard that a full ten days, which amounted to 100 hours, had been invested in him.

“His eyes do look different though…”

But Kim Gyo-jun was still Kim Gyo-jun.

On the surface, there didn’t seem to be much change.

“If we continue training him like this, he might change…”

Unfortunately, it would be much more efficient to invest that time in other trainees.

If the effort put into Kim Gyo-jun were directed toward other trainees, they would be able to become stronger much faster.

Similarly, the trainees were also having different thoughts as they looked at Kim Gyo-jun.

“Woo Ha-na had experience and talent after all…”

“There’s nothing we can do about Gyo-jun, honestly.”

Kim Gyo-jun is hardworking.

Everyone knew that well.

But among Sky Guild’s trainees, there wasn’t a single person who didn’t work hard.

In the end, it comes down to talent.

Woo Ha-na had also added bone-grinding effort to her overflowing talent.

But before meeting Kang Yu-jun, she couldn’t overcome her weaknesses and her position was becoming unfavorable.

If Woo Ha-na, who was considered the best among Sky Guild’s Youth in terms of talent and ability alone, was like that, there was no need to mention Kim Gyo-jun.

“Next time it’s me. It has to be me.”

Woo Ha-na had been reborn by Kang Yu-jun’s hands.

The trainees who knew this fact well wanted to catch Kang Yu-jun’s eye somehow.

While Manager Kim’s team of trainers taught well, compared to Kang Yu-jun’s training, it was far too ordinary.

“It seems like Trainer Kang provides personalized education.”

“I heard he trained Gyo-jun that way too.”

“They say he even uses his personal time to train people.”

They wanted to receive intensive training.

They thought that if they received training from Kang Yu-jun, they too might be able to soar.

“Please begin.”

With Manager Kim’s words, Kim Gyo-jun’s internal evaluation began.

Shaaaak-.

The monsters appeared.

Kim Gyo-jun is an Awakened with weapon enhancement abilities.

His combat pattern centered around the sword at his waist.

Shaaaaak-!

The monsters began to charge.

Five goblins wielding massive clubs rushed at him simultaneously.

Clang-!

Kim Gyo-jun, using weapon enhancement, blocked the club of the charging goblin.

Manager Kim, who was watching, frowned.

He shouldn’t be going on the defensive now.

One of Kim Gyo-jun’s weaknesses was that he couldn’t maintain weapon enhancement for long.

In such a situation, choosing defense would consume more mana and rapidly drain his stamina as well.

He hadn’t been able to overcome this weakness until now. Ten days was too short.

If more time had been given, he would have highlighted strengths rather than weaknesses.

“At this rate, he won’t be able to show anything, let alone highlight his strengths…”

Lee Hyeok-jun nodded at Manager Kim’s words.

Kim Gyo-jun’s specs were truly at a pitiful level.

“Even focusing on his strengths wouldn’t be enough. He probably couldn’t follow Trainer Kang’s education properly.”

Guild Leader Lee Hyeok-jun and Manager Kim glanced at Yujun with regretful expressions.

But contrary to their thoughts, Yujun was smiling.

“Huh?”

Kwaaak-!

And Kim Gyo-jun began to show them the reason for his smile.

Kim Gyo-jun suddenly increased his speed and slashed through the goblins.

The two men involuntarily shot up from their seats.

“H-how…?”

Kim Gyo-jun’s biggest problem was stamina.

This wasn’t something that could be fixed in a short period.

Yet Kim Gyo-jun was moving vigorously.

He deflected the goblins’ attacks directly and counterattacked, taking down one goblin.

Kwaaak-.

He had taken down a goblin faster than any other trainee who had undergone internal evaluation.

“This is impossible…!”

“What happened to him?”

Kim Gyo-jun was completely transformed.

After taking down one goblin, Kim Gyo-jun continued with his footwork.

He pressed the goblins with rapid consecutive attacks.

Watching him, it seemed like he had no stamina problems whatsoever.

Seeing this, Yujun crossed his arms.

‘I completely reformed his mana utilization method.’

Kim Gyo-jun no longer used mana to compensate for his weak body.

All his mana was focused on weapon enhancement—that is, attack power.

‘There’s no point in using mana to compensate for a weak body. The baseline expectations are so low that even investing in it wouldn’t yield positive results.’

So he had completely redirected it.

‘I made him invest everything in attack power.’

In other words, instead of dispersing mana, he was concentrating it all in one place.

Like a brightly burning candle.

‘Using mana for physical compensation was ingrained in his very instincts, so it would have been difficult to change. Even if told not to do it, it would be hard to change.’

Don’t use mana for physical enhancement, pour it all into attacks.

Even if he understood this mentally, he would instinctively consume mana for physical enhancement.

But Yujun had a skill.

‘I have Verbal Correction.’

On the third day of training.

Kim Gyo-jun had come to completely trust Yujun.

This was because Yujun’s training had rapidly transformed his body starting from the third day.

‘He must have felt the changes himself.’

Now he was a single sharp sword.

Yujun’s training had perfectly forged him.

‘Though his durability is quite low…’

If durability was low, then just don’t get hit.

Look.

Everyone was bewildered.

They were shocked.

Just ten days?

For Yujun, it was enough time to turn the situation around.

‘Those two must have expected it too.’

That he would leave the weaknesses alone and highlight the strengths.

But they were half right and half wrong.

Sshwaek-! Sshwaek-!

Kim Gyo-jun swung his sword like a man possessed.

The sword enhanced by weapon enhancement sliced right through the goblins’ clubs.

Who would think he had weak stamina seeing that display?

He hadn’t left the weakness alone.

He had completely hidden the weakness.

Making it appear as if it didn’t exist.

‘Just looking at that, it would seem like he even underwent stamina training in this short period.’

However, his stamina had only improved very slightly.

‘I wrapped his weakness with his strength.’

I had made it look plausible.

But this plausibility was what mattered.

‘Once an evaluation is made, that’s the end of it.’

Even if they revised the evaluation, they would have to reassess it in the next internal evaluation, and by that time I would be able to improve Kim Gyo-jun’s stamina.

‘Then there would be no problem.’

This was exactly the power of the Awakened Training System.

‘Other Trainers can’t do this.’

This rapid improvement was the result of perfectly utilizing the Awakened Training System.

With Yujun’s insight, he could see through an Awakened’s abilities and potential, then train them perfectly using the Awakened Training System.

‘I can educate them efficiently.’

The Awakened that Yujun taught were not constrained by time and circumstances.

Slash-! Slash-!

Kim Gyo-jun, who had instantly penetrated between the goblins, cut down even the fourth goblin.

He was breathing heavily but still seemed to have energy left.

‘Even seeing it again, his mental strength is excellent. He’s moving exactly as trained without a single error.’

His A-grade mental strength made this possible. Right now, his whole body would be trembling from exhaustion.

Yet he was still carrying out Yujun’s instruction to act somewhat relaxed.

Yujun smiled with satisfaction.

“Excellent, Trainee Kim Gyo-jun.”

Kim Gyo-jun brought down the last goblin.

“Huff…”

Then he barely managed to stand before slowly dropping to his knees.

9 minutes and 30 seconds.

“First place!”

It was the fastest time among all trainees who had taken the internal evaluation so far.

Everyone stared at Yujun with shocked eyes at that unbelievable result.

“Just what…”

What on earth had happened during those ten days?

What exactly had Yujun done?

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