I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 138

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Transcendent Genius Trainer – Chapter 138

Meanwhile, when the association chairman entered the café, he froze solid at the sight of the two people.
Kang Yu-jun was here—in the actual hero’s café.
It looked like he was there to conduct proper training.

“Huh.”
“I’m Kang Yu-jun. It’s my pleasure to meet you, Chairman.”

At Yujun’s greeting, Ryu Jung-hwan snapped back to attention.
Then he immediately extended his hand to Yujun.

“I’m Ryu Jung-hwan. First, congratulations. I should have rushed over to offer my congratulations right away, but various matters piled up. I’m afraid I haven’t done my job as chairman properly.”

Yujun grasped the hand extended to him and studied the man.
Crackle—.
The Eyes of Truth – Extreme now scanned his opponent naturally without Yujun having to exert any effort.
Scanning an Awakener required more force and they could sense it, but this light scan came naturally.

Whoosh—.

Ryu Jung-hwan was a former trainer turned association chairman.
Because of this, a golden light blazed forth from his eyes.
Whoooosh—!

Ryu Jung-hwan’s power seemed considerable—though not quite on par with Sarah Jennings, whom Yujun had encountered during the dragon training.

‘Seeing it in person, I feel it anew.’

Baek Do-gyun, whom Yujun had exchanged words with at the Gate Front, was emanating an even stronger aura.

‘Below Master Do-gyun’s level.’

It was perhaps natural, given that the chairman had been away from active duty for a long time while handling association work.

‘But why did he come?’

“May I ask if there’s a particular reason for your visit?”
“The director sent this. He said to bring it with me on my way here.”

And with that, he revealed the main purpose as well.

“The association has decided to officially support Trainer Kang Yu-jun. So I’ve come to observe your training.”

At the mention of official association support, Yujun smiled.
He’d already been planning to visit the association anyway.

‘With the association’s support, I’ll be able to conduct far more diverse training.’

The Management Bureau was, in general, a ministry for Awakeners.
But the Trainer Association was a place exclusively for trainers—not only providing support for trainers, but also receiving numerous requests directed at them.

‘He came in person. I won’t have to do the work twice.’

It seemed he’d come here through discussion with the director, but he looked very flustered by the current situation.

‘He must have only just learned that he’s training the hero.’

It appeared he’d only just heard that the hero was being trained.
To come as an errand runner in such circumstances—the situation was bound to be quite bewildering.
But for Yujun, it was actually a favorable situation.

‘Perfect for a demonstration.’

The chairman’s expression was far from pleased.
It wasn’t that he was upset about coming as a messenger.

“Why is this so… difficult…”

The chairman had decided that since the association was now officially supporting Yujun, he should think of him as an association-certified trainer.
Of course, Yujun hadn’t formally joined the association, but if one took a broader view and considered him a trainer affiliated with South Korea, then the chairman was his senior, wasn’t he?

Naturally, as a senior, he absolutely could not recommend such training.
Who was the hero?
A great Awakener, yes—but one could also view him as a graveyard for trainers.
Many trainers’ ascent had stalled after attempting to train him, and he himself had failed at it back then.
This was a gravely poor decision.

The boldness of a young upstart trainer was admirable.
He’d been like that once, in his youth.
But this wasn’t something that could be understood in such terms.
This was, without doubt, foolish recklessness.
Yet the chairman swallowed the words that would come from his experience.

‘…But I am curious.’

Baek Do-gyun’s unwavering confidence.
No matter how he thought about it, that man would never easily admit defeat or lavishly praise an opponent.

“I’ll just stay here and observe, if that’s all right?”

He intended to confirm directly whether Kang Yu-jun lived up to his S-rank License.
Yujun nodded at the chairman’s words.

“With a great senior watching, that’s even better.”

At those words, Baek Hyun-jin’s brow twitched.
The more he looked, the more remarkable it was.
A great senior watching, so it’s actually good?
Not a burden?

“I never expected such a trainer to emerge in South Korea.”
“Thank you for the praise. Then let’s head to the training grounds right away.”

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Ilsan Lafesta Training Ground.
This was the largest training ground in Ilsan.
Though somewhat aged, it was equipped with all the facilities necessary for training.

“It’s been a while.”

During the height of treating and training the hero, he’d come to this Lafesta training ground quite often.

“There used to be so many people here. But now there are barely any.”

Of course, that didn’t mean there was no one at all.
They were Awakeners from guilds operating primarily in Ilsan.

“Oh.”
“I’ve seen that person somewhere before.”
“That’s the hero.”
“No, not the hero. The trainer next to him! Isn’t that Trainer Kang Yu-jun!”
“Huh. The trainer from the dragon training?”
“Didn’t he just return to the country recently?”
“Wow, crazy. And now he’s training the hero?”

The fact that Yujun was training the hero hadn’t yet become public knowledge.
So the onlookers found it quite remarkable but simultaneously couldn’t help shaking their heads.

“Why would he train the hero?”
“It won’t work anyway.”
“When momentum is this good, wouldn’t it be better to do better training?”

An Awakener who appeared to have experience muttered with concern.
Having been active in Ilsan for a long time, he’d witnessed Baek Hyun-jin’s training attempts several times.

“Back then, I thought I was witnessing a moment that would go down in history. But it kept failing.”
“It’s not that the trainer’s skill is lacking. It’s that his physical condition is at its worst.”

All the trainers who’d attempted to train Baek Hyun-jin back then were doing well now.
They’d all concluded that the failure wasn’t due to the trainer’s absolute power but rather Baek Hyun-jin’s catastrophic physical condition.
Meanwhile, Yujun paid no attention to these reactions and focused entirely on Baek Hyun-jin.

“Then let me conduct a proper diagnosis first.”

Crackle—.
He’d felt it earlier.
Though Baek Hyun-jin’s internal circuits were said to have burned out entirely, shards of tremendous power still remained.

‘Not remaining power in the true sense.’

Ash left over after everything burned away.
That ash was currently pushing back against the Eyes of Truth – Extreme.

Crackle-crack—!
So Yujun regulated the mana within his body.

‘The stats I’ve built up with the Incubation skill.’

He focused mana simultaneously into his eyes.
Crackle—. Crackle-crack—.

This training had much riding on it.
Achievement for training an SS-rank Awakener.
And training an untalented person to acquire the essential Ability Enhancement skill.
It was also an opportunity to prove he deserved his S-rank License, and a chance to rise to the position of a trainer representing South Korea.

‘A chance to move up another level in many ways.’

If he succeeded with this training, reaching Level 5 should be effortless.

‘But more than anything.’

All those previous reasons were merely pretexts.
Yujun was enjoying the training.

Crackle—!

-Scanning SS-rank Awakener, Baek Hyun-jin!

Baek Hyun-jin was an SS-rank Awakener.

-Successfully scanned an SS-rank Awakener!
-Your level is insufficient to confirm all stats.
-Proficiency increased for scanning a target of different caliber!
-Achievement acquired!
-Achievement [SS-rank Scan] unlocked.

Yujun marveled at Baek Hyun-jin’s condition.

-[Baek Hyun-jin] Overall Grade: S
-Body: [SS]
-Spirit: [S]
-Stats: [Strength ? /90] [Stamina ? /90] [Agility ? /90]
-Awakened Ability: Sword Saint
-Potential: ?
-Peculiarities: ?
-Mana Clarity: 1%
-Body Efficiency: 1%

Truly a radiant status window.
Golden light shimmered around his body, spirit, and stats.

‘Insane.’

In the Tower of Infinity’s terms, he was a Legend-rank Awakener.
If such an Awakener were in his team, he’d want for nothing.

His Awakened Ability was Sword Saint.
An ability that generated a sword and wielded tremendous power based on that blade.

‘Legend-rank body, Legend-rank ability.’

His status window made it abundantly clear why he’d become South Korea’s hero.

‘I always wondered how he handled the Great Catastrophe alone.’

At one time, many posts questioning the hero Baek Hyun-jin had circulated online.
During the Great Catastrophe, the monsters pouring from the Tower were so overwhelmingly powerful that very few videos remained.
Only a handful of recordings existed, and they were all blurry.
This skepticism had arisen from that, but seeing it firsthand, he now understood how absurd those doubts were.

‘He could have split mountains and cleaved seas. He possessed that much power.’

But now it was all empty.
Mana Clarity at 1%, and Body Efficiency also at 1%.

‘No lower stat displays below this level.’

The status window never shows 0%.

‘Body damage, spirit damage, and my level is too low to see the detailed stats.’

The peculiarities were obscured with question marks, and everything was generally hazy.

‘I got the achievement from scanning, but…’

It felt incomplete for a thorough scan.
The priority was to directly probe his internal structure.

‘What I see with Eyes of Truth shows just an empty interior.’

Circuits burned out.
The Mana Road itself was essentially gone—hardly worthy of the name.
No embers remained; only ash was left.
A situation where he couldn’t even grasp where to begin.
Yujun first tried injecting mana with the Crystal Stone Staff.
Crack—.
But the residual power suddenly thrust him back.

‘Only ash remains, yet the resistance is fierce.’

Yujun gripped the Crystal Stone Staff again.

‘This isn’t about forcing it in. I need technique.’

Yujun recalled his first training of Yu Je-na.
Back then, he’d possessed far less than he did now.
He’d trained Yu Je-na with nothing but experience.

‘I’m far better now.’

Whoosh—.
Watching Yujun, Baek Hyun-jin offered a bitter smile.

“It won’t be easy to approach. Sorry to say, but I can’t control it either. All that’s left in me is the minimum power to guarantee my own safety.”
“Mm.”

The association chairman Ryu Jung-hwan also nodded at those words.
Back then too, the residual power was so substantial that diagnosing the interior had been extremely difficult.
If he tried to force his way in, the power could suddenly overwhelm Yujun and snap him like a twig.
It had to be approached carefully.

First hurdle.
Without handling this, not even a diagnosis was possible.
Training was out of the question—even diagnosis would be hard.

“It’s fine.”

Yujun injected mana again with a composed expression.

Crack—. Crack-snap—!

At this sight, the Trainer Association chairman spoke with concern.

“If you force your way in…!”

Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh—.
Yujun’s mana flowed like a snake into his body.

Slip-slip-slip-slip—.
Squelch-squelch.
Instantly, Baek Hyun-jin’s defense system tried to annihilate Yujun.
But Yujun lightly sidestepped.

‘Let it flow past.’

Ding—!
-Skill acquired!
-Skill [Lightning Rod] has awakened!
-Proficiency for the Awakener Training System increases!

“Forcing his way in…?”

The chairman’s eyes went wide.

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