I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 142

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Transcendent Genius Trainer Has Appeared – Episode 142

Shrieeeeek-!
Instant correction.
Baek Hyeon-jin barely dodged the joint assault from Fen and Tan, his body straining as if it might be torn apart.

As the Mana Road unfurled, he felt vitality surge through his entire frame.
Just moments ago, he’d been unable to find his footing.
Baek Hyeon-jin spoke to Yujun with an expression of astonishment.

“That was your ability, wasn’t it, Trainer?”

It was truly dramatic training.

“I’ve incurred a debt of life.”

The future had changed.
Baek Hyeon-jin closed his eyes for a moment.
What had his ability been?
Crafting a sword, and with that sword, changing all things.

Sword Saint.
The star of the sword.
Now, in his hands, that blade should be gripped.

-The Song of Destruction sings!
-Self-recovery speed increases!

Shriack-.
A sword took form in Baek Hyeon-jin’s hand.

Shimmer.
It was a blade of such beauty it seemed fashioned from the stars themselves.
Star Blade.
This was the name of that sword.

Whoooosh-.
Originally, this blade was forged from Baek Hyeon-jin’s own Mana.

“How long has it been?”

Baek Hyeon-jin gazed down at the sword, muttering in a voice laden with rue.
It had been a long time since a blade rested in his hands—hands that had lost everything.

“I thought I’d never hold one again.”

All fell silent before this magnificent sight.
The Awakeners of Ilsan too.
And the Association Director as well.
The Director in particular felt something stir within him at this spectacle.

Before he was a hero.
Back then, he wielded a sword and traversed countless towers.
He conquered towers that might have spiraled into a rampage, bringing calamity to civilians.
He protected the nation from illegally stationed Awakeners from overseas.

The memory of him cutting down monsters that poured from those irregular towers, which were far more frequent back then, surfaced in the Director’s mind.
Compared to that Baek Hyeon-jin of old, wrinkles had deepened and his hair had turned ashen, yet the blade in his hand remained beautiful.
And back then, everyone called him by a single name.

“Sword Saint…… Baek Hyeon-jin.”

Sword Saint.
Before he became known as a hero, he was called the Sword Saint.

Shrieeeeek-!
Baek Hyeon-jin, gripping the Star Blade, swung it down directly at Tan.
It had been long, but his body remembered.

‘Perfect.’

This was precisely the training method Yujun had conceived—restoring the body’s muscle memory.
Tan’s attacks were crude.
Exploit that weakness, and naturally Fen would compensate, creating openings in their coordination.

Shriiiieeeek-!
In an instant.
Baek Hyeon-jin’s speed surpassed both summons.

The blade descends.
The summon is cut.
No—space itself is being severed.
No…….
The world itself was being rent asunder.

Shriiiieeeeeeeeeek-!

Yujun donned the Kilo Gauntlets with a rough motion.

‘Now’s the moment.’

Clang-!

“Quite right. There’s no way I’d carelessly hand over the power from my prime.”

Fen and Tan withdrew to reposition.
Had Yujun not adjusted the weight with the Kilo Gauntlets, both summons would have taken a direct hit from that blade.

“Grrrrruuuurgh!”
“Kyalung.”

The two summons likewise let out low, reverent cries.

“Let’s go again.”

A word to himself.
Baek Hyeon-jin wielded the sword again, methodically working through each motion.

His body felt heavy.
The Kilo Gauntlets weighed down his entire frame.
Then he would spread his Mana lightly to compensate.

“I thought I’d forgotten it all.”

Memories from that time surfaced with clarity.
Shrieeeeeeeeek-!
His Mana was spreading.

Crack-.
Yujun perceived Baek Hyeon-jin’s state instantly.

‘It’s spreading.’

The Mana Road was widening and at the same time fracturing.
Those fractures were exactly what Yujun desired.

‘An ideal state indeed.’

Thud-!
Despite adding weight through the Kilo Gauntlets that should have prevented him from reaching his previous speed, Baek Hyeon-jin’s velocity accelerated.

Bang-!
He planted his foot firmly and launched forward.
The Lafesta Training Ground’s floor had been constructed exceptionally solid to withstand powerful Awakeners.
And yet it cracked.

“Grrrrruuuurgh!”
“Kyalung!”

Both summons committed their full strength.
They already knew Baek Hyeon-jin had targeted Tan, so Tan deliberately drew him deeper, and then struck simultaneously with Fen.

The Lafesta Training Ground shook.

Gripping the Crystal Stone Staff, he struck the collision point.

Then he withdrew seamlessly.

This was transcendent training.

The Geumgang Kim Family, desperate to co-opt and absorb Yujun by any means, would never have issued him the Kilo Gauntlets.

The Kim Family managed all artifacts with unique serial numbers and markings tied to their abilities.
The Association Director, pondering, suddenly arrived at the answer.

Kim Gyu-cheol was an Awakener who’d been expelled from the family.
He had Awakened but could not use his abilities at all, and had been brought to the brink of death, so they had no choice but to expel him, they said.
It occurred to him that when someone approached death’s door, protecting and healing them should take priority, but since the Kim Family had done such things more than once, he simply accepted it.

That Kim Gyu-cheol was simultaneously affiliated with and not affiliated with the Kim Family.
The Kilo Gauntlets were an exceptionally powerful artifact that only a handful of the Kim Family could craft.
It was an effective artifact even for Trainers, yet when used well in the Tower, it could also function as a formidable offensive artifact, which was why it was so rare.
Considering there were almost no copies of this artifact, the crafting difficulty was undoubtedly substantial.
So Kim Gyu-cheol had created it?
Then there was only one answer.

An Awakener the family had deemed hopeless and expelled had now reached a level where he could craft the Kilo Gauntlets, following an S-rank ascension.
Not many Trainers could teach Awakeners indiscriminately—Combat-type Awakeners, Crafting-type Awakeners, and countless others.

Awakeners were classified into S, SS, and SSS ranks, but for Trainers, S-rank was the highest.
Consequently, there was already considerable variance even among S-rank Trainers.
Immediately, Trainers affiliated with top-tier Guilds and those with mid-tier Guilds both held the S-rank title, yet the level of Awakeners they could train differed.

All three were S-rank, and Yujun standing before him was also S-rank.
While the S-rank criterion had been set high, the current situation undeniably called for a new tier.

When that happened, the Association Director wanted to elevate Yujun to SS-rank first.
At that thought, the Association Director smiled wryly.

He had become intoxicated by the heights his remarkable junior had reached.

In fact, there seemed to be a way.
He had something concrete to propose to the Cheonrae Choi Family, who refused to acknowledge Yujun’s S-rank license.
But he could not pursue the thought further.
The training before his eyes swept all other considerations away.
Now was not the time for other thoughts—it was time to concentrate on the training.

A fight that had initially tilted overwhelmingly in favor of the Demon Beasts had become evenly matched.
That it remained evenly matched despite the weight imposed by the Kilo Gauntlets signified substantial recovery in Baek Hyeon-jin’s condition.

Crack-!

-Comprehension increases.
-Awakener Scan information updates! -Peculiarities detected!

Sustained observation.

He was genuinely immersed, grasping and understanding everything about Baek Hyeon-jin.
That was why peculiarities were beginning to surface.

While Baek Hyeon-jin wielding the sword was quite impressive, something kept catching Yujun’s eye—a persistent awkwardness.
It wasn’t merely that he’d just entered the recovery phase.

Yujun opened his eyes wide and checked the interior once more.

Yet the Awakener Scan never gave false information.

It was likely a peculiarity from back then.

Wounds inflicted by a sharp blade.

Having reached that conclusion, he carefully examined Baek Hyeon-jin’s entire body.
Then, in a moment, something became visible.

They were so small that they vanished instantly through the Song of Destruction’s self-recovery, but then another wound bloomed and tore open.
The stronger the circulation, the more wounds appeared in multiple places, though they healed just as swiftly.

Yujun immediately activated the Training Hint.

“……!”

In that instant, memories from long ago flooded back like a wave.

That era.

“I will cure it for you.”

Now came the starting line.

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