I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 16

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Transcendent Genius Trainer Episode 16

“What brings you here?”

“I have some connections with Guild Master Lee Hyeok-jun, so I come and go frequently. Your story happened to come up.”

“I see. It’s been a while!”

“So it really was you. I thought it couldn’t be.”

“I had some circumstances. I’ve switched to being a trainer now.”

Yujun smiled and gestured.

“Let’s have a cup of coffee.”

Im Seok-jae’s complex expression.

And the massive cracks.

Yujun seemed to understand why he had approached him.

* * *

Yujun could tell immediately upon seeing him.

‘He’s grown exactly as he was during his Youth days.’

Im Seok-jae was a friend Yujun had met when he was a Youth at Promise Guild.

He had been a Youth affiliated with Sky Guild, and they first met during Youth exchanges.

‘The memory is vivid.’

Im Seok-jae had also been a talent in the spotlight back then, just like Yujun.

He was evaluated as Sky Guild’s best Youth, and was assessed to definitely become A-rank once he moved up to the first team.

‘I had given him advice for the first time back then.’

While everyone was praising him, Yujun could see quite a few areas where Im Seok-jae was lacking, so he would often give him advice.

‘I was quite meddlesome back then.’

Yujun smiled bitterly and examined Im Seok-jae’s body again.

‘At this level, he looks like an A-rank Awakened.’

A-rank Awakened was such a high grade that there were only exactly 5 of them even in Sky Guild.

The state would issue free pass cards to allow free access to climb the Tower, and the condition for receiving this free pass card was being A-rank.

‘To think he reached such a high level with this body condition.’

That was quite surprising.

He had certainly grown properly, but his current body condition didn’t look very good.

No, it was considerably bad.

‘He’s just pretending to be normal.’

The countless cracks visible all over his body proved that.

The cracks were even darker than others, making it look as if his entire body was torn apart.

“Have you been well?”

“I’ve been fine. How about you?”

“You already know my story, don’t you?”

At Yujun’s words, Seok-jae made a slightly troubled expression.

“Don’t worry. I’ve properly switched careers now. I’ve also renewed my resolve. So what brings you here?”

“Well…”

Im Seok-jae explained his situation.

“So I’m at Thunder Guild now.”

“Thunder Guild? Weren’t you a Sky Guild Youth?”

“I transferred due to circumstances.”

Thunder Guild was quite a unique guild.

While most top-tier guilds tried to secure large numbers of guild members, Thunder Guild operated strictly with a small elite force.

“That’s a place that only recruits mid-level Awakened or higher. Going there as A-rank means…”

It meant he was full of potential to reach the upper levels of A-rank.

“That’s true, but… why did you ask me earlier if my heart wasn’t well?”

Im Seok-jae kept being bothered by those words.

‘Well, because the cracks there look serious.’

Yujun slightly frowned and focused his gaze on the area around Im Seok-jae’s heart.

Starting from the large crack in his heart, his entire body was cracked as if torn apart.

“You don’t look well.”

Yujun answered simply.

“…”

Im Seok-jae, thinking that Yujun had grasped something about him, let out a deep sigh and opened his mouth.

“Actually, I just saw your training skills. They were incredible. To think you could train that first-team Awakened in just 10 minutes. So what I’m saying is, you might not remember, but I was able to break through a wall thanks to your advice.”

“Of course I remember.”

That memory was intense for Yujun too.

It was the first time his advice had completely transformed someone.

“Actually, I’m currently stuck at a wall. I did get into Thunder Guild, but I’ve hit my limit.”

Im Seok-jae had a very frustrated expression.

“And you’re right. My heart isn’t good either. More precisely, my mana circulation isn’t working well. So about that…”

Im Seok-jae hesitated before continuing with difficulty.

“Training. Could you do it for me?”

“You want personal training?”

“Yeah, I heard you’re a freelance trainer now. You’re not under an exclusive contract, right?”

Setting aside connections, personal training for an A-rank Awakened wasn’t bad at all.

‘It would make my career more substantial. I could also develop the Awakened training system.’

And through this work, there was also the possibility of forming connections with the Thunder Guild, which ranked much higher than the Sky Guild.

Of course, there was a more important reason than the previous two.

‘I want to confirm it.’

Kim O-jung’s training had been similar to the previous training.

But with that alone, he couldn’t objectively assess his current abilities.

‘But an A-rank Awakened is different.’

Would his training work on such people too?

‘I can confirm what and how much I’m lacking.’

When Yujun fell silent for a moment, Im Seok-jae spoke first.

“Don’t worry about money. I’ll give you the best treatment I can offer.”

Im Seok-jae was that desperate.

Two thousand a month.

It wasn’t money you’d give to a rookie trainer.

At the exceptional amount, Yujun immediately nodded.

“Good. Let’s write up a contract.”

* * *

“Ha, this is ridiculous. Kang Yu-jun? A rookie trainer? Does he think that rookie trainer can do what I couldn’t? In the first place, he’s going to listen to someone who couldn’t even awaken and ran away to become a trainer? Tsk!”

Returning to the Thunder Guild office, Im Seok-jae immediately called his trainer and told him.

That he had decided to go with a new trainer.

The reaction was naturally hostile.

Lee Dong-jae, the personal trainer assigned by the Thunder Guild, was furious, his face turning red.

It was a natural reaction.

“I’m going to formally protest this to the higher-ups!”

“I’m sorry.”

Im Seok-jae bowed his head.

He understood Lee Dong-jae’s anger and his doubts too.

It was really long ago when Kang Yu-jun had given him advice with those sharp eyes. So much had happened since then, and Kang Yu-jun had failed to awaken.

And then he had switched to being a trainer.

“Sigh… Really, why are you doing this?”

Lee Dong-jae asked.

“I saw a flash of brilliance.”

However, Im Seok-jae trusted his instincts.

That flash of brilliance he had shown in the training ground. That was the Kang Yu-jun of the past.

That time, still vivid. It was the same flash of brilliance he had felt when his life was turned around.

It overlapped with that time from his childhood. So he had no choice but to believe.

Right now he was standing at a turning point, every moment like walking on a sharp blade’s edge.

If he slipped even slightly, he wouldn’t be able to climb back up here again.

Would he end at A-rank?

Or would he rise above A-rank?

For that crucial choice, what he needed was training he had never experienced before.

“Don’t regret it!”

Lee Dong-jae said curtly and left the room.

Im Seok-jae headed to the Lightning Guild Training Ground.

“You’re here?”

There, Kang Yu-jun was waiting for him.

“The Thunder Guild seems to have pretty high expectations for you.”

“I received a lot of investment.”

“Is that so?”

Yujun first used Awakened Scan on Im Seok-jae.

-[Im Seok-jae] Overall Grade ?

-Physical: [A]

-Mental: [A]

-Stats: [Strength ?/?] [Stamina ?/?] [Agility ?/?]

-Awakened Ability: Superhuman Strength

-Potential: ?

-Special Notes: ?

But this time, there were too many things that couldn’t be seen with Awakened Scan.

‘This isn’t easy. Since he’s an A-rank Awakened, the Awakened Scan doesn’t work well on him.’

But he had expected this much.

‘For now, I’ll train him based on what I can see and what I know.’

Then he immediately handed him the VR equipment.

“Let’s do it like real combat.”

‘Back then too, his direction was wrong in many ways.’

Yujun checked information about Im Seok-jae on his smart pad.

‘He grew exactly as I advised him when I was young. But…’

That was exactly the advice Yujun had given him back then.

That he was too obsessed with the word “superhuman strength.”

‘I told him not to use all his strength, but to control his power.’

After that advice, Im Seok-jae had grown rapidly. Of course, because of that, he gained confidence and transferred to another guild.

The situation was similar to back then.

‘This time he’s too obsessed with power control.’

It was exactly the same.

‘Just like Kim O-jung.’

The situation was quite similar to Kim O-jung, who couldn’t exert his proper strength due to injury.

Perhaps that advice he had given had trapped him.

If so, then good.

‘Let’s unravel everything first. I’ll give him proper after-service.’

“Seok-jae, try not controlling your power from now on.”

“Not control my power?”

“That’s right. You’ve been focusing a lot on power control until now, so just try going all out once.”

Yujun gestured as if telling him to try it.

Monsters were lined up in front of them.

If he stepped forward just a little from here, the monsters would charge at him seriously, just like during Sky Guild’s internal evaluation.

“I can’t do that. I’ve tried it countless times.”

Im Seok-jae showed reluctance at Yujun’s request.

He couldn’t help but control his power.

Simply put, it meant he couldn’t let go of everything and deliver a killing blow.

He had tried it countless times. No, he had tried it hundreds and thousands of times.

Even with numerous trainers from Thunder Guild attached to him for personal training, this problem hadn’t been corrected.

“I even received hypnotherapy.”

“Seok-jae.”

Yujun patted Seok-jae’s back.

“It’s okay if you can’t do it. Just try.”

Seok-jae let out a sigh.

Right, hadn’t he decided to trust him?

“Alright.”

Im Seok-jae stepped forward.

Shaaaaaaak-.

Superhuman strength.

His powerful force was unleashed.

“Kiiiiik-!”

The monsters before them were strange birds that appeared from the 25th floor onward. These strange birds didn’t fly in the sky but moved on the ground as their stage.

Sharp claws, beaks, and even petrification attacks shooting from their eyes.

The monsters instantly swarmed Im Seok-jae.

Im Seok-jae stomped hard on the ground and charged forward.

He always stood in the center in the Tower.

His role was to deliver powerful strikes while the tanks at the front held off the monsters’ attacks.

Simply put, he was a melee dealer.

However, Im Seok-jae couldn’t properly fulfill his dealer role.

It was fine on lower floors.

“Hup!”

But the higher the floor got.

Screeeeeeeak-!

“Damn it.”

His fists lost their competitiveness.

The precise power control that he had thought was his greatest advantage was the problem.

On higher floors, one powerful strike was more important than power control.

The time tanks could hold out in front was limited, so monsters had to fall before they collapsed.

However, Im Seok-jae’s restrained attacks couldn’t deal effective damage to monsters on higher floors.

It was the same now.

Even when told to go all out, he couldn’t go all out…

Screeak-!

That’s when Kang Yu-jun moved.

“Relax your strength, and pour out your full power naturally like flowing water.”

-Word Spirit Correction is being used!

Simultaneously with the Word Spirit Correction, Kang Yu-jun’s staff lightly tapped Im Seok-jae’s shoulder.

Then Im Seok-jae’s body leaned forward.

But the correction wasn’t done properly.

‘As expected, a first-tier Awakened isn’t easy.’

A sculpture carved and refined over more than ten years.

He had to reshape with his own hands a sculpture that had its own level of completion.

For this, he needed to use a different method from what he had used on the Youth.

‘So I need to look more closely.’

And he needed to correct more powerfully.

Yujun opened his eyes wide.

And he looked at Im Seok-jae as if trying to see through him even more.

-Awakened Scan ability is improving!

-You can now see more things!

-Proficiency is increasing!

Yujun’s mind began spinning rapidly.

-Awakened Analysis ability is improving!

In an instant, Yujun scanned and analyzed Im Seok-jae, then touched his shoulder.

There was a crack in his shoulder that hadn’t been visible before.

‘There was a red crack hidden. I need to eliminate this.’

The red crack was blocking the blood flow leading to his heart.

‘It’s similar to Woo Ha-na.’

Woo Ha-na also had poor mana flow to her heart.

‘The mana isn’t flowing. I just need to fix that. But there are more problems.’

But unlike with Woo Ha-na, Im Seok-jae had additional problems.

“Relax like a corpse. Think you have no joints, and don’t resist my force. Got it? I’m non-Awakened. If you keep tensing up, I’ll go flying.”

-Word Spirit Correction is being strengthened!

Thud-. Thud-.

He precisely stabbed five spots simultaneously.

Then Im Seok-jae’s posture changed even more dramatically.

And.

Shaaaaaaaaaaaak-!

An tremendous wave of mana spread out from his shoulder area.

His monstrous strength that had been blocked for so long exploded outward.

Kwaaaaaaaak-!

Tremendous power.

It was truly a force worthy of the term “monstrous strength.”

“Grrrrrrrr!”

Im Seok-jae groaned as he unleashed his full power for the first time in a long while.

But soon he opened his eyes wide and looked at Yujun.

Yujun was grinning.

“How’s that for correction?”

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