I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 168

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I Became an Overpowered Trainer Episode 168

“Can I really trust what you’re saying?”

As a member of the Kim household, this was something he could not accept.
An outsider not only meddling in Kim family affairs, but speaking of the patriarch’s position, of who should be appointed patriarch?
It was a matter of pride.
The proper response was to refuse without hesitation.
But the words Yujun had spoken were enough to throw him into deliberation.

I’ll restore you to your prime.
Your age isn’t the reason you can’t use your abilities.

If that were truly possible, he had no choice but to believe.

“Yes.”

Yujun had given a definite answer, but he asked again, still skeptical.

“Is it really possible?”

Yujun nodded briskly, as if asking why he couldn’t believe, and replied.

“It is.”
“If it’s truly possible…”

Gulp.
Elder Kim Hwa-woong swallowed hard, then nodded.

“I ask for your help.”
“In exchange.”

Yujun met the elder’s gaze with a serious expression.

“You’ll need to tell me clearly.”

The matter concerning Gyu-cheol.
The matter concerning the household.
He was asking the elder to take a firm stance on numerous issues.

……

After deliberating for some time, Elder Kim Hwa-woong nodded once more.

“I shall do so.”

* * *

He should have refused.
He should have, but he couldn’t.
Elder Kim Hwa-woong still agonized over whether his choice was right.

It will fail anyway.
This is merely false hope.
Yet the words of refusal would not come.
He wanted to receive it, at least once.
Kang Yu-jun, who had succeeded in training the Hero Baek Hyeon-jin.
If Kang Yu-jun said it was possible, he wanted to wager on that confidence.

‘It was an offer he couldn’t refuse.’

Yujun saw right through the elder’s psychology.

‘And I can truly do it.’

He examined Kim Hwa-woong’s physical condition carefully.
Crack.
There weren’t many red lights and fractures.
But the real problem lay in Mana Purity.

‘Mana Purity. The overworked Mana Road has been ruining everything. He must have been unable to use his abilities properly for quite some time.’

Though he held the title of elder, his passion had not grown old.
His body simply hadn’t kept pace, so he had stepped back.

‘Not understanding the reason, he must have proceeded with retirement in the end.’

Having stayed back for so long, his Mana Road was not in good condition.

‘Eyes full of doubt and anguish.’

Though he had accepted Yujun’s training proposal, Elder Kim Hwa-woong still harbored suspicion.
The desire to believe because Yujun had trained a Hero, and the doubt—how could he accomplish what no one else had managed?

‘But that’s actually better.’

Yujun smiled as he observed Kim Hwa-woong.
This state of mind posed no problem for Yujun’s training.
In fact, it was favorable.

‘A state filled with the will to change but plagued by doubt.’

All Yujun needed to do was show him a thread of evidence that change was possible.

‘Doubt becomes certainty once it’s resolved.’

Crack.
Yujun picked up the Crystal Stone Staff.

“I shall begin.”

Crackle-crackle-crackle!
-Deep Scan!
-Deeply scanning Awakened Kim Hwa-woong!

Whoosh.

‘S-rank.’

Thud.

<Kim Hwa-woong Deep Scan>
-Wrist: injury from the backlash of inefficient forging.
-Shoulder: muscular Mana Circuit wear. Precise movement impossible. Sharp pain.

The condition of Kim Hwa-woong revealed by Deep Scan was indeed a history of overwork itself.

‘It’s the Mana Circuit issue.’

Yujun immediately used Training Hint.

-Training Hint! [Focus on purity!]

The Training Hint pointed to the same issue as Yujun’s judgment.

‘The most important thing is Mana Purity.’

While addressing this chronic low Mana Purity that the Kim household blacksmiths shared, he would work on the rusted Mana Road unused for so long.

‘Injury care.’

Whack!
The Crystal Stone Staff began to dance.
Elder Kim Hwa-woong furrowed his brow and asked.

“What exactly is wrong with me?”
“Artifact crafting places severe strain on the body. Especially if you strike the hammer without rest or use Crafting-type Abilities, impurities accumulate in the Mana Road.”

Yujun explained calmly.

“Ordinarily, accumulated impurities are washed away through normal Mana circulation. But the more you overwork, the less effective that process becomes.”

Whack! Crack!
Yujun began to swing the Crystal Stone Staff repeatedly, removing the impurities accumulated in the Mana Circuit.

-Mana Purity rises!

“But…”
“No one would have told you about the Mana Circuit problem, would they?”

He was right.
No one had ever mentioned that impurities were accumulating in the Mana Circuit.
Of course they hadn’t.

“Because it couldn’t be seen.”

How could one point out what was invisible?

“But how did you…”
“I can see it.”

Crack!
Yujun grinned and swung the Crystal Stone Staff more forcefully.
Whoosh!

-Mana Purity rises!
-Mana Purity rises!

Having confirmed the improvement in Mana Purity, Yujun spoke to Elder Kim Hwa-woong.

“Try circulating Mana through your shoulder.”

Kim Hwa-woong hesitated briefly.
The shoulder was an area where even drawing Mana upward caused a stinging pain.
Whoooosh!
But since he was told to try, he had no choice but to try.
With the thought that he had nothing to lose, Kim Hwa-woong circulated his Mana and could only be astounded.

…!
“How is it?”
“The pain…”

He couldn’t believe it.
The staff had merely struck various parts of his body, including his shoulder, multiple times.

“How is this possible…”

Yujun grinned.

‘His body is quite firm. I’ll need more power.’

Having decided that more power was needed, Yujun immediately gripped the Kilo Gauntlet.
Then he touched the tip of the Crystal Stone Staff.

-Weight adjusted.

Suddenly, tremendous power infused the Crystal Stone Staff.
Shhwack!
Whack!

…!

As Yujun struck his wrist precisely, Kim Hwa-woong let out an involuntary cry.
A moment of pain.
But after that pain came a refreshment he had never experienced even once before.

“What is this…”

He couldn’t believe it.
Whack! Crack! Crack!

Kim Hwa-woong’s eyes changed.
The moment Yujun proved it.

‘Doubt becomes.’

Conviction.

Whoosh.
Mana rose from Kim Hwa-woong’s body.
It was power he hadn’t felt in over a decade since deciding to retire.

‘I’ll stop here.’

Yujun deliberately halted the training.

‘I don’t need to complete all the training here.’

This was a kind of safeguard.
After speaking, Yujun handed over one of the materials he had received from the Kim household blacksmiths.

“Would you like to try using it?”

Whoooosh!
Elder Kim Hwa-woong immediately activated his ability.

“Geumgang Hammer.”

Clang!

“…It’s back.”

Joy bloomed across Kim Hwa-woong’s face.
His hammer, which he had thought gone, had returned.

“It’s back!”

Yujun watched his joy in silence.
Kim Hwa-woong turned to him and asked.

“Is the training finished?”
“No. More training is still needed.”
“Then…”
“I cannot proceed immediately.”
…

Elder Kim Hwa-woong understood Yujun’s meaning at once.

“I’ll visit the other two elders. I plan to give them the same training I gave you.”
“…For the Kim household.”
“Yes. For the Kim household.”

Persuasion complete.
Now Kim Hwa-woong himself would become Yujun’s ally and persuade the other two elders.

“Then perhaps…”
“Yes. Once everything concludes well, I’ll conduct the final training.”

Kim Hwa-woong began walking quickly.

“Let’s go. To the other elders.”

* * *

Together with Elder Kim Hwa-woong, Yujun found the remaining two elders.
Their condition was no different from Kim Hwa-woong’s.

‘They still have passion.’

The two readily accepted Yujun’s training according to Kim Hwa-woong’s word.
Of course, doubt still lingered in their eyes.
Yujun conducted the same training he had given Kim Hwa-woong on them as well.
And he stopped midway, just as before.
Their results and reactions were identical to Kim Hwa-woong’s.

“Hurry! Let’s find the patriarch!”
“Where is Gyu-cheol!”
“Thank you for supporting us.”

Yujun first calmed them down.
Then he sought out the final executive.

“Kim Sang-yu.”

The one Yujun found was Kim Sang-yu.

“Oh dear. You must be busy with the second day’s training.”

He smiled mockingly.
The humiliation he had suffered at Yujun’s hands on the first day still seemed to linger in his mind.

“No, it’s fine. The training is already finished.”
“What?”

Kim Sang-yu’s eyes widened.
Completely unexpected.

“You gave up.”

But he quickly regained composure and smiled bitterly.

“You shouldn’t give up. Didn’t we sign a contract? And you said three days.”
“I couldn’t keep my promise.”

Yujun smiled back as he spoke.

“I thought it would take three days, but I finished everything in one.”
…!

Kim Sang-yu’s expression hardened.

“That’s ridiculous…”

Whack!
Yujun grabbed Kim Sang-yu’s shoulder forcefully.

“Everything is changing. Kim Sang-yu.”

Crash!
A powerful force pressed down on him.

‘Persuasion would be pointless.’

Kim Sang-yu was the patriarch’s man.
In that case, suppressing him through force was more efficient.

“Wh-what are you—”

But his words couldn’t continue.
The Kim household blacksmiths began appearing one by one.
And then the Kim household executives and elders followed after them.

“Wh…?”
“Sang-yu. It’s all over.”
“All over? What do you mean…?”
“The current is changing. We won’t stay silent anymore.”

Whoooooosh!

“Th-the power…!”

Kim Sang-yu was stunned.
It was real.
The Kim household blacksmiths’ condition had been restored to what it was before.
Powerful flames. This could only be explained as training.
And the elders’ power on top of that.

“How…”

Instead of answering, Yujun applied more force.
Kim Sang-yu’s strength gave way and he fell to his knees.

“What—what are you trying to do!”
“We’re replacing the patriarch.”

At Yujun’s words, Kim Sang-yu’s eyes trembled like aspen leaves.

“I don’t think you’re foolish enough not to understand, Kim Sang-yu. So there’s no need for me to say more, is there?”

It was an order to choose.
Kim Sang-yu’s expression twisted with anguish.
Just as Yujun said, he was no fool.
Nod.

“Yes.”

Yujun grinned.

“Now fall in line and follow.”

* * *

“Patriarch.”

Just as Yujun had anticipated, the Kim household was a closed place under the control of Patriarch Kim Hwa-cheon.
Because of this, Yujun’s movements were bound to reach the patriarch’s ears.
One eye had been removed, but the other eye connected to it caught sight of Yujun’s movements.

But something was strange.
Yujun had been moving continuously all night.
Seeking out executives.
And in the morning, he had even visited the council of elders.
It was incomprehensible.

“Why are you here?”
“Number One is not responding.”

Number Two reported quickly.

“Trainer Kang Yu-jun’s movements are unusual.”
“…Unusual?”

The patriarch found it odd that Number One was unreachable, and now even Kang Yu-jun’s movements were strange. He sensed that something was amiss.

“Report in detail.”
“Trainer Kang Yu-jun has been moving throughout the night…”

That Yujun had visited the executives and elders.
After hearing the full account, Patriarch Kim Hwa-cheon sensed that events were unfolding in an ominous way.

“What is this?”

But he could not guess.

“From the circumstances, it appears he engaged in serious conversation with the household’s internal personnel…”

Patriarch Kim Hwa-cheon furrowed his brow in thought, then recalled one hypothesis.

“Could it be that he’s trying to gather testimony from internal personnel to save the blacksmiths?”

But then he let out a hollow laugh.

“Director Lee Ji-tae. You’re a truly troublesome person.”

Kim Hwa-cheon gritted his teeth.

“This won’t do. I’ll need to pressure the Management Bureau through the Association.”

But he wasn’t greatly concerned.
He believed that even if Kang Yu-jun had wandered about all night, nothing would really change.
It was merely a last-ditch effort to reverse the situation.

“Bring Trainer Kang Yu-jun to me.”
“Yes!”

But that summons proved meaningless.

“Did you look for me?”

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