I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 17

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Transcendent Genius Trainer Episode 17

“This is… correction?”

“Yeah, this is my training method.”

Im Seok-jae’s pupils trembled.

He had never experienced this kind of training before.

He had worked with countless trainers, but this was the first time correction happened so immediately.

Im Seok-jae pressed his forehead.

This entire situation was far too sudden.

Of course, it was true that he had trusted Yujun and terminated his contract with his existing trainer.

But he never expected it would be to this extent…

“I didn’t think it would all be done in just one day…”

“Huh? It’s not fixed.”

Yujun corrected his thinking.

“It just looks like it’s fixed.”

Yujun smiled and told him to try it once more.

Whirrrr-.

The VR machine started up again.

25th Floor. In the midst of charging monsters, Im Seok-jae remembered the sensation he had just felt and swung his fist again.

He focused on his shoulder and concentrated on the mana flowing from his shoulder.

Waist, shoulder, and arm.

“Smash.”

A powerful strike shot out.

But this wasn’t his full power.

“…What the hell is this.”

Shaaaa-.

The VR machine shut off and Im Seok-jae made a bewildered expression.

Not only did he feel the same discomfort, but the tremendous power from before didn’t come out either.

“…I did the same thing though?”

“You did the same thing?”

Yujun clicked his tongue.

“You just did it without my training. That’s not doing the same thing.”

Yujun was thinking of dramatically raising his value here.

‘Seok-jae must be uncertain right now.’

What hadn’t worked until now became possible with just one word from Yujun, a rookie trainer?

‘He must be confused.’

So he had to use psychology well.

‘If I had fame and achievements, this would feel natural to him too.’

Yujun didn’t have any notable reputation yet.

All he had was experience teaching promising Awakened youths.

So he needed to say something that would resonate with Im Seok-jae, a first-string Awakened.

“It might look easy. Light and simple. But it’s not easy.”

Yujun looked straight at him.

“If it were, it would have been fixed long ago.”

Im Seok-jae nodded as well.

It was true.

As Yujun said, if this had been easy, he wouldn’t have worried about it for months.

He wouldn’t have been pointed at in Thunder Guild for being in a slump, and he wouldn’t have been anxious about losing his main dealer position.

Im Seok-jae’s gaze toward Yujun completely changed.

He had seen potential when Yujun was teaching Awakened Kim O-jung.

But he never thought Yujun could change him, an A-rank Awakened, so instantly like this.

‘But it’s not completely corrected yet.’

Yujun saw his deep-rooted crack.

Until now, when corrections were made, he would briefly see a blue light.

‘The crack still remains.’

But in Im Seok-jae’s case, the crack wasn’t disappearing.

‘The path from heart to shoulder is blocked. This needs to be loosened through continuous use.’

Yujun would need to touch his shoulder like before.

But that wasn’t an easy task.

‘Training like before requires considerable mana and stamina consumption.’

Since Yujun originally had very little mana and had just awakened, he couldn’t easily continue training.

‘But I can’t let this opportunity slip away.’

Im Seok-jae is Thunder Guild’s main dealer.

‘If I fix Im Seok-jae, it will appeal to other Awakened who have the same problem.’

It was an opportunity to build solid reputation.

“….”

Im Seok-jae nodded as if entranced for a moment.

“Tower conquest, when did you say it was?”

Thunder Guild’s regular Tower conquest was in a week.

“But there’s no rush. You won’t be able to go on that regular raid anyway.”

“Then isn’t my main dealer position in danger?”

“It’s dangerous. But they won’t kick me out all at once because of that.”

“Then let’s work on conditioning for a week.”

“…What?”

Im Seok-jae made a surprised expression.

“So….”

“Right, I’m saying let’s improve your condition so you can run as main dealer in the regular raid a week from now.”

“!”

Im Seok-jae shook his head vigorously.

“No way. This absolutely can’t be done in just a week.”

“Isn’t that why you hired me?”

Yujun said with a smile.

“I’ll make it happen for you.”

* * *

Ding-!

-You have trained Awakened Im Seok-jae.

-Training score 4/10

Yujun continued training Im Seok-jae.

‘The score is low.’

Since Im Seok-jae’s grade was high, this was the best he could do in the current state.

-Training session completed!

Im Seok-jae’s problem was that the mana from his heart, which was the core of all power, wasn’t being properly transmitted to each part of his body.

‘The flow of mana isn’t reaching properly from the heart to other parts.’

The heart’s mana needed to spread properly throughout the body to produce explosive power, but that wasn’t flowing smoothly.

‘I need to raise the training score higher.’

Im Seok-jae’s grade was too high.

‘And my level is low.’

Shaaak-.

Yujun planned to eliminate Im Seok-jae’s cracks as much as possible before the regular raid and try to create even a little blue light.

‘A week is enough time. If I can somehow create blue light by then, he’ll be able to perform in the regular raid.’

If that happened, he would be able to exert his full power a few times without Yujun having to point out everything.

‘The currently unlocked Lv.1 skill isn’t enough.’

Im Seok-jae, an A-grade Awakened, was definitely tricky.

‘The cracks are too big and severe.’

With Lv.1 skills, it was difficult to eliminate Im Seok-jae’s cracks and turn them into blue light.

‘But if I put my mind to it, it’s not impossible.’

Yujun grinned.

When playing Tower of Infinity, there were many others who were much worse than this.

The game allowed him to continuously train virtual Awakened, and Yujun had taught and trained truly many Awakened.

‘I can see the path.’

Yujun proceeded with training repeatedly.

Despite the low training score in the 4-point range, Im Seok-jae was feeling considerable satisfaction with this training.

It was different.

It was different from any training he had experienced so far.

As if knowing him inside and out, it was incredibly difficult.

“Huff, huff.”

Im Seok-jae had undergone VR training for the fifth time today alone.

Originally, VR training had considerable fatigue and was as intense as real combat, so about twice a day was appropriate.

But he had easily exceeded twice that amount. Physically, he was already at his limit.

“Hey, you… have you ever entered the Tower? How can you create this kind of training session?”

Seok-jae, who was catching his breath, looked at Yujun with a quite bewildered voice.

It was because Yujun’s training session was incredibly efficient.

“No, I just get a feeling for it.”

“…Aren’t you really a genius? How can you create such genius training sessions when you haven’t even entered the Tower?”

Yujun smiled bitterly and swallowed his words.

‘I’ve been in there many times.’

Not in reality, but in the Tower of Infinity.

“I think I can do it one more time, just one more time.”

Im Seok-jae was feeling hopeful.

Previously, no matter what he did, he couldn’t exert his full power.

Whether it was a mental problem or a physical problem, he couldn’t even grasp what kind of problem it was.

But Yujun had helped him grasp it.

So even though it was difficult, he couldn’t stop.

“No, I’m the one who’s tired.”

Yujun shook his head.

Just that alone made his head spin.

‘And when stamina reaches its limit.’

-The proficiency of the Focus skill increases.

‘That’s right.’

Yujun smiled.

Skills couldn’t only be raised with points.

‘Even if proficiency goes up, the level goes up.’

However, the process of raising this proficiency was quite difficult.

‘I’m not teaching an Awakened who matches my Awakened training level right now.’

Originally, he should be mainly training C-rank, at most B-rank Awakened at his level, but he was currently teaching an A-rank Awakened.

Yet the reason Yujun could train Im Seok-jae was thanks to the eyes he possessed.

Along with his abilities, the eyes he had were making this absurd training possible.

-The proficiency of the Focus skill has reached MAX.

-The Focus skill has become Lv.2.

‘I need to teach 3 combat-type Awakened to level up, but.’

He could raise his level plenty through this method as well.

Focus skill Lv.2.

Things that weren’t visible to Yujun’s eyes began to appear.

‘Finally, I can see the root of the crack.’

A crack was fundamentally a flawed part.

The Focus skill allowed him to examine cracks closely and identify the flawed parts.

‘As expected, the mana flow is twisted.’

It wasn’t just twisted.

Very subtly.

And those subtle twists were overlapping, causing the flow itself to reverse.

‘This is something other trainers can’t know about.’

Since each Awakened had different abilities, their body mechanisms were also quite different.

‘So training tailored to each individual Awakened is necessary. But that’s not easy.’

Of course, it wasn’t difficult for Yujun.

* * *

The next day.

Yujun proceeded with Im Seok-jae’s training in the same way.

Just one day.

Even though he had only properly trained for just one day, Im Seok-jae felt his body had become considerably lighter.

‘Can this happen in just one day?’

To Im Seok-jae, who was very amazed, Yujun asked.

“That monstrous strength of yours. Until now, you’ve only used it for simple swinging, right?”

“That’s right.”

Yujun handed Im Seok-jae a club.

“Try it with this.”

Focus Lv.2

Im Seok-jae’s hidden trait was visible to Yujun’s eyes.

‘It’s finally starting to show. I wondered why it wasn’t visible.’

-[[A-rank Awakened Im Seok-jae – Hidden Trait: Blunt Weapon Master (Unblossomed)]

‘I can see the hidden trait.’

This hidden trait was a unique ability that each Awakened possessed.

‘It’s literally a latent ability.’

There were those who could awaken that latent ability, and there were also those who couldn’t awaken it their entire lives.

‘I didn’t know Seok-jae had blunt weapon mastery.’

Come to think of it, it made sense that there would be a hidden trait that matched his monstrous strength.

“Blunt weapons? I’m not good with blunt weapons though.”

Im Seok-jae tilted his head.

His specialty was martial arts that utilized his monstrous strength.

He happened to have body enhancement skills too, and they synergized well with his monstrous strength, so he had built his skill tree in that direction.

But now, blunt weapons?

Using weapons in the first place wasn’t something he was particularly familiar with.

‘Continuing to focus on monstrous strength would be good too.’

But if there was a hidden trait, it would be much better to develop that hidden trait as the core.

In the Tower of Infinity, there were many cases where people had no hidden traits at all.

‘But once you have a hidden trait, it’s much more helpful for growth to help it bloom.’

“Trust me.”

“…Alright.”

Im Seok-jae had complete faith in Yujun due to yesterday’s events.

He gripped the blunt weapon.

Then Yujun’s eyes saw the path.

Blunt Weapon Master. Thanks to that hidden trait, Im Seok-jae began emitting a bright blue light as soon as he held the blunt weapon.

‘This is right. This is it.’

But since it was still in an unawakened state, separate training was needed.

‘If I can just help it bloom.’

This hidden trait would elevate Im Seok-jae’s level even further.

Starting today, he would be able to aim not just for the bottom of A-rank, but beyond mid-to-upper A-rank, all the way to the very top.

“Seok-jae.”

Yujun demonstrated for Im Seok-jae.

“Just swing it simply.”

Ding-!

-Using Verbal Correction!

“Get in position.”

Yujun took out a small staff and corrected Im Seok-jae’s posture.

Press-. Press-.

He precisely pressed down on his shoulders, forcing him to take the proper stance.

Of course, since he didn’t have enough strength to move an Awakened around freely, he used the power of Verbal Correction together with it.

Swoosh-.

His posture was corrected in an instant.

Whoosh-!

“…Huh?”

Im Seok-jae was bewildered.

He had always been hopeless with weapons.

But suddenly, the blunt weapon in his hand felt like it had become part of his arm.

“Blunt weapons suit you.”

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