I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 196

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Transcendent Genius Trainer 196

Buckingham Palace, England.
Upon returning to her homeland, the Queen forgone rest and summoned her personal trainer at once.

“I went to South Korea and conferred a knighthood upon Trainer Kang Yu-jun, and received training from him.”

Queen Isabella spoke in a warm voice.

“He found what you couldn’t. Apparently it was a condition that could have endangered my life if left undetected.”

She then offered comfort to her trainer, who had gone rigid.

“Don’t worry. These things happen.”

Yet the Queen’s personal trainer could only break into a cold sweat.
Her reassurance was anything but.

“But she said this was something only Trainer Kang Yu-jun could have found.”

The Queen patted her trainer’s back gently.

“Don’t worry. Don’t worry. You just won’t make that mistake next time.”

Her trainer’s body trembled like an aspen leaf.

“Still, your family has long supported us. I’ll overlook this matter… but you’ll need to work harder. I’m fine with it, but others… well, you understand.”
“I’m truly sorry. I’m so very sorry, Your Majesty. This will never happen again.”

The trainer’s family had long maintained deep ties with the British royal household.
Not quite to the extent of the Holland Family, to which Meryl belonged, but significant enough to overlook this incident.
Yet as the Queen said, while she would turn a blind eye, she couldn’t control the opinions of those around her.
The trainer left the Queen’s office and gritted her teeth.

“Kang Yu-jun. Kang Yu-jun…… Even I, who tend to the Queen daily, couldn’t see it. How on earth……”

She couldn’t comprehend it.
Had her instincts truly dulled so much?
But soon she shook her head.
No—it wasn’t that her instincts or skills were lacking.

“I’ll go to South Korea.”

There was something extraordinary about this trainer called Kang Yu-jun.

“He must have something special.”

She’d been hearing the names of South Korea and Kang Yu-jun with increasing frequency of late.
At first, she’d thought it was just marketing for the Asian market.
But according to the Queen, it was absolutely no mere marketing—there was definitely something real there.

“She went all the way to South Korea to confer a knighthood. There’s definitely something there.”

She immediately began preparing for an overseas sojourn.

“Pardon? You’re going to South Korea?”
“Yes. I intend to study training and return.”

She submitted her leave request to the royal household.
The official reviewing the reason for leave tilted their head in puzzlement.

“Why study abroad in South Korea……?”

South Korea wasn’t a place trainers went to study.
It was the place trainers came to from elsewhere.
That was natural. South Korea’s level wasn’t high enough to warrant the trip.

“Because Trainer Kang Yu-jun is there.”

But now the situation had changed.

“So I’m going.”

South Korea had Kang Yu-jun.

* * *

At the same moment, in the United States.

“There’s definitely something in South Korea.”

And the same thing was happening in China.

“We need to create a trainer like Kang Yu-jun in our own country. To do that, we’ll have to learn from South Korea.”

One hundred trainers in China were simultaneously preparing to enter South Korea.

National Awakened Persons Management Bureau of South Korea.
A phone rang in the Overseas Sales Team office.

“Yes. This is Lee Mi-jeong from the Sales Team.”

In the Management Bureau, the Overseas Sales Team primarily handled dispatching Awakeners and trainers abroad, as well as arranging study programs.

“You want to… study? You’re serious?”

But suddenly, study inquiries had been flooding in.

“Wait, wait. Could it be…… Ah! Trainer Kang Yu-jun!”

Only then did Assistant Manager Lee begin to grasp the situation.
She told them she’d call back later and ended the call.
This wasn’t something she could handle on her level.

“I need to contact the Director right away.”

Only the Director could handle this.

* * *

“Damn it. B-rank?”

Han Gyu-jin bit his lip.
Within the Tower of Ashes, Han Gyu-jin continuously trained the S-rank Awakeners he’d cultivated.
He provided real-time training to address their shortcomings and prepared them to face powerful monsters like Bloodfiend Goblins and Bloodfiend Orcs.

-Conquest Rank: B

But the Conquest Rank had not surpassed B.

“Trainer Han……”

The Dream Guild’s Awakeners were thoroughly exhausted.
With a B-rank, they couldn’t advance from the 2nd Floor to the 3rd.

“I never thought we’d hit a wall this soon.”

He’d set out on this Tower of Ashes raid because he had confidence.
Confidence that if he participated in the tower’s conquest, they could push through without problem.
In essence, he’d wanted to prove something.

“……”

He’d wanted to prove that by achieving results on this Tower of Ashes conquest, he too could rise above S-rank.
But from the start, things had begun to creak.
If this continued, he wouldn’t rely solely on the S-rank Awakeners he’d produced, but would need to bring in the elite first team of the existing Dream Guild.

“What about other guilds?”
“Currently, the Master Guild and the Promise Guild are both stuck on the 2nd Floor without achieving a high rank.”
“Overseas?”
“There are reports that some guilds overseas have achieved A-rank and advanced to the 3rd Floor, though the information isn’t confirmed.”
“Overseas could easily have gotten through.”

Han Gyu-jin ground his teeth.

“They have plenty of SS-rank Awakeners. And their trainers’ level is high too.”

In that case, South Korea could only fall behind.
But not all of South Korea’s elite had yet entered the tower.
The Team 1 from each guild and South Korea’s finest trainers hadn’t arrived yet.

“……What are Master Do Kang-myeong and Yeon Da-seul doing?”

The fact that the Master Guild was here meant Do Kang-myeong could easily participate in this Tower of Ashes training.
While his age made entering the tower with them impossible, he could certainly provide real-time training from the front lines.

* * *

Yujun was taken aback upon seeing Kim Tae-jeong.
This was a person he’d never expected.

‘I never thought Director Kim would visit in person.’

“I didn’t recognize him because he was concealing his face……”
“It really was Director Kim Tae-jeong?”

For a director of a top-tier guild to visit personally.
Usually, only scouts or team leaders came from guilds in the top ten.
So Kim Tae-jeong was the highest-ranking person present in this gathering.
And above all, it was ironic.
The guild that had released him was now coming to recruit him again.
This was a decision that required admitting the guild’s leadership had made a mistake—not an easy one at all.

“Director Kim.”

Yujun smiled and offered a respectful greeting.

“It’s been a while.”

This man had discovered him, and had been the one who believed in him longest when he was with the Promise Guild.
In the end, he’d been the one to deliver the dismissal notice, yet he’d done so with visible regret.

‘He was the person who believed in me most, I’d say.’

Without Kim Tae-jeong, Yujun would have been released from Promise much sooner.

‘In the end, he did deliver the dismissal, but he supported me tremendously.’

The Tower of Infinity could even be seen as evidence of Yujun’s struggles back then.

“But as for Promise……”

Promise Guild already had a history of releasing Kang Yu-jun.
Would Yujun choose Promise again?
No matter that a director had come in person, they all cast doubtful glances.
But Yujun had been waiting for this day from the start.

‘I’d always wanted to go back to Promise someday.’

It wasn’t a simple matter of repaying a debt or wanting to become a guild member.

‘I saw them there every day.’

Promise’s aces.
And the Youths and mid-tier Awakeners.
Watching them train, he’d constantly thought about how to make them stronger.

‘Promise was home to me.’

Promise was like his hometown—a place he knew better than anyone else, and therefore a place where he could thrive.

‘Even though I was released in the end.’

There were some Awakeners he’d been close to before his release.
They’d hoped for his awakening and had helped him in various ways so he could achieve it.

‘I haven’t forgotten.’

He hadn’t forgotten what they’d given him.
He wanted to repay not a debt to the guild, but a debt to those people.

‘And since I know all of them and I’ve run simulations in my head every time,’

He was confident he could train them better than anyone.

“Long time no see, Yujun. I’m truly glad to be here like this. My eye for talent hasn’t failed me—it’s proven itself!”

Director Kim Tae-jeong broke into a hearty laugh.

“I really congratulate you. I always knew you’d turn out like this. If only we’d been a bit more patient, we’d have become the first guild with a National Treasure Trainer.”
“No, Director. Perhaps it was because you released me that I could achieve these results now. The desperation only grew stronger after I was let go.”
“So the release was part of that process.”
“Yes, sir. So please don’t regret it.”

Kim Tae-jeong nodded.
Yujun’s current demeanor conveyed composure.
He no longer saw Yujun as a promising Youth.
Standing before him now was a National Treasure Trainer and an SS-rank Trainer—Kang Yu-jun.
He straightened his posture and spoke in a formal tone.

“I am Kim Tae-jeong, Director of the Promise Guild. Trainer Kang Yu-jun, I’ve come with a favorable proposal for you.”
“Yes. Please go on.”
“We classify our external combat units as the Sales Team. Among them, there’s an issue with what we consider our current main force—the Sales Team 1.”

Promise Guild was a mega-guild in the top five.
Their Awakeners were classified in meticulous detail.
And naturally, the highest difficulty among them was Team 1—specifically, the Sales Team 1 responsible for raids.
The Sales Team 1 was at the frontlines of every single raid the Promise Guild conducted.

“We would very much like Trainer Kang Yu-jun to take charge of training our Promise Guild’s Sales Team 1.”

Training for the Sales Team 1 of a mega-guild.

‘So that’s the issue.’

“I believe Trainer Kang would be well aware of the problem our Sales Team 1 faces.”

At the director’s words, Yujun nodded.

‘I’m aware of the Team 1’s issues.’

Yujun didn’t hesitate.

‘Actually, this works out well.’

He’d always thought there’d come a day when he’d return to Promise.

‘This timing is perfect. But I can’t just accept it as is.’

“I appreciate the offer, but……”

At Yujun’s words, Kim Tae-jeong’s expression turned bitter.
As expected. Maybe it was impossible.

“Training just the Sales Team 1 won’t be enough. It’s too simple a task.”
“…… What?”

Yujun smiled slightly.

“If we’re talking about training the entirety of Promise Guild, then I’ll do it.”

The Geumgang Kim Family and the Cheonrae Choi Family were renowned houses, but their numbers weren’t extensive.
But Promise was a mega-guild.
It had thousands upon thousands of members.

“……!”
“……!”
“The entirety of Promise……?”
“There are thousands of them.”

The scouts and guild leaders who had gathered were taken aback.
At this point, it was a different class of problem entirely from training a specific Awakener or a specific team.
The difficulty soared to extremes.
It wasn’t something one person could handle alone.

The Promise Guild employed some fifty trainers.
Training thousands would require at least that many.
Yet Yujun was saying he’d do it all by himself.

Everyone murmured in response, but Yujun calmly regarded Kim Tae-jeong.
Kim Tae-jeong’s expression grew complex as he looked at Yujun.

Naturally, for Promise, this was favorable.
Kang Yu-jun’s value was skyrocketing.
But they couldn’t simply accept without negotiating terms.

“Well then…… would I be able to hear your conditions?”

The initiative had already shifted entirely to Yujun.
Yujun smiled and opened his mouth.

“My conditions are……”

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