I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 20

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Transcendent Genius Trainer Episode 20

Thunder Guild’s Guild Master’s Office.

“Guild Master! Im Seok-jae, Team 3’s main dealer, has cleared the 26th Floor of the Pumpkin Tower! He’s broken through the floor he previously conquered!”

The Guild Master was receiving a report about this achievement.

Team 3 had successfully conquered the 26th Floor of the Pumpkin Tower.

At the center of it was Im Seok-jae.

The Guild Master flicked the paper with his finger as he spoke.

Im Seok-jae’s name was written in the main dealer position.

“Wasn’t he in a slump?”

“He received personal training, they say.”

“…Personal training? From whom? Didn’t he cancel his personal trainer recently and refuse training from the guild too?”

Thunder Guild also had quite excellent trainers and training systems.

Even if they weren’t so-called S-rank, they spent expensive money to recruit A-rank trainers to provide benefits to guild members.

Even those A-rank trainers couldn’t fix Im Seok-jae’s recent problems.

That included the personal trainer Im Seok-jae had hired with enormous money.

But even that personal trainer couldn’t fix Im Seok-jae.

They said it would take a long time, and correcting bad habits and mana circulation could take several years.

That’s why Thunder Guild was thinking of sending him to the second team to conquer towers of lower difficulty.

But suddenly he had solved the problem.

“I’ll show you the video.”

Beep-.

A video appeared on the smart pad.

It was a video of conquering the 26th Floor of the Pumpkin Tower.

The camera was filming Im Seok-jae, the main dealer.

In front was a giant pumpkin monster, a monster the Guild Master knew well.

“Pumpkin Ogre. That one needs big damage to push back.”

At the same time as those words, Im Seok-jae moved.

Thud-.

He stepped hard on the ground and swung his fist boldly.

Boom-.

The Pumpkin Ogre exploded with a loud noise. The Pumpkin Goblins who saw this froze momentarily.

Im Seok-jae, the vanguard, didn’t stop there.

As if to show what kind of existence a main dealer was, he disrupted the monsters’ formation with insane destructive power. In addition, he conquered in a straight line even the stone monument destruction, which was the conquest condition for the 26th floor.

His team couldn’t help but be bewildered.

Im Seok-jae’s destructive power was something he had never shown before.

Even with the legendary ability called superhuman strength, he couldn’t demonstrate his skills properly, but who knew he would surprise them like this.

“Wow… shit, what? What is this?”

The Guild Master’s eyes widened greatly.

“Im Seok-jae wasn’t this kind of guy!”

It wasn’t simply overcoming a slump.

“He’s completely different? The unnecessary movements in his actions have disappeared. And what’s that? He’s holding a club when destroying the monument?”

Im Seok-jae was a martial artist type close-combat Awakened who used superhuman strength with bare fists.

But he was using a weapon they’d never seen before.

“Wasn’t he unable to use weapons?”

“That’s what we understood. But there’s been a revision to the Awakened report. It says Im Seok-jae’s blunt weapon mastery ability has awakened.”

“Huh.”

The Guild Master shook his head back and forth.

“His weaknesses disappeared, and on top of that, trait awakening too?”

Eliminating weaknesses isn’t easy either, and awakening new traits doesn’t happen overnight.

It was a result that could only be obtained through long periods of training.

“All this changed after personal training?”

The executive nodded.

“Yes, that’s correct.”

“Who was it? Who is that trainer?”

The executive answered.

“Trainer Kang Yu-jun.”

“…Kang Yu-jun?”

That name that people in the industry couldn’t help but know.

“That special-grade prospect? The one Promise Guild expelled?”

It was a very famous name.

“Yes, that’s correct.”

“What on earth is happening?”

The Thunder Guild Master was deeply bewildered.

However, he soon shook his head and brushed away his thoughts.

This wasn’t the time to have doubts.

“His talent exploded in a different direction, this did. Let’s grab him from our side first. Get his contact information through Im Seok-jae and contact him right away. Um… say we want to welcome him as our main trainer. Hurry!”

“!”

The main trainer position wasn’t one to give easily. Especially since Kang Yu-jun had a short career, there would be considerable opposition from existing trainers.

“The license verification hasn’t been completed yet. The dismissal was just recently…”

“That’s not what’s important.”

The Thunder Guild Master shouted decisively.

“This is real talent. There’s no mistaking it. Whoever confirms it first gets to take him!”

* * *

Blue light was flowing excessively from Lee Su-yeon.

‘It’s definitely glowing blue.’

But there were cracks within it.

‘Having both blue light and cracks at the same time means…’

Yujun immediately recognized the symptom.

‘She’s overusing it.’

It meant she was unable to control her ability and was using excessive force. When that happened, it actually worked in a more severe form than using too little.

‘She’ll probably faint every day.’

Someone else would probably have to clean up the mess.

It would be much better to be like Woo Ha-na, who hesitated to use her full power and couldn’t properly utilize her ability.

‘At least she wouldn’t cause trouble for others.’

“By any chance… are you a Sky Guild member?”

When Yujun asked, Guild Master Lee Hyeok-jun shook his head.

“She’s not our guild member, she’s my niece.”

“Ah, she’s the Guild Master’s niece. Nice to meet you, I’m Kang Yu-jun.”

“…Kang Yu-jun?”

Kang Yu-jun.

Any Awakened around her age couldn’t possibly not know Kang Yu-jun’s name.

“Oh, I’m sorry. I was rude. The Kang Yu-jun I know is… it couldn’t be you, right?”

“It’s probably that Kang Yu-jun.”

“!”

At those words, she looked at her uncle, Guild Master Lee Hyeok-jun.

Her eyes seemed to ask what on earth was going on.

“It’s a long story.”

“To put it simply.”

Since Yujun’s mind was only focused on how to develop this newly seized opportunity, he could speak calmly.

“I failed and was dismissed.”

“…I’m sorry.”

“Not at all. It was actually something I’m grateful for.”

Promise Guild had given him opportunities for long enough.

They had kept Yujun around because of the sunk costs they had invested, but Yujun was grateful to Promise Guild for that.

‘They could have demanded compensation.’

But they didn’t.

Concluding it as an investment failure was something Yujun was thankful for.

“After being dismissed, I switched to being a trainer. I thought I had some talent in this area before.”

“…Uncle, I mean, Guild Master said that you taught Ha-na.”

“Yes, she was an Awakened with excellent potential.”

“…How?”

“She couldn’t do what she was capable of, so I helped her a little.”

“…?”

Could that be called helping a little?

“By any chance…”

Then Guild Master Lee Hyeok-jun approached Yujun closely and asked warmly.

“Trainer Kang, could you possibly take a look at my niece? She’s been studying abroad. From what I hear, she’s still…”

“Yes, I understand.”

Yujun immediately nodded.

Originally, it would have been fine to refuse.

Lee Su-yeon was Guild Master Lee Hyeok-jun’s niece, but she wasn’t a Sky Guild member.

‘This is a pattern I’ve never trained before.’

It was a pattern of cracks and blue light that he’d never seen before.

‘I need to use various methods to teach her.’

Repeatedly teaching Awakened with the same abilities and symptoms wouldn’t be of much help to the Awakened training system.

‘You grow by teaching various Awakened.’

In that sense, it was actually a situation where Yujun should be making the request.

But since they were asking first like this, there was no reason for Yujun not to accept.

‘And.’

Something else was visible in Yujun’s eyes.

‘She’s a ranged type.’

-B-rank Awakened Lee Su-yeon [Hidden Trait – Wave Emission]

Until now, Yujun had continuously taught close-combat type Awakened.

‘I haven’t taught a ranged combat type since Kim Min-seok.’

The Awakened training system becomes stronger the more it trains Awakened from various fields.

‘This should be interesting.’

When Yujun readily accepted the proposal, Guild Master Lee Hyeok-jun showed a bright expression.

“I’m really grateful. I’ll make sure to provide generous compensation, so don’t worry!”

Guild Master Lee Hyeok-jun knew from continuous reports.

Since allowing the first-tier trainer education, Yujun had properly made his mark with the first-tier trainers.

All the Awakened from Sales Teams 1, 2, and 3, led by first-tier Awakened Kim O-jung, wanted to receive Yujun’s training.

This was because Sky Guild’s members had directly witnessed Yujun’s abilities.

“I haven’t forgotten the kindness of working with me when I had nothing.”

At those words, Guild Master Lee Hyeok-jun felt guilt.

He had simply recruited him to gain benefits.

“Trainer Kang…”

How could someone’s character be so good?

It was a lasting regret.

He shouldn’t have made a short-term contract of a few months just to test the waters. He should have invested even 10 billion won to secure him unconditionally.

Of course, even if he went back to that time, he would have made the same choice.

‘Relationships are quite important.’

The reason Yujun tried to maintain a good relationship with Guild Master Lee Hyeok-jun was simple.

Connections are more important than anything for a trainer.

‘Most Awakened unconditionally hide their weaknesses.’

Training is about eliminating weaknesses and strengthening advantages.

It’s received to become stronger.

‘It often connects through various channels.’

Especially if it’s a guild master of a large guild like Sky Guild, he could receive such requests countless times, and Yujun could naturally integrate into those situations.

So maintaining good relationships was important.

Of course, there was sincerity involved too.

‘Recruiting someone like me without a license or achievements wouldn’t have been an easy decision.’

“Please take care of me!”

Lee Su-yeon also showed interest in Yujun’s training, which had eliminated Woo Ha-na’s major weakness in one go and promoted her to the first tier.

She was someone who had returned impressed by overseas training systems.

On top of that, her uncle was quite a demanding person.

He was stingy with praising others and even more reluctant to praise Awakened.

When she joined Neverland Guild, her uncle had simply praised her for doing well, but she was quite curious about Yujun’s abilities that earned such high praise from that same uncle.

What kind of training method would Kang Yu-jun, a failed prospect, use?

“Shall we start right away?”

Yujun gestured.

“Then with the VR machine…”

“No.”

Basically, to receive training, a check through VR machines was essential.

The general method was to check combat with monsters similar to real battles through VR machines and reference the numerical data produced by the VR machines for training.

Especially overseas, this check through VR machines was mandatory.

There was never any haphazard work done.

“Let’s put the VR machine aside for now.”

“…”

At those words, Lee Su-yeon unconsciously frowned.

Was this haphazard training?

Lee Su-yeon, who had become accustomed to analysis based on numerical data and AI-assisted training, momentarily looked at her uncle.

Since he said this was an amazing trainer, she naturally assumed he would conduct cutting-edge training.

“Then… how should we proceed?”

-Scanning Awakened!

Yujun immediately used Awakened Scan.

-[Lee Su-yeon] Overall Grade B

-Physical: [B+]

-Mental: [A-]

-Stats: [Strength 13/20] [Stamina 20/30] [Agility 9/20]

-Awakened Ability: Iron Wall

-Potential: S

-Special Notes: Excessive concentration state

Physical B+ and Mental A-.

She even had S-rank potential.

Fortunately, unlike Im Seok-jae, she wasn’t an A-rank Awakened yet, so her complete status window was visible.

‘This is insane. This level of talent?’

As his proficiency in Awakened Scan improved, elements that weren’t visible before began to appear.

‘Excessive concentration state.’

That meant she couldn’t properly release her strength.

When using her ability, her entire body would tense up.

‘She can’t hit the brakes.’

Then the solution was very simple.

‘I just need to help her learn to brake.’

“Su-yeon, could you try drawing your ability to its full extent?”

At those words, Lee Su-yeon frowned slightly.

“Um, Trainer Kang, I’m sorry but when I use my ability at full power, I can’t control it. That’s why I went abroad to study.”

Though she ultimately couldn’t fix it.

She couldn’t bring herself to say those words.

“It’s fine. I’ll stop you.”

Yujun gestured for her to use it freely.

She looked at her uncle with a disapproving expression.

If she lost consciousness and went berserk, her power could explode and become dangerous.

However, her uncle readily nodded.

“Understood.”

Since her uncle had given permission, thinking he would handle the aftermath, she drew up her power.

Shaaaaaaaa-!

Instantly, a powerful barrier formed around her.

This was always the problem.

She needed to create an iron wall that nullified all attacks and maintain it, but when she fainted, that power would spread to the surroundings and indiscriminately attack people nearby.

Swoosh-.

Intense power gathered around her.

And in that moment, her eyes began to waver.

She tried to grit her teeth and endure, but it was too much.

Just as she was about to lose consciousness, unable to withstand the power.

Yujun’s staff struck her collarbone area with a sharp thwack.

“Found it.”

Yujun grinned.

Instantly, a barrier formed around her body.

“Huh…?”

She didn’t faint.

Strong confusion filled her eyes.

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