I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 211

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Transcendent Genius Trainer — Chapter 211

At Yujun’s words, the training ground fell silent all at once.
What happened in the Tower was not something often discussed within Promise Guild.
The team members had lost comrades, and the leaders had failed to protect their team.
It had left a deep trauma in its wake.

Of course, it wasn’t a taboo subject, since the conflict between Hwang Jin-seong and Oh Do-yun had begun because of it.
Every so often, someone voiced the opinion that what happened that day needed to be addressed.
Yet no one had ever broached the subject so openly, right in front of the man at the center of it all — which left Trainer Team Leader Kim Han-ju feeling slightly uneasy.
If they touched on that, Hwang Jin-seong might truly explode.
But contrary to such concerns, Hwang Jin-seong remained composed.

“If I could become such a leader, I would be grateful.”

Yujun spoke.
That it happened because he was weak.

“Make me stronger. If there’s a problem with me, that is.”

Shaaaaaak—
An intense aura erupted from Hwang Jin-seong.
His ability was Holy Power.
An exceptionally versatile ability that allowed him to reinforce his body or craft weapons using the force of the Holy attribute.
Many Awakeners possessed attribute-based abilities, but those with the Holy attribute were extraordinarily rare.
And among that small handful, Hwang Jin-seong was the strongest.

Everyone watching Hwang Jin-seong and Yujun did so with worried eyes.
Trainer Team Leader Kim Han-ju in particular furrowed his brow and muttered under his breath.

“There’s nothing wrong.”

There is nothing wrong.
Hwang Jin-seong in his current state is perfect.
There can be no training without something to work on.
How could anyone possibly make Hwang Jin-seong, who had already grown to his limits, any stronger?

…….
…….

Guild Master Choi Ho-jeong and Director Kim Tae-jeong held the same view.
Meanwhile, Yujun was studying Hwang Jin-seong intently.

‘This is about mid-tier in the SS-rank. Or rather, high-level low-tier, to be precise.’

Even after reaching SS-rank, he had not neglected training and practical experience, and had grown in every area where growth was possible.
That was why golden light was pouring from his entire body.

‘But this is an artificial limit.’

-Scanning Awakener!
-Scanning SS-rank Awakener Hwang Jin-seong!
-Deep Scan!
-Accelerated Thought!
-Training Hint! Some Awakeners create their own limits!

Crackle—!
Mana flow, muscle, nervous system signals.
Information began flowing into Yujun’s eyes.

‘Left trapezius and wrist.’

And.

‘Mana Circuit overload near the heart.’

Beneath the overflow of golden light lay minute fractures and a crimson glow.
Yujun’s Accelerated Thought pierced through Hwang Jin-seong’s body, and the Training Hint assisted in its wake.

‘But the real problem lies elsewhere.’

Crackle—! Crackle-crackle—!
Yujun focused his eyes intently.
His gaze pierced through countless streams of golden and crimson light, coming to rest at one spot.

‘He’s blocked it tight and achieved completion this way.’

The solar plexus.
The Mana Road at that point, where all mana was spreading out, existed in three branches.

‘As if to appear normal.’

Two branches were sealed, and only one path lay open.

‘Just as I thought — he hasn’t actually reached his limit, but he’s drawn his own boundary and grown only to that point.’

Yujun smiled as if amused.
Shaaaaaak—
His mana circulated powerfully.

‘He doesn’t even realize it himself.’

He had no awareness that he himself had created this situation.

Then the first step was to reconstruct the Mana Circuit and Mana Road.
He had done this before, so it would not be difficult.

‘But I need to understand why it happened first.’

And the answer came easily.

‘Trauma.’

Trauma had barred the way to possibility.

‘Because he doesn’t want to acknowledge his failure that day.’

His past self had made a perfect decision.
To believe that, Hwang Jin-seong had chosen to regard his current state as flawless.

‘And that choice closed off his possibilities.’

Yujun’s frown deepened slightly.
Even if reconstructed, it would revert to this state.
Like with Oh Do-yun, he would have to fix his mental foundation first.

“You’ll need to tear down everything you’ve built.”

Yujun said.

“Habits, customs, strengths, weaknesses — everything resets to zero.”
“……Is that even possible?”
“Impossible.”

Of course, it was generally impossible.

“My success rate is low.”
“……So it’s like gambling.”
“Yes. My success rate is ninety percent. There’s a ten percent chance of failure.”
“……What?”

Rather than answer, Yujun immediately activated the Special Training Mode.

-Special Training Mode activated!
-Domain proclaimed! Training efficiency maximized!

“First, we’ll reconstruct your internal Mana Roads and Mana Circuits.”

Thud—
Yujun, now beside him, gripped the Geumgang Iron Staff with force.

‘I respect the reason.’

Why he became this way.
Why he became the problem child of Promise Guild — he understood it all.

‘But understanding doesn’t mean I can let everything pass.’

Yujun swung the Geumgang Iron Staff with violence.

“In pain, you think only in simple terms. Let’s start with simple thinking.”

Thud—! Crack—! Thud—!
Yujun’s Lightning Mana began to writhe.

“Ughhhh—!”

Though Hwang Jin-seong had grown accustomed to pain, the staff piercing his entire body wrought intense agony upon him.

All Awakeners, whether pain-hardened or not, would cry out when subjected to a massage from the Geumgang Iron Staff.
And now with Lightning Mana added to the equation, the pain could only double.

“Haahhhhh.”

Thud—! Crack—!
Yujun paused and drew something from his robes.

Clink—
A potion in a glass vial.
Hwang Jin-seong naturally assumed it was for him and reached out.

“……?”

But Yujun shook his head.

“This one’s mine.”

Gulp—. Gulp—.

‘Lightning Mana burns through resources too fast.’

Which was why he had to drink a mana recovery potion.
Then he resumed the massage.

“Ughhh……still more……”
“Almost done now.”

Hwang Jin-seong felt the mana raging through his entire body.
His Mana Circuits had been utterly shattered.
His Mana Roads no longer functioned.

Zero.
His body had now reached a state of complete zero.

“Captain Hwang, I’ve found your problem.”

Yujun’s voice dropped low.
He stepped closer so only Hwang Jin-seong could hear.

“You’re creating your own limits.”
“……Me?”
“Yes.”
“I still have a strong desire to grow stronger. Why would I create my own limits?”

Hwang Jin-seong shot back curtly at the absurd reasoning.

“So that the judgment you made that day will have been correct.”
“…….”
“Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.”

In simpler terms.

“You’re suffering from PTSD.”
“That’s…… that doesn’t make sense. What I did…… I made that judgment with perfect reason that day. My choice was the right one. I saved the rest. If I hadn’t, everyone would have died. I saved those I could save on a day when everyone could have perished.”

Despite Yujun’s lowered voice, Hwang Jin-seong suddenly spoke loudly in agitation.
Because of that, everyone learned what Yujun had said to Hwang Jin-seong.

“However much you try to convince me, this seems a bit……”

Yujun suddenly struck his solar plexus with the staff once more.
Thwack—!
But this time it didn’t hurt.

“There are three Mana Roads here. Three branches that used to branch out and handle your firepower. But none of them are functioning now.”
“…….”

At those words, Hwang Jin-seong’s expression shifted to one of shock.

“You sealed them yourself. So you couldn’t grow any further.”

Hwang Jin-seong’s pupils trembled.
Something resonated in him from Yujun’s words.
The events that had unfolded in his body ever since that day in the Tower came flooding back.
I’ve reached my limit. My growth as an SS-ranker is over.
That’s all he had thought.
But.
All of it…… had been caused by trauma?

“Are you saying that I stopped my own growth to rationalize what happened that day?”
“No. To survive. To survive that memory.”

At Yujun’s words, Hwang Jin-seong sank into torment.

‘Now’s the moment.’

At that instant, Yujun opened the Awakener Training System.

‘If I resolve the trauma, I can move forward easily.’

He then checked the Level 6 skills.

‘It was definitely there among the Level 6 skills.’

Training means disciplining both body and mind.
In most cases, the body is what needs work, but sometimes the mind is the greater factor.

‘Cases like now, where powerful trauma is at play.’

An unhealthy mind dominates the body.
When that happens, no amount of physical training matters.

-Skill: Memory Refinement
-Required Points: 150,000P

‘Found it.’

The skill, Memory Refinement.
It was a skill that literally refined traumatic memories and helped one overcome them.

‘150,000 points.’

A substantial cost, but Yujun had already accumulated far more points from his prior training.

-Skill learned!
-Memory Refinement learned!

Yujun immediately learned the Memory Refinement skill and used it on Hwang Jin-seong.

-Memory Refinement is being used!

“You’ll return to that day’s memory. I’ll help. So you can overcome it.”

Shaaaaaak—!
Memory Refinement was cast.

Whoosh—!
Hwang Jin-seong was transported back to that day.

-We have to abandon them!

The Hwang Jin-seong of that day was being observed by the Hwang Jin-seong of now.
And Yujun watched the scene alongside him.

‘The situation was more urgent than I expected.’

We must leave them behind.
Those who could live must live.

-We can save everyone. If we work together, we can save them all!
-We can’t. We’re all going to die this way. Do-yun, now is not the time.

Oh Do-yun spoke.
But Hwang Jin-seong ignored him. Those who could be saved had to be saved.

-Captain!

The voices of his team members echoed.

-Please……
-Don’t abandon us……

Don’t leave us behind.

-Hwang Jin-seong!

Oh Do-yun called out desperately after Hwang Jin-seong as he led the survivors.
But Hwang Jin-seong ultimately abandoned them and escaped the Tower.

Oh Do-yun endured. Hwang Jin-seong fled.

“The right choice…… the right choice……”

The voices of those dying still rang clear.
It crumbles.
Guilt began to grip him violently.

It’s my fault. I shouldn’t have abandoned them.
Shouldn’t have left them behind.
They said their child’s first birthday is next month…… asked me to come to the celebration……..

Choke—. Choke—.
Hwang Jin-seong clutched his own head.
Awakeners can be made strong by faith.
Which meant they could also be weakened endlessly by doubt.

‘No good.’

Boom-boom-boom-boom-boom—!
Hwang Jin-seong’s mana began to run rampant.
As his spirit fractured, his internal mana spiraled out of control.
Especially since Yujun had intentionally destroyed his Mana Roads and Circuits, the runaway effect was all the more severe.

Crack-crack-crack-crack—!

“……!”
“D-Danger!”

If this SS-ranker’s mana erupted and detonated here, not only Yujun, standing closest, but the other Awakeners would suffer serious injury.
Guild Master Choi Ho-jeong and Director Kim Tae-jeong, who had been watching quietly, sprang to their feet.

“Everyone back!”

Trainer Team Leader Kim Han-ju moved urgently to stop them both.

“Trainer Team!”

He called to the Trainer Team.
They needed to evacuate immediately.

Shaaaaaak—!
One might think an SS-ranker falls easily.
But over nearly a year, he had suffered continuous damage.
Even the hardest stone cannot withstand the relentless fall of water each day.

Shaaaaaak—.
Crash—!
Hwang Jin-seong’s body flooded with pure white light.
The runaway of Holy Power was paradoxically beautiful beyond measure.

“Trainer Kang!”
“Evacuate now!”

In this state, Hwang Jin-seong’s runaway cannot be stopped.
Attempting to contain it hastily would invite catastrophic injury.

Hwang Jin-seong was losing consciousness.
A wielder of Holy Power, sinking into an endless darkness.
Perhaps it was for the best.
This way, he might finally shed the guilt.
It should have ended like this from the start.
It should have been him who remained behind, not his team.

Falling.
Into darkness.
Into infinite dark.

Thud—!
Someone seized his hand.

“Since I’ve taken on your training,”

In the darkness.

“You don’t finish without my permission.”

Yujun pulled Hwang Jin-seong back up.

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