I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 215

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A Transcendent Genius Trainer — Episode 215

The first day of training at Promise Guild had ended, and Yujun proceeded into one-on-one sessions.

“Hwang.”

Oh Do-yun had clearly overcome the memory of that day.
But Hwang Jin-seong had not.

‘He hasn’t washed away the guilt itself entirely.’

So Yujun called Hwang Jin-seong first.

“From what I’ve heard, under your strategic judgment that day, you provided substantial compensation to the families of the colleagues you left behind.”
“……Yes.”
“And some of them not only resented you and hurled insults—there were even those who tried to kill you, I understand.”
“Yes.”

Hwang Jin-seong believed he had to bear all of it himself.
Even now, he regretted that day daily.

“It was the right thing to do, so I did it.”
“I see.”

‘One day of training won’t change everything.’

Of course, the limits he’d drawn around his own heart had been shattered today.

‘Which makes it more dangerous.’

Now he would regret it more deeply.
That he could have become this strong.
Why had he run that day?
The families and acquaintances of his colleagues who still resented him would remind him of that day every single day.

‘It’s inevitable.’

But Yujun was a trainer who resolved the inevitable.

“I don’t expect that wound to heal in a single day.”
“……I understand what you’re saying. I’ll endure it.”
“No.”

Overcome it through willpower alone.
That wasn’t why he’d held this session—to dispense such platitudes.

“I aim to be a trainer who strengthens both mind and body completely.”
“…….”

Hwang Jin-seong met Yujun’s gaze.

“Why do you take such a difficult path?”

Most trainers in the current industry focused on specific disciplines.

Yujun held an unrivaled position in the industry today.
Even training as he did now, he would become a legend.
In fact, he was already worthy of being called a legendary trainer.

“Why take such a difficult path?”
“Yes. Forgive me for saying so, but…… it seemed you no longer needed to walk such a dangerous road.”

With this Promise training, Yujun would receive love calls from every guild once more.
He need only make Promise one of the Top 3 Guilds.
That would be enough.
Hwang Jin-seong couldn’t understand why Yujun took such risks.

“Because I can deliver better training. Because I become capable of higher-level instruction.”

Then he smiled slightly and added,

“I do it because it’s fun. Training.”

Because it’s fun.
At those words, all of Hwang Jin-seong’s doubts evaporated.
It wasn’t a burdensome task for him.
An enjoyable one.
The more he did it, the deeper he fell into it.
For some, work was work. For others, it was not.

“I see. I apologize. Now I understand.”
“So I won’t simply tell you vaguely to endure it without taking responsibility.”
“……Then.”
“We train the mind as well.”

—Activating Neural Network Acceleration!

‘Help him face that memory again and overcome it.’

It was painful work.
Hwang Jin-seong never wanted to recall that day again.
Yet he had to endure.

‘Tempering that memory.’

The essence of this memory tempering lay in tempering itself, true to the skill’s name.
Refining the heart.
Tempering and cultivating the spirit.
It wasn’t simply a skill that made one relive a memory.

“Face it head-on. Swallow that trauma. I know it’s difficult. But you must confront it directly.”

At the end of the memory, Yujun sensed something off.

‘Team Leader Hwang is describing how his teammates looked at him with resentful eyes at the end.’

But what they’d actually said was just one thing.

—Team Leader!

Their voices calling out to Hwang Jin-seong, their leader.

‘He needs to see all the way through to the end. That’s what remains in Hwang Jin-seong’s memory.’

Hwang Jin-seong remembered that voice as resentful.
He believed they’d been saying “Don’t abandon us” or “Save us.”
Yujun checked the final memory.

—Team Leader!

Here was where Hwang Jin-seong always ran.
Because he fled, he never heard what came after.

“Go ahead. Resent me. Resent me…….”

—Run! Don’t worry about us……!

“……!”
“They weren’t resenting you at all.”

What they’d cried out at the end was an order to run.
Not “Don’t abandon us” or “Save us.”

He simply hadn’t heard.
Words he couldn’t hear because he’d fled from this painful memory.

“……That’s how it was. Yes.”

It was time to break free from the trauma.
Whoooosh—
The memory played again.

—Team Leader!

To his teammates crying out that he alone must live, Hwang Jin-seong replied,

“I’ll live for you too. And never again…… will I abandon anyone by growing stronger.”

—Your mind has been strengthened through Neural Network Acceleration!

Whoooosh—!

—Additional training complete.
—Achievement unlocked.
—Achievement [Overcoming Trauma] unlocked.
—Earned 100,000P.

‘For Promise Guild to become one of the Top 3 Guilds, Hwang Jin-seong’s role will be crucial.’

In this moment, Hwang Jin-seong had truly overcome his trauma.
Of course, he might still waver in the future.
But each time, today’s memory would stand against that trauma.

‘Then he’ll be able to serve as a proper anchor.’

Yujun smiled to himself.

“Since you’ve undergone mental training today, rest thoroughly.”

‘It’ll be exhausting.’

“Return after resting for about three hours.”

* * *

Over the next four days, Yujun trained the entire Sales Team.

‘To be recognized as one of the Top 3 Guilds, ultimately we must conquer a tower.’

The most critical task was conquering an unclaimed tower.

‘I shouldn’t focus on the Tower of Ashes.’

Yujun already knew.
Just how high the difficulty of the Tower of Ashes truly was.

‘We’re still stuck on floor three.’

Naturally, the lower floors were quite easy.
But “easy” was relative—for those familiar with the Tower of Ashes like Yujun, perhaps. For the Korean guilds not yet acclimated to the Tower of Ashes, it remained extraordinarily difficult.

‘So we build achievements through other towers, not the Tower of Ashes.’

The tower Yujun selected was the Tower of Meteors, rated as the lowest difficulty among unclaimed towers.

‘Low difficulty, but there’s a reason it remains unclaimed.’

Meteors falling without cease.
And overwhelming gravity.
These two factors made conquest considerably challenging.

‘Even in the Tower of Infinity, such elements are considered formidable obstacles to overcome.’

So the team composition had to be carefully constructed.

‘But I already have it.’

A golden combination was already complete.
Hwang Jin-seong and Oh Do-yun.
With their Holy Power and Darkness Power, they could suppress the meteors and cover the gravity.

‘Holy Power neutralizes the overwhelming gravity, and Darkness Power devours the meteors.’

With that approach, the Tower of Meteors could be conquered without difficulty.

‘I need to prepare for the Tower of Ashes too. I need time to regain my senses.’

The only time Yujun had actually entered a tower was during the Insect Tower incident in Cheongdam—the first and last.

‘I’ll be going out into the field.’

Over those four days, Yujun focused the Sales Team’s training on tower conquest.

Whoooosh—
Sales Team 1 had been sharp to begin with, but now they’d become a blade that could cut through anything.
Particularly striking was Team Leader Hwang Jin-seong’s rapid growth.

‘Remarkable.’

Even Yujun was astonished by the pace of his progress.

‘I expected it to some extent, but this surpasses even that.’

Hwang Jin-seong, freed from his trauma, had no brakes.
Rather, he’d gained thrust.
To prevent another day like that, he immersed himself in training, devoted himself entirely, and focused everything on becoming stronger.

‘And Team 2.’

Team 2 was no longer merely a backup to Team 1.
As a unit, they’d become far more cohesive, and several Awakeners had emerged who could hold their own even if transferred to Team 1.

And Team 3’s growth was equally remarkable.
Sales Team 3 had occupied an awkward middle position in Promise Guild, but the moment Yujun’s training began, they’d become capable enough to be deployed in most tower conquests.

Explosive power growth.
Because of this, Yujun decided to alter his plan.

‘I’d intended to have the entire Sales Team enter the Tower of Meteors together.’

But now it seemed possible to divide them by team, with each team conquering a different tower.

‘Tripling the results.’

Normally it would’ve been impossible, but with Promise’s current Sales Team, it might actually work.

“Is it all right if we keep learning like this?”

These four days of training hadn’t been just for the Awakeners either.
Promise’s trainers had been continuously observing and studying Yujun’s methods.

“You’re welcome to learn as much as you wish.”

Yujun addressed the trainer team and Kim Han-ju, the team leader.

“I don’t consider you rivals.”

The statement might sound somewhat arrogant, but it wasn’t.

“Your growth in ability becomes South Korea’s growth in strength, doesn’t it? If Promise becomes the representative guild of South Korea, naturally you’ll receive attention, and if you gain that attention…….”

Yujun smiled slightly.

“Then I, having trained you, will receive that attention as well. What could be more mutually beneficial than this?”

In truth, there was no need for such reasoning.
Yujun was already a national treasure-class trainer.
He was the sole SS-rank Trainer in South Korea.
Such an SS-rank Trainer had no need for the distinct prestige they could offer.
He simply wanted to move forward together with them.

“To think you were such a good person…… we didn’t know.”
“Wait, did you seniors teach Trainer Kang to be like this? So kind?”
“……Why didn’t you bring him out as part of the Golden Youth!”
“Our mistake, seniors.”

The junior trainers rebuked the senior trainers.
The senior trainers fell silent.

“……We were wrong.”

It was their failing to not have properly trained Yujun during his Golden Youth years.
In an instant, Promise’s atmosphere transformed, and a single thought crystallized in everyone’s mind.

Top 3 Guilds.

“We can really do this, can’t we?”

In just four days, Promise’s power had risen this far.
Yujun called Kim Han-ju, the team leader.

“I’ll be ending the Sales Team’s training here for now.”

Over these four days, Yujun had pushed the Sales Team past their limits to reach new heights. Further training would be meaningless now.
He intended to pause their training until the unclaimed tower conquest.

“The most important group remains.”

At those words, Kim Han-ju’s eyes widened.
The foundation and future of Promise.

“I’ll be training the Youths.”

At those words, Kim Han-ju’s expression grew heavy.

“As you know, there’s that person among the Youths right now.”

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