I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 216

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Transcendent Genius Trainer Chapter 216

The Youth that Kim Manager referred to as “that friend” was someone Yujun knew well.

‘Jang Myeong-hun.’

“We’ve conducted training countless times, but we’ve never completed it properly. The potential is definitely there, but the risk when it fails is too great….”

He, too, was a Youth receiving full support from Promise, much like Yujun, for demonstrating such potential.
But he had his own problem.

‘A very common problem.’

He had Awakened, but he couldn’t control it.

It was a very common case, but the severity of it was the real issue.

“You remember, right? Jang Myeong-hun, the Youth.”
“I remember. Very clearly.”

He couldn’t help but remember.

“Because I nearly died caught up in that power.”

It happened during Youth training, so Yujun was there as well.
Yujun found his condition quite intriguing and watched from closer than the other Youths, nearly losing his life in the process.

‘I saw something back then.’

At the time, he’d only thought: couldn’t we just do it this way?
If trained properly, Jang Myeong-hun could become Promise Guild’s main force.

“That insane firepower would be a huge asset in conquering any tower.”

‘And I could even achieve an achievement.’

“What’s Jang Myeong-hun’s current rank?”
“D-rank.”

‘Still the same.’

The lowest rank.
It was a rank assigned because he’d merely Awakened and achieved nothing else.

‘It would be good for the Genius Creator Achievement too.’

It was an achievement earned by turning five D-rank Awakeners into S-rank Awakeners.

‘There are Youths among them who could reach S-rank.’

All the Promise Youths were individuals overflowing with potential.

‘There’s a reason Promise’s Youth team is called a treasure chest.’

If he only had the confidence to train them, this place was a goldmine for a Trainer.

‘Next comes the Youth team.’

“So you’re planning to start Youth training right away?”
“No. I intend to finish all the Sales Team training first.”

Yujun had no intention of finishing Sales Team training here.

He planned to accompany them into tower raids, train during the raids, and provide feedback as well.

“Which is why I’m bringing this up. Manager Kim, how are you viewing Teams 2 and 3?”

Four days of training had significantly raised the level of Teams 2 and 3.

“You mean restructuring the teams.”

Manager Kim immediately grasped what Yujun meant.

“There are Awakeners who’ve grown rapidly, and it seems necessary to reorganize the team classification.”

Team 2 had grown considerably, but Team 3 had achieved truly dramatic growth.
Because of this, the skill gap between Team 2’s and Team 3’s Awakeners had narrowed significantly.
In this situation, merging them would create much better synergy than keeping them separate.

“The boundary has already become blurred. I think merging them would be better. Well, if that happens, there’s another decision to make.”

If Teams 2 and 3 merged, they’d need to appoint a new team leader.

“Team 2’s leader could continue, but… Team 3’s leader has also undergone tremendous growth.”

Currently, both Team 2 and Team 3’s leaders had reached mid-tier S-rank.
They were perfectly absorbing Yujun’s training and properly demonstrating the authority of a leader.

‘No need to hesitate.’

“Manager Kim Su-hyeok.”

At Yujun’s call, Kim Su-hyeok, the leader of Sales Team 3, looked at him.

“Yes! Trainer Kang. You called?”

Kim Su-hyeok approached briskly.
The Yujun who was once called the golden Youth had vanished from his memory entirely.
What stood before him now was Kang Yu-jun, South Korea’s only SS-rank Trainer.
The past held no importance whatsoever.

“We’re planning to merge Teams 2 and 3.”
“…!”

Kim Su-hyeok’s expression showed surprise.

“So that means…?”
“Yes. A new team will be formed. Likely, Team 3 will be dissolved and everyone from Team 3 will join Team 2. In that case, the leader position becomes an issue.”
“I’m fine with it. The leader position is…”

Kim Su-hyeok smiled and waved his hand dismissively.

“When the two teams merge, I’d like Manager Kim Su-hyeok to take on the leadership.”
“…What?”

It was unexpected.

Merging was fine.
The two teams were now at similar skill levels.
But if he were to lead the merged team, it would be better for the existing Team 2 leader to take it.
He’d been with Promise Guild much longer and had far more experience.

“I’m not qualified. When I took over Team 3, it was a position I had to lead because there was no choice, but as long as Team 2’s leader exists, I…”

He’d done well as a leader so far.
But Team 2’s leader was someone with far superior leadership ability.
He knew this well because he’d once belonged to Team 2.

“From what I see, your commanding ability is far more exceptional, Manager Kim.”

In Yujun’s assessment, Team 2’s leader was an Awakener better suited as a dealer than a commander.
His commanding ability wasn’t lacking, but compared to his offensive power, it was rather disappointing.

“But if that’s the case…”
“I’ve already discussed this thoroughly.”

Team 2’s leader came running at Yujun’s call.

“I’m more comfortable taking on the main dealer role. Instead, I’ll handle main dealing. That way, the existing Team 2 members won’t have strong objections either.”

Moreover, the two teams had already trained together and witnessed Kim Su-hyeok’s Team 3 leader’s abilities.

“His commanding ability was far more exceptional than mine. I never realized it until now.”

Despite belonging to the same guild, they hadn’t properly understood each other’s abilities.

“We were just under the same guild umbrella. It seems we didn’t understand each other well at all.”

Knowing nothing, they’d simply existed together under the Promise Guild shelter.
That’s why talk of Top Three Guilds and such had become empty words.

“…I understand. Then I’ll do my best as the new leader!”

At this point, further refusal would be rude.
If Kang Yu-jun had judged it that way, it must be right.

“I’ll follow Trainer Kang’s judgment!”

Yujun immediately relayed the merger decision to Guild Master Choi Ho-jeong.

“Let’s merge them right away.”

Guild Master Choi Ho-jeong nodded readily.
He trusted everything Yujun said.

“If Trainer Kang has judged it that way, it must be the better decision.”

An SS-rank Trainer’s judgment would certainly be more reliable than his own.
At that moment, Manager Kim Han-ju brought up one more point with a serious expression.

“And he also told me to raise the Trainer team’s salary.”

Guild Master Choi Ho-jeong’s expression hardened instantly.

“Manager Kim, you’re making that up, aren’t you?”
“…I’m sorry!”

* * *

The fourth day of training.
Guild Master Choi Ho-jeong, who’d been scolded harshly by his wife, gave up trying to convince her with words.
So he simply brought his wife to the guild.
He judged that showing her directly was the best way to prove his innocence.

“Honey.”

His wife, who’d come with Guild Master Choi Ho-jeong, nodded.
Then she made a genuinely apologetic expression.

“I’m sorry. Really sorry.”
“It’s fine. You know now. I wouldn’t have believed you either before seeing it like this.”

She already knew Yujun had become an SS-rank Trainer.
But what Guild Master Choi Ho-jeong had described seemed unbelievable.
However, seeing it directly, she realized that much of what he’d said was actually understated or omitted.

“But…I really can’t believe it. Is that really Kang Yu-jun?”

She’d originally been a Promise Guild member and had seen Kang Yu-jun a few times.
But the Kang Yu-jun she’d seen then and the Kang Yu-jun now were completely different people.
And this training.
It was completely different from any training she’d ever witnessed.

“I’ve received training before, but…”

She unconsciously clenched her fist.
She’d never seen training like this.
If she’d been able to receive such training during her active years, she might have become an S-rank Awakener.

“Honey, can I receive training too?”
“That’s…”

Guild Master Choi Ho-jeong spoke with a troubled expression.

“Let me go first.”

There had to be an order to these things.

The fourth day of training.
Yujun conducted the final training for all three Sales Teams.

“I’ll begin the final training. I haven’t decided on subsequent training yet.”

The eyes of all the Awakeners in the Sales Teams shone brightly.
It was possible they wouldn’t receive training again after today.
So they’d burn today.
They’d give everything to today’s training.

“I always thought a day like this would come.”

Yong Jun-woo, an Awakener belonging to Sales Team 1, spoke.

“You predicted this day?”

A senior next to him looked at Yong Jun-woo.

“Not exactly this situation. But I always believed Yujun would eventually achieve this.”
“You were brought in at the same time as Trainer Kang, weren’t you!”
“Yes, that’s right.”

Yong Jun-woo was an Awakener who’d entered alongside Kang Yu-jun.
So they’d spent quite a long time together as Youths.
Though they weren’t close enough to say they were particularly intimate.

“Just like everyone who joined Promise, we all heard the word ‘genius’ at least once.”

The Youths and Awakeners entering Promise Guild were people who’d been called geniuses.
Overflowing talent.
A brilliant future.
That’s why many were scouted to Promise Guild.
Yong Jun-woo was no exception.

“I truly believed I was Korea’s greatest genius. I was the youngest to Awaken in my region, and I was always first in my academy.”

He had no peers among his generation.
So when he entered Promise, he’d had enormous confidence.
He’d thought he was the kind of talent who would usher in a new era.
But then he saw one person.

“Then, after joining Promise, I saw it.”

There was no way not to recognize it.
You could tell just by looking.

“Real talent.”

Upon seeing Kang Yu-jun’s talent, Yong Jun-woo understood.
His own talent could fill a small pond completely.
When in the pond, he was overwhelming, but stepping into the vast ocean, he became small.

But Yujun was the ocean itself.
Simply a massive ocean.
A vast ocean that engulfed you when you approached, swallowing everything.
So at the time, he’d even considered transferring to a different guild.

“I was confused that he hadn’t Awakened. And at the same time, I thought: what if such talent meant he couldn’t Awaken instead?”

That all his power to Awaken had gone into that talent instead.

“But…in the end, it’s turned out like this.”

The past few days felt like a dream.
Throughout all his training, he’d never experienced dramatic change even once.
He’d steadily accumulated experience and climbed to Team 1.
But Yujun’s training had shattered all that experience and conventional wisdom.
Rapid growth usually brought risk.
Yet Yujun’s training carried no such risk at all.

“Usually, growing this rapidly causes injury.”

Yujun already anticipated all of it, conducting repetitive training to match, embedding the training in both mind and body.

“Yesterday my bones felt like they’d shatter. By morning, everything was fine.”
“I’ll begin.”

At Yujun’s words, everyone refocused on him.

Snap—
Yujun’s True Eye glowed an even deeper red.

Crackle-crackle—. Snap—

‘The more information accumulates, the higher the accuracy of what I see.’

Everything visible became comprehensible.
Things that hadn’t made sense until now.
Things that would need understanding from here on.
In Promise, where he’d come to repay a debt, Yujun was achieving growth at a frenzied pace.

‘I need to go deeper.’

Awakeners of A-rank and above carried various issues.
They differed based on their awakened abilities, mental state, mana road condition, and habits…

‘No two are alike.’

So he had to tailor training one-on-one for each person.

‘They’re at high levels, so without going deep, it’s difficult to make them grow.’

Moreover, the stronger they were, the greater their resistance.
What they’d built up doesn’t crumble easily.

‘Without deep immersion like Hwang Manager did with O Manager, training has no meaning.’

So Yujun had no choice but to challenge his own limits.
The moment of immersion.
In that moment where information drifted, he saw golden light.

‘It’s different.’

Until now, correct training to Yujun had appeared as blue light.
But now it was golden.
Like the golden light Awakeners emitted when they no longer needed training.
But this was slightly different from that.
There was no way to express it in words, but one thing was certain.

‘That’s the answer.’

People say there’s no answer in training.
But Yujun’s eyes saw it.
The answer, drifting in golden light.

‘Following that light, I complete it.’

As Yujun’s training deepened, the Promise guild members began to elevate as well.
The Top Three Guilds, which seemed like a dream.
It wasn’t someone else who would achieve it.
It was them.
Their own strength would create the opportunity to elevate Promise to the Top Three Guilds.
The moment Yujun’s goal and the Awakeners’ goals aligned.

-Training has been completed!

A notification appeared that he’d never seen before.
Not training completion.
Perfection.

‘A special message.’

It was a message that appeared upon succeeding at elevated training, and when this message appeared, the training score was always perfect.

-Awakener Training System Lv.6 proficiency increases significantly!
-Training score is being settled!
-Training Score 10 / 10
-You have perfectly utilized the new training method!

Amid the flood of notifications, Yujun bit his lip, suppressing the joy trying to burst out.

‘I’ve reached it.’

Lv.6 had solidly established itself in Yujun’s training.

“Everyone is now ready.”
“So we’re going to the Tower of Ashes now?”

At that question, Yujun shook his head.

“No. We’ll go to an unconquered tower.”

While everyone was focused on the Tower of Ashes.
Yujun had chosen a different unconquered tower.

‘What Promise needs now isn’t the Tower of Ashes.’

“I’ll show you.”

Yujun said.

“That Promise has returned.”

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