I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 224

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Transcendent Genius Trainer Chapter 224

Master Guild.
Following Azure Dragon and Sunlight into the 4th Floor, Master Guild expressed their gratitude to the Awakener who had played a tremendous role in this raid.

“You’ve worked so hard.”
“Thank you for your efforts!”

It was not gratitude toward Master Guild’s Sales Team.
A mercenary.
Troubled by mediocre results, they had spent considerable money hiring a mercenary.

“I haven’t done much of anything. Your performances were the ones that mattered most.”
“That’s not true! Baek the Awakener!”

A hero, Baek Hyeon-jin.
Baek Hyeon-jin, who had come as a mercenary to Master Guild, was radiating a distinctive aura.
An aura that powerfully pressured whoever stood before him.

“Without you, at least a third of us would have died or been wounded.”

At the Guild Master’s words, Baek Hyeon-jin let out a soft laugh and shook his head.

“That’s not it. Since you’ve called on an Awakener past his prime, I have to earn my keep.”
“Past his prime? You’re in your second heyday!”
“And earn my keep? What are you saying! We should be paying you for saving our lives!”

When Master Guild’s Guild Master had announced he was hiring Baek Hyeon-jin as a mercenary for the Tower of Ashes raid.
There had been considerable pushback within the guild.
Master Guild’s Sales Team already had several S-rank and SS-rank Awakeners—why bring in Baek Hyeon-jin?
Why call on an Awakener past his prime?
Even if his momentum was good, he wasn’t capable of performing at the highest-tier guild level.
There had been many negative opinions.
But as they raided the Tower of Ashes, all those opinions were completely overturned.

“We didn’t realize the Tower of Ashes had such high difficulty.”
“If Baek the Awakener hadn’t been there…”
“If you hadn’t been there, we would have been in real trouble!”

Baek Hyeon-jin was a monster.
When the Aces fell into crisis, Baek Hyeon-jin remained unshaken and pulled them out.
Baek Hyeon-jin was the only one who reacted to the tower’s monsters that appeared mid-raid, its traps, and its spells.

Master Guild’s Aces were certainly SS-rank or high S-rank.
But Baek Hyeon-jin was in a different league altogether.

“We learned so much.”

Master Guild’s SS-rank Awakener bowed deeply.
The thought of jealousy didn’t even cross their mind.
Baek Hyeon-jin was a model for all Awakeners. There was so much to learn from him.

“Let’s rest for a moment!”

After setting up a base camp at the entrance to the 4th Floor, they rested first.
Even if they went back down, they planned to experience the flavor of the 4th Floor before descending.

“Senior, may I speak frankly?”
“Was it disappointing?”

Baek Hyeon-jin chuckled and replied.

“Disappointing? Ha! You yourself must know. It was truly… truly a tremendous help.”

Master Guild’s Guild Master spoke.

“Young Awakeners these days don’t know what you were like before people called you a hero.”

Before earning the name “Hero,” Baek Hyeon-jin had been called the “Tyrant King.”
He would often display overwhelming strength, raiding towers tyrannically, conquering uncleared towers alone.
The Tyrant King was hidden within the title of Hero.

“And yet… why do you seem even stronger now than then?”

Baek Hyeon-jin was older now than he had been then.
On top of that, not much time had passed since he received training from Kang Yu-jun and made his comeback.
Yet the current Baek Hyeon-jin transcended even the monstrous…

“You’ve become like someone who has attained enlightenment.”

He seemed so composed, as if enlightened—very calm and broad in perspective.

“Does it show?”

Baek Hyeon-jin smiled.

“It’s thanks to the training I received recently.”

The training he received from Kang Yu-jun.
The rehabilitation training still remained in his body.

“My perspective has become wider. Before, I judged situations in a straight line, but now it’s as if I’m watching myself from above, looking down.”

Just as Master Guild’s Guild Master said—he had that sense of enlightenment.

“That rehabilitation training… is it really that effective?”
“It is. Not only did it recover my body from being devastated, it upgraded me to another level entirely.”
“What exactly is this training that produces such results?”

Master Guild’s Guild Master’s eyes gleamed at Baek Hyeon-jin’s words.

“It’s hard to put into words. Just know that it’s completely different from any training so far.”

Baek Hyeon-jin thought for a moment before speaking.
Words couldn’t convey the meaning.
Yujun’s training couldn’t be easily believed until you experienced it yourself.
So Baek Hyeon-jin simply smiled.
Suddenly, a single word came to mind.

“He transforms you.”

Yujun transforms people.

“Everything.”

* * *

As soon as Master Guild broke through the 4th Floor, they descended.

“Director!”

The Management Bureau Director greeted Master Guild’s descending Awakeners with a smiling face.

“Congratulations, Guild Master of Master Guild.”
“I didn’t expect you to greet us personally. Are we the first?”
“You’re third, after Azure Dragon Guild and Sunlight Guild.”
“Hmm? Has Dream Guild not made it yet?”
“Dream Guild…”

The Management Bureau Director explained the situation.

“Goodness.”
“If things are like this… it will be difficult to proceed further.”
“And there is something we should discuss.”

The Management Bureau Director’s expression was grave.

“Then we’ll prepare immediately and head to the Management Bureau.”
“Yes, please do. We’ll meet you at the Management Bureau.”

After the Director left.
A guild member who had remained below immediately reported the situation.

“Dream Guild’s Han Gyu-jin suffered serious injuries, and…”

It was about the situation they’d heard roughly from the Management Bureau Director.

“…What about Promise?”

He had heard about Kang Yu-jun from Baek Hyeon-jin while in the tower.
So he became curious about what Kang Yu-jun was doing at Promise.

“Promise Guild is not focusing on the Tower of Ashes but concentrating on other matters. Internal training has been completed, and they’ve cleared three uncleared towers.”
“They’ve already cleared three towers?”
“Yes. They cleared three in just one week, according to reports.”
“How is that even…?”

What kind of training was Kang Yu-jun providing to achieve results like this?

“So our Guild Master has tentatively…”

The one reporting wore a gloomy expression.

“…been pushed down from third place.”
“…Sigh.”

They had climbed so hard to reach third place.
Yet to be knocked down so quickly…

“We broke through the 4th Floor. When those points are added, won’t we still have a chance?”

But the response was negative.
Promise had cleared entire towers, while they had just entered the 4th Floor.
Because of that, the total points tallied were different.
Of course, the Tower of Ashes was quite important in the current situation, but uncleared domestic towers were also important.

“Phew…”

Master Guild’s Guild Master sighed.
They had gotten help from Baek Hyeon-jin and raided the Tower of Ashes, only to lose third place in the meantime.

“There’s no choice.”

If they can’t win, they join.

“We need to request training from Trainer Kang.”

* * *

Promise Guild’s Support Team Leader Im Seok-rok’s ability was Amplification.

“An ability that amplifies the power of a designated target.”

Im Seok-rok explained his ability.

“It’s an ability with many advantages, but it has one very significant drawback: I cannot use the amplification at a large scale.”

This ability’s limitation was clear.

“One person per activation. So if I were to receive training, I’d want to remove this limitation… I’ve received training many times before, but…”

Team Leader Im had repeatedly received training to use the ability at a large scale.

-Using the ability at large scale causes the effect to diminish.
-You should continue as you are now.
-Or you would need to raise your skill to the level of a second awakening.

After hearing that, he had given up on large-scale ability use.

“Everyone said it was impossible. Can I use large-scale amplification? Can training make it possible?”
“It’s possible.”

Yujun answered without a moment’s hesitation.
Then he looked at the other Support Team Awakeners.

“You all have specific directions you want to grow toward, don’t you?”

The Support Team, including Team Leader Im Seok-rok, were not satisfied with their current abilities.

“I’ll align you in those directions.”

Crack!
Yujun swung the Geumgang Iron Staff.

‘This is simple.’

Their requests could be resolved quite easily.

‘I just need to expand their weight class.’

Snap.
-True Eye activates!
-Thought Acceleration!

Yujun then used Guide Light.

“You’ll see light before your eyes. Move by following that light. Take your stances and use your abilities.”

Following Guide Light, Yujun added a newly learned skill.

-Recovery Aura is activated!

Whoooosh!
With Recovery Aura activated, Yujun’s training began.

-Circuit Implantation skill is being used!

Yujun reorganized their Mana Roads with Circuit Implantation.
He expanded the Mana Roads of the Support Team Awakeners who moved according to Guide Light.
Forcibly expanding inevitably caused internal wounds, but Recovery Aura enhanced their regenerative capacity.

‘Increase the amount of circulating Mana, and…’

-Stat Expansion skill is being used!
-Maximum stat thresholds expand!

Apply Stat Expansion, and…

-Special Training Mode activates!
-Training efficiency increases!

‘Thanks to the Incubation skill, my body condition is currently optimal.’

Yujun’s body condition was insanely good from the previous Promise Guild training.

-All stats have reached maximum threshold.

The stats that had exceeded their limits now rose back to their maximum.

‘Let me use it actively.’

-Force Sync: Avatar skill is being used!

‘With the Phantom Duo Achievement unlocked, I can now use Force Sync on two people simultaneously.’

Yujun used Force Sync: Avatar on Team Leader Im and the Support Team’s Assistant Team Leader, and Synchronization for the rest.
Then he moved their bodies according to the growth areas each had desired.

Whoooosh.
Team Leader Im Seok-rok responded first.

The power of amplification and amplified enhancement.
Crash!
Power surged like waves, transmitted to all the Support Team members.

“…Huh?”

Large-scale ability use.
Team Leader Im Seok-rok was stunned.

“It… it’s this easy…?”

This couldn’t be this easy.
If it had been this easy, there was no way he wouldn’t have used it in nearly a decade!

Team Leader Im looked at Yujun.
Meanwhile, the other team members were also rapidly reaching the realms they had desired to attain.

“…!”
“…!”

And like Team Leader Im, they looked at Yujun with blank expressions.
These were not realms that could be reached so easily.
If it had been this easy, they should have already reached them during their years of effort.

“It’s all thanks to the effort you’ve all put in so far.”

Yujun smiled warmly and spoke.

“I merely gave you a gentle push.”

The Support Team Awakeners could only laugh bitterly.
This was far more than a gentle push.

“You’ve caught us by the collar and lifted us to the peak, and yet…”

Team Leader Im smiled brightly.
Then the stories he’d heard before flowed through his mind like a panorama.

-Trainer Kang trained the Trainer Team.
-Trainer Kang trained Sales Team 2…
-Trainer Kang trained Sales Team 1…
-Trainer Kang trained Team Leader Hwang and Team Leader O…

The impossible words they had spoken.
The expressions they had worn, and the expressions his colleagues had worn.

“Now I understand everything.”

Team Leader Im Seok-rok nodded.

“It’s all real…”

There wasn’t a shred of exaggeration in those stories.

-Training is complete!
-Training Score is being calculated!
-Training Score: 13 / 30
-Remarkable training!
-You gain Points according to Training Score!

The previous maximum Training Score of 10 points had expanded to 30 points with the ceiling removed.
And…

-Points acquired!
-180,000P acquired!

‘The amount of Points I’m getting has increased.’

Yujun smiled slightly.

“Thank you for your hard work.”

* * *

“Training is complete.”

With the Support Team, Promise Guild’s training was officially completed.

“Trainer Kang.”

Guild Master Choi Ho-jeong bowed his head.

“You’ve worked so hard.”

Two weeks.
Exactly two weeks had passed since Yujun came to Promise Guild.
In those two weeks, Promise Guild had been completely transformed.
Everything Yujun had promised to accomplish when he first arrived at Promise was being realized.
Guild Master Choi Ho-jeong looked at Yujun.

“It was excellent training. So now, don’t worry. Trainer Kang, you have no remaining debt or responsibility to Promise.”

Guild Master Choi Ho-jeong already knew.
Why Kang Yu-jun had chosen Promise.
There must have been better offers, yet why had he chosen Promise nonetheless?

Responsibility.
Debt.
Gratitude.
Probably emotions that couldn’t be bound into a single concept.
Of course, he hadn’t chosen based on emotion alone.
But now he could say it with certainty.

“Promise is proud to have you, our former Golden Youth, Trainer Kang.”

Kang Yu-jun was no longer a forbidden topic or subject of gossip within Promise.
He was not the epitome of a failed Awakener.

“Fly freely.”

Guild Master Choi Ho-jeong spoke.

“Our Pride of Promise.”

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