I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 78

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Transcendent Genius Trainer Episode 78

The place Yujun pointed to was the waist area.

Yujun gripped the Vajra staff tightly and said.

“I’ll take a look for a moment.”

Swooosh-!

Hong Jun-yong instinctively moved at the sudden attack.

As an S-rank Awakened, his reaction speed was fast, and his body movements were quick.

He could convert mana into wind, and since that wind dwelled within his body, he could immediately react even to Yujun’s sudden staff strike.

Whoosh-.

Hong Jun-yong moved as if sliding across the floor, trying to dodge the staff.

He thought he could easily avoid the staff of a trainer who wasn’t even awakened…

“What.”

However, Yujun’s staff was right in front of his eyes.

It followed him?

At this speed?

It was impossible.

But avoiding the staff in front of him was the priority.

Swish-!

He barely, really barely managed to dodge the staff.

He was more tense than when facing monsters in the Tower. Sweat began to form all over his body in an instant.

“…”

Yujun smiled as he watched Hong Jun-yong.

“Wh-what was that just now…?”

“It looked like it followed him…”

“It was too fast, I couldn’t see it properly.”

Hong Jun-yong exploded in anger at the sudden attack.

“What are you doing!”

“Didn’t I say I was checking the problematic area? It was a verification process.”

“That’s completely absurd…”

Hong Jun-yong was usually the one who shook others first.

But now Hong Jun-yong was the one being shaken.

Seo Yu-ri found herself smiling unconsciously as she watched Yujun.

He was even more charming than she had thought.

Who would have thought he could pressure Hong Jun-yong like that?

Even with Hong Jun-yong’s rough reaction, Kang Yu-jun only responded calmly.

“I was simply trying to correct what was wrong.”

“…What exactly is wrong?”

‘I wouldn’t have known if I hadn’t opened my mind’s eye.’

There was a minute crack in Hong Jun-yong’s waist.

Yujun focused power into his eyes.

Then he began to see inside the crack.

It was twisted and displaced.

‘It’s not visible when still.’

This minute crack becomes activated the moment he shoots an arrow.

‘Wind is filling that space.’

Therefore, it could practically be considered not a problem.

‘But for an S-rank mid-tier Awakened, this should be considered a problem.’

The fact that wind was being used to fill that crack meant that wind that should be used for attacks or other purposes was being wasted.

For S-rank Awakened, small differences create big differences.

So this was both a small and big difference.

‘It’s a flaw that must be corrected.’

“Your archery just now was perfect. It didn’t waver. But your body’s interior shook.”

“…”

Seo Yu-ri looked at Yujun in surprise at his confident words.

She had only felt it was perfect, but the body’s interior had shaken?

“No trainer has ever said there was a problem with that archery…”

Other aspects aside, they had all said that particular archery had no room for improvement.

Yet only Yujun was saying there was a problem.

However, no matter how she looked at it, it didn’t seem like problematic archery.

As far as she knew, Hong Jun-yong had strong pride in his archery.

“This is… big trouble.”

Meanwhile, the Guild Master who had been listening to this conversation stamped his feet anxiously.

Hong Jun-yong might explode.

He might outright refuse training.

While denouncing him as trash with no discerning eye.

“Well, let’s conduct the training separately. Our Manager Hong just returned from the Tower, so he must be quite tired. The trainers must also be exhausted from conducting training.”

The Guild Master stepped forward, trying to lighten the atmosphere.

But it was strange.

Hong Jun-yong wasn’t getting angry.

He was just staring intently at the Vajra staff and Yujun’s eyes.

There’s a problem with your waist.

The balance inside your body is being disrupted.

“…How did you know?”

Hong Jun-yong asked with an intrigued voice.

* * *

Hong Jun-yong took pride in his archery.

That’s why he felt every day that his archery wasn’t complete.

The guild members said it was perfect and flawless archery skills, but that was something they could say because they had never reached this level.

His posture was definitely fine.

His mana circulation was also fine.

But the real problem was elsewhere.

He couldn’t use his awakened ability, wind, to its maximum potential.

“Can you tell which part of my body is wrong? Do you know exactly where in my waist the problem is, and how to fix it?”

Hong Jun-yong’s tone had changed slightly.

But there was still an aggressive feeling remaining.

However, even that was enough to surprise the guild members.

And the Guild Master, who had been trying to manage the situation, quietly stepped back.

“…It seems Trainer Kang has seen something other trainers couldn’t.”

“It does seem like something to be happy about.”

At the secretary’s words, the Guild Master nodded but showed an anxious expression.

Teaching Hong Jun-yong wasn’t an easy task.

When Seo Yu-ri said she couldn’t teach him, Guild Master Lee An-guk let out a deep sigh inwardly.

This was Seo Yu-ri who had even managed to train the One-Shot Guild members.

Even Seo Yu-ri, who had accomplished that difficult training, had given up on training Hong Jun-yong.

But Yujun had found the problem.

However, this was both good and worrying.

From One Shot’s perspective, maintaining a really good relationship with Kang Yu-jun going forward was essential. Now One Shot had reached a state where they couldn’t receive training without Kang Yu-jun.

Having tasted Kang Yu-jun’s training once, there was no way they could entrust themselves to another trainer.

But everything would fall apart because of Hong Jun-yong?

This couldn’t happen.

“Now, Manager Hong!”

The Guild Master, who had been lost in thought for a moment, made a decision and called Hong Jun-yong.

Right now, all the One-Shot Guild members were gathered together.

Even if problems arose, it would be easier to handle if they happened where there were no watching eyes.

“You’ve worked hard. You just returned, so you can’t receive training right away, right?”

“…Well, that’s true.”

“You must have just returned from the Tower.”

Yujun also supported the Guild Master’s words.

“Please rest first and then come back.”

“….”

Hong Jun-yong wanted to hear it right away.

Why Kang Yu-jun had said there was a problem with his archery.

It was certain he hadn’t just blurted it out.

But since the Guild Master’s words weren’t wrong either, he obediently turned around.

“Then I’ll see you in 4 hours.”

* * *

4 hours later.

Hong Jun-yong, having taken sufficient rest, visited the training ground again.

There were Yujun and Seo Yu-ri, along with the Guild Master and secretary.

“Why are you here, Guild Master?”

“I’m also curious about the training. Manager Hong is our ace, so I should be watching.”

“…Yes, well, if you say so.”

Hong Jun-yong nodded reluctantly.

He could roughly guess why the Guild Master was here.

So when he turned his head toward Seo Yu-ri, she revealed the reason she was there.

“Ah, I’m here to observe Trainer Kang’s training. Would that be alright?”

Since Seo Yu-ri had said she couldn’t proceed with Hong Jun-yong’s training, there was no particular need for her to be here.

However, she didn’t want to miss the opportunity to watch Kang Yu-jun’s training right beside him.

She was especially curious about how he would train an S-rank Awakened.

“I don’t mind.”

Hong Jun-yong didn’t care about that either.

What was important right now was Kang Yu-jun.

He immediately brought up the main point.

“So, what did you see in my archery that made you think there was a problem?”

“Wind.”

Yujun answered immediately.

-Crackle!

Along with strong red lightning that formed in one eye, Yujun’s Awakened Scan skill was activated.

-Scanning Awakened!

-Scanning S-rank Awakened Hong Jun-yong!

-[Hong Jun-yong] Overall Grade A+

-Physical: [A+]

-Mental: [A]

-Stats: [Strength 45/85] [Stamina 45/85] [Agility 60/85]

-Awakened Ability: Wind Mana

-Potential: High-grade

-Special Notes: Unbreakable Will, Gentle Breeze

Yujun immediately checked the special notes first.

‘Unbreakable Will.’

There was a reason his mental strength was grade A.

However, the next one was Gentle Breeze.

‘That means he can’t properly use his abilities.’

Yujun recalled the performance Hong Jun-yong had shown.

Hong Jun-yong, who displayed powerful force despite having the disadvantage of Gentle Breeze.

‘That comes from his stats.’

The stats derived from his physical talent were compensating for the major disadvantage of Gentle Breeze.

Yujun examined Hong Jun-yong’s stats carefully.

His agility stat in particular was higher than any Awakened he had seen so far.

Moreover, his strength and stamina limits were also high.

‘It’s as high as 85.’

That limit was exactly his potential.

If Hong Jun-yong grew to match his potential, all his stats would align at 85, and 85 was a high-tier stat even among S-grade Awakened.

‘Of course, drawing out all that potential would be quite difficult.’

Fully developing an Awakened’s potential was so challenging that the Tower of Infinity had a separate Achievement for it.

Of course, Yujun had achieved that Achievement before.

‘I’ve done it for more than 10 people.’

This Achievement that was difficult to accomplish even once.

Yujun was the one who had achieved full points for as many as 10 people.

Shaaaaak-.

Hong Jun-yong seemed to have come with a different mindset, showing a completely different condition than before.

Just as he had seen golden light from the deputy director’s abdomen when they met, Hong Jun-yong also had golden light visible from his shoulders.

Also, a stronger gust was blowing than before.

‘Thanks to the nature of his mana, wind blows even when he’s still.’

That sight was quite impressive.

His personality was twisted, but his skills were real.

Moreover, he had a sense of responsibility.

‘I heard he’s been with One-Shot Guild since the beginning.’

Guild Master Lee An-guk had recruited Hong Jun-yong when no one expected anything from him and supported him in every way to develop him.

‘He’s repaying that debt now.’

The current Hong Jun-yong was too skilled for One-Shot Guild.

Moreover, he wasn’t even from One-Shot’s Youth program.

He could escape from One-Shot, this sinking ship, and no one could say anything about it.

Despite his personality, he had no flaws as an Awakened, so there were many guilds that would take him.

‘Training him is tricky, but his skills aren’t tricky.’

“Wind.”

At Yujun’s answer, Hong Jun-yong became even more interested.

He had only shown his ability once.

And that was just a brief glimpse when everyone was gathered together.

Nevertheless, Yujun had accurately pinpointed the problem.

“Wind?”

The Guild Master asked Seo Yu-ri in a small voice.

“What kind of problem is it?”

“…I’m not sure either.”

Seo Yu-ri shrugged her shoulders.

She knew that Hong Jun-yong’s ability was to convert mana into wind. She had put all the information about Hong Jun-yong in her head after all.

But she couldn’t understand what it meant for there to be a problem with the wind.

“Hmm…”

The Guild Master was very curious about the meaning of those words, but didn’t interrupt to ask.

“Could you show me once more?”

Shaaaaak-.

At Yujun’s words, Hong Jun-yong immediately created a bow.

“…”

Hong Jun-yong listening so well like that.

As the Guild Master, that sight was quite awkward.

“He doesn’t seem like the Hong Department Head I know.”

“That’s what I’m saying. That difficult Hong Department Head…”

The secretary was also bewildered.

That difficult man following orders so obediently.

Currently, Hong Jun-yong was showing great interest in Yujun’s training.

Yujun is different somehow.

But since it didn’t seem like it would be dramatically different, he wanted to see it for himself at least once.

Whether he could really see through him.

And… what kind of diagnosis he would make.

Whoosh-.

He gathered the wind and shot it straight out.

Swish-!

It was still a beautiful and elegant clean shot.

Whatever he shot hit its target.

“You really shoot so easily.”

At Seo Yu-ri’s words, the Guild Master also nodded.

That beautiful shot was exactly the reason the Guild Master had recruited Hong Jun-yong before his growth.

Elegant.

A proper ranged Awakened should subdue enemies elegantly and proudly from a distance.

“When shooting the bow, right now.”

Right after the shot, Yujun spoke.

“The wind is covering up the problem in your waist.

“…!”

“…!”

At those words, Seo Yu-ri and the Guild Master simultaneously looked at Hong Jun-yong.

“…So that’s how it was. Is that what you’re saying?”

His previously picky attitude changed somewhat.

“My goodness.”

The Guild Master was greatly surprised by that reaction.

“This is the first time I’ve seen his voice tone become so gentle.”

He quietly said to Seo Yu-ri.

This was a very bewildering situation for the Guild Master as well.

“First, your waist.”

At the word “first,” Hong Jun-yong looked at Yujun again.

“There’s the most important problem. The waist is just a matter of posture correction.”

“…”

The most important problem.

It was the issue that had troubled Hong Jun-yong the most so far, and simultaneously made him distrust trainers.

Yujun focused his eyes with intensity.

-Checking S-rank Awakened Hong Jun-yong’s skills!

‘Oh.’

A real S-rank was indeed different.

Of course, it wasn’t that Yu Je-na was a fake S-rank, but S-ranks who were on track and boasting powerful achievements basically had around 5 to 6 skills.

‘Six skills.’

Hong Jun-yong had a total of 6 skills.

Yujun focused on the rightmost skill among them.

‘It’s a skill that’s the final enhancement of the wind shooting skill.’

A skill that enhanced the 1st-stage skill “Wind Shot” up to the 3rd stage.

-Skill: [Breath of Wind]

“Hong Jun-yong, please gather all your mana and shoot once. With Breath of Wind.”

“Just one shot?”

“No, you’ll shoot one shot and then shoot two more.”

“…”

He nodded and immediately used Breath of Wind.

Swish-. Swiiiiiiish-!

The shot arrow tore through space along with a gust of wind.

“Wow…”

It was tremendous power.

“One more time.”

Hong Jun-yong hesitated for a moment but immediately loaded an arrow.

Then he shot another arrow.

Swiiiiiiish-!

The moment he shot, the mana inside his body began to run wild.

Hong Jun-yong clenched both fists tightly and knelt down on the spot.

Hyperventilation.

And dizziness.

“Ugh, ughhhhhhh.”

Seo Yu-ri observed Hong Jun-yong closely.

“There’s no… no problem at all, so why.”

The mana circulation was working well and the runaway mana was being discharged outside properly.

However, Hong Jun-yong was suffering considerably.

“…So that’s why.”

The trainers who had diagnosed him so far had given their definitive answers at this point.

-It’s a mental issue. Your body is perfectly fine.

-There’s absolutely nothing wrong with your physical condition.

Even while suffering, Hong Jun-yong looked at Yujun with difficulty.

Go ahead, make your diagnosis.

Do you also think there’s a mental problem?

Instead of answering immediately, Yujun looked at Hong Jun-yong and used his skill.

Ding-!

-Using Training Hint!

-[Hong Jun-yong 【Training Hint】 Turn the gentle breeze into a strong wind! Pay attention to your breathing!]

‘Breathing?’

Something flashed through Yujun’s mind at that moment.

‘If that’s the case….’

Yujun looked at Hong Jun-yong and asked calmly.

“Hong Jun-yong, do you happen to taste blood in your throat right now?”

“….”

At those sudden words, both the Guild Master and Seo Yu-ri just looked bewildered.

On the other hand, Hong Jun-yong himself remained silent for a moment before speaking heavily.

“Yes… I do.”

Hong Jun-yong’s pupils trembled.

This was something he had never told anyone even once before.

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