I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 79

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Transcendent Genius Trainer Episode 79

Was it a mental problem, or was it a physical problem?

This was the moment to diagnose that.

But Yujun said something strange.

Do you taste blood?

The Guild Master and Seo Yu-ri couldn’t understand what Yujun’s words meant.

However, Hong Jun-yong was continuously surprised inside.

How did he know that?

“When you try to create wind to use Breath of Wind, you get a strong taste of blood in your mouth, right? And if you use it one more time, your mana goes out of control like it’s running wild, making proper movement impossible. Am I correct?”

That was exactly right.

Every time he used the skill, he tasted blood.

Like some kind of warning symptom, he tasted thick blood, and when this blood taste came, his mana would invariably go wild. Right after that, he’d be unable to make proper attacks.

At first, he had the same thoughts as the Trainers.

Was it a mental problem?

Did this blood taste also stem from a mental problem?

But it wasn’t.

He really tasted blood.

He had never told anyone about this fact.

Of course he hadn’t.

No one had ever asked him about such a thing.

What kind of training could they do if they couldn’t even properly assess his physical condition?

That’s why Hong Jun-yong had caused trouble for the Trainers who couldn’t properly assess his physical condition.

But now, for the first time, a Trainer who could properly assess his physical condition had appeared.

“…Yes.”

Softness began to settle in the eyes of Hong Jun-yong, who had always spoken bluntly and only sent looks of contempt.

Seeing such Hong Jun-yong, Yujun smiled broadly.

“We have our answer. There must be something you’d most like to hear, right?”

Hong Jun-yong, the Guild Master, and Seo Yu-ri all focused on Yujun’s mouth.

“Hong Jun-yong’s problem isn’t something like a mental issue.”

That breathing mentioned in the training hint.

‘Now that I know, I can see it.’

At those words, Hong Jun-yong’s hands trembled very finely.

His pupils shook and his breathing became rough.

“Really… it’s not?”

He had believed it strongly.

He knew himself best.

This wasn’t something like a mental problem.

Perhaps a mental problem could really develop too.

But in his own judgment, it was definitely a physical problem.

But now that Yujun acknowledged it, he felt so good because it seemed like he was finally properly facing his condition.

“Then.”

“It’s a physical problem. More precisely, it’s breathing.”

Yujun took a deep breath.

Then he approached him with the Vajra Staff and immediately swung it.

Hong Jun-yong instinctively tried to dodge but kept his body firmly in place.

Thwack-!

“Below the collarbone, this mana road close to the heart and neck area. There’s a problem here.”

Yujun pointed precisely to that area and struck it once more, harder.

Then Hong Jun-yong’s body shook greatly.

Since he was a ranged Awakened, his body wasn’t very strong.

Crack-! Thwack-!

‘I need to restore this mana circuit back to normal.’

Yujun swung the Vajra Staff hard while simultaneously placing his hand on his neck.

Whoooosh-.

He injected mana, but the body of an S-rank Awakened was no joke.

Bang-!

With an intense rejection reaction, one of Yujun’s hands was pushed back greatly as if it had exploded.

“…!”

‘I thought this might happen.’

However, this kind of rejection reaction was expected.

‘Things had been too easy until now.’

In the Tower of Infinity, this kind of training failure happened two or three times per Awakened.

That’s why Yujun knew better than anyone how to deal with rejection reactions.

“A-are you alright!”

The Guild Master approached in shock.

However, Yujun gestured for him not to come closer.

“I’m fine.”

“…”

“…How?”

Seo Yu-ri had clearly seen it.

Yujun’s arm had rotated so violently it looked like it might tear off.

His shoulder had been pushed back so intensely she worried it might rupture, so how was he okay?

Yujun chuckled inwardly.

‘Because I rotated my arm at the moment of explosion.’

“You rotated yourself. At the moment of explosion caused by the rejection reaction.”

Hong Jun-yong, who had seen this up close, answered for him.

“You’re really something, Trainer.”

Hong Jun-yong nodded and completely relaxed his body.

“I’ll entrust everything to you. Please, train me.”

Words he had never once spoken before came out.

“Until now, I haven’t been able to properly fulfill my role as an ace. I’ve received too much from the guild. I want to repay the Guild Master who extended his hand to me when I had nothing. Properly this time.”

“Jun-yong…”

Hong Jun-yong hadn’t been an elite from the start.

It was Lee An-guk who had believed in and supported Hong Jun-yong when he wasn’t receiving much attention.

Though he had been active as an S-rank Awakened and the ace of One-Shot Guild, he felt he wasn’t doing enough work to match the support and trust he had received.

So he fell into anguish every day, but couldn’t express it.

Every night, only his anxious feelings grew.

He had to do better.

He had to lead more.

That’s what had made him who he was now.

Perhaps his current condition was because of that.

“Here we go.”

Cutting through his thoughts, Yujun’s Vajra Staff was swung once again.

He could inject mana by touching with his hands, but right now that would cause too strong a rejection reaction.

In that case.

‘I’ll channel mana into the Vajra Staff.’

Of course, this would make the difficulty skyrocket.

Because he had to inject and manipulate mana through the Vajra Staff instead of his hands.

But this was one of the best methods to deal with rejection reactions.

‘And even if the difficulty increases, I can do it.’

Crack-!

Shaaaaak-.

Mana was injected through the Vajra Staff.

“…!”

‘It’s the same.’

Yujun smiled.

It was no different from the Tower of Infinity.

‘From now on, I’m in control.’

Yujun began reconstructing the mana circuit below Hong Jun-yong’s collarbone.

‘Connect what needs connecting, block what needs blocking.’

The mana circuit looked like it was properly connected, but it was defective.

‘It looks fine on the outside.’

It appeared to be functioning normally.

But even an Awakened’s body wasn’t perfect.

‘Just like Seo Yu-ri.’

It was common for the body to be unable to handle tremendous talent.

‘This is the answer Hong Jun-yong’s body came up with when it couldn’t handle his talent.’

So he would correct it to the proper form.

Crackkkk-!

The third mana circuit below the collarbone was severed.

Yujun completely removed it to ensure this mana circuit wouldn’t revive again.

Shaaaaaa-.

Instantly, powerful mana began erupting from Hong Jun-yong.

And then it quickly subsided.

“Hong Jun-yong, would you try using Wind’s Breath once more?”

Hong Jun-yong nodded and immediately prepared Wind’s Breath.

Shaaaaak-.

“…!”

Loading, then firing.

Whooooooosh-!

The power was the same as before.

But there was one difference.

“…I don’t taste blood anymore.”

The taste of blood was no longer there.

Moreover, the breathing problems he had originally felt had also disappeared.

“When I used Breath of Wind, I would hold my breath and it was exhausting, but not now.”

It was amazing.

He had only been treated with the Vajra Staff.

Yet Hong Jun-yong’s current condition was incomparably better than before.

“How.”

What on earth had he done with that staff to fix a problem he had suffered from his entire life?

Hong Jun-yong kept touching his throat as if he couldn’t believe it.

“Is that an easy thing to do? To so easily solve a problem that Deputy Hong Jun-yong has suffered from for so long….”

At the Guild Master’s question, Seo Yu-ri shook her head vigorously.

“If that were easy… there wouldn’t be any weak Awakened in the world. Of course….”

Suddenly she closed her mouth.

If that had been easy, she wouldn’t have retired either.

“Trainer Kang just made it look too easy. Using that staff, he stimulated the bundle of mana circuits below the collarbone and seems to have severed the problematic ones among them.”

The human body has countless mana circuits.

Mana circuits gather to form mana roads, but these mana circuits are so numerous and small that severing or connecting them is quite difficult.

This mana circuit reconstruction and mana road connection is something all Trainers learn.

But just because they learn it doesn’t mean everyone can do it like that.

“I can also handle mana circuits and mana roads to some extent, but… I can’t do it like that.”

She couldn’t perform such complex reconstruction and connection.

“No, not just me—I don’t think even doctors specializing in Awakened could do that….”

While they were having this conversation, Hong Jun-yong continued using his ability.

Whoooosh-.

Whiiiing-!

Tremendous winds began blowing in the training ground.

Even using his ability to this extent caused no strain.

“Hah.”

Hong Jun-yong smiled.

It felt like something that had been completely blocked until now had burst open.

“Thank you, Trainer Kang Yu-jun.”

He approached Yujun, took his hand, and bowed at the waist.

“How polite he’s being.”

“…Just how much of a rascal was he? To say he’s being polite to that degree.”

“He once spat at a Trainer for failing at training and blew it away with wind.”

“…Ah.”

That was a story even Seo Yu-ri was hearing for the first time.

Guild Master Lee An-guk gave a bitter smile as he explained.

“That Trainer probably thought it was humiliating and didn’t go around talking about it. But that Trainer did particularly strongly insist it was a mental problem. He said it was because of Deputy Hong’s weak mentality.”

“He deserved it then.”

“Of course, Deputy Hong wasn’t completely without fault either. After that, he caused trouble even with kind Trainers.”

Saying that, the Guild Master smiled brightly.

“But with this, Deputy Hong Jun-yong’s training is…!”

Not only the One Shot guild members but even Deputy Hong Jun-yong had been trained.

From the Guild Master’s perspective, there couldn’t be a better situation than this.

“I can’t just let this slide.”

However, Yujun was still holding the Vajra Staff.

‘It’s not over yet.’

“You need to train, right? What just happened was correction to make training easier.”

“…Excuse me?”

“Didn’t I say there was a problem with that archery of yours?”

‘The training is just beginning.’

Just solving problems isn’t training.

Training is leading someone to higher skills than they currently have.

“You can shoot faster.”

“Faster… you say I can shoot faster?”

At those words, Deputy Hong Jun-yong found himself smiling without realizing it.

It wasn’t a mocking laugh.

He had smiled unconsciously from anticipation.

“That’s right.”

Yujun infused mana into the artifact orb.

Shaaaaaaak-.

Then a bow identical in form to the one Hong Jun-yong had appeared.

“You’re not properly utilizing that wind right now.”

Ranged Awakened come in various types.

Among them, archers had even more diverse concepts.

‘Some focus on speed, others on destructive power, and some even focus on curved shots.’

There were those who possessed all three of these qualities.

Right now, Hong Jun-yong was focusing on curved shots and speed, so his destructive power honestly couldn’t be considered that impressive.

‘Though it’s damage befitting an S-rank Awakened.’

It wasn’t satisfactory to Yujun.

“You want to become the guild’s overwhelming ace, the ace that represents the guild, right?”

He had heard his true feelings earlier.

‘Then.’

“You need to be faster than now, more destructive, and more…”

Yujun nocked an arrow. Then he shot it toward a distant target.

Shaaaaak-.

‘Rotation.’

Shaaaaaaaaaaaak-!

The arrow spun and then bent at an impossible angle, piercing through the target.

“…!”

“…!”

“…”

“You need to equip more precise curved shots.”

At that shocking sight, Hong Jun-yong’s jaw dropped.

“…Wait, why were you dismissed from Promise? Haven’t you already awakened?”

It was archery skills so excellent it was absurd.

“Aren’t you shooting better than me?”

That curved shot just now was truly insane.

The arrow curved like a snake.

Hong Jun-yong could imitate it, but the essence was difficult to follow.

“I awakened recently.”

“…”

Hong Jun-yong began to see Yujun anew, not as Trainer Yujun but as an Awakened.

The reason Promise didn’t want to let Yujun go until the end?

Just seeing this, he could understand.

“Are you saying I need to do what you just did?”

“Yes, but we’ll clearly strengthen one of the three more.”

‘Hong Jun-yong isn’t the type who can handle all three of those.’

Hong Jun-yong was quite sensitive.

Such sensitivity brought about perfection, but if he tried to master and perfectly handle three techniques, something might break down once again.

‘Each Awakened has a style that suits them.’

“Then…”

“Speed. Using this speed, you’ll also equip precise curved shots.”

His wind was specialized for speed.

‘This wind is speed itself.’

But by forming it into arrow shape now, he was actually killing the speed.

“Shooting arrows means you’re not properly utilizing that wind.”

From now on, he would.

“From now on, Hong Jun-yong, you’ll be shooting the wind itself.”

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