I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 89

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Transcendent Genius Trainer Episode 89

Tower of Winds.

Two Awakened entered that place.

They were Hong Jun-yong and Lee Dong-seok from the One-Shot Guild.

Hong Jun-yong had always suffered extreme stress before entering any tower until now.

While coughing up blood was the most critical problem, his anger at being unable to properly fulfill his role as the ace was even greater.

There was also a sense of helplessness about himself for not being able to maintain proper physical condition as the guild’s ace.

But since he didn’t want to acknowledge this, emotions clashed with emotions, creating even greater stress.

That’s why Hong Jun-yong intentionally chose the most difficult tower.

Originally, this tower was like hell for ranged Awakened, a place where they couldn’t help but suffer extreme stress.

But the current Hong Jun-yong was incredibly calm.

“Good.”

It was safe to say this was almost the first time his mind had been this clear.

“As expected, it has to be Teacher. To go higher, I absolutely need Teacher’s power.”

Hong Jun-yong smiled slightly and entered inside.

“Hong Jun-yong?”

“Wait, Jun-yong? What brings you here?”

“This isn’t a place Jun-yong should come to alone, is it?”

Seeing the wind archer who came alone, everyone started mocking him.

“Shut up.”

Hong Jun-yong said with a bright smile.

“I’m in a good mood today, so I’ll let it slide gently. You should be grateful that arrows aren’t flying toward your foreheads.”

Of course, it didn’t feel gentle at all to the Awakened from other guilds.

“That bastard, really.”

“Arrogant prick.”

But Manager Lee Dong-seok, who followed Hong Jun-yong, was very surprised.

“Wow, normally you’d just shoot at their foreheads without even saying you would.”

He had gained composure thanks to Kang Yu-jun.

“To even train his temper, as expected of Teacher Kang.”

Not only did he respond politely to those picking fights, but he also didn’t curse much.

He stepped forward in place of Hong Jun-yong and spoke to them.

“Sorry, everyone. Director Hong came here to clear this today. Please don’t be angry.”

“What did you say?”

“Manager Lee, what are you talking about? Didn’t you come to the wrong tower? This is the Tower of Winds.”

“No.”

Manager Lee smiled faintly.

“We came to the right place. This is it. The place Director Hong will clear today.”

The Awakened who were there made incredulous expressions.

This was a place that ranged Awakened could absolutely never clear.

Moreover, only Director Hong Jun-yong and Manager Lee Dong-seok came, just the two of them.

They didn’t come as a team, they just came to solo it.

If that was the case, it meant they came to clear the tower alone using Manager Lee Dong-seok as support or a porter, which could only be seen as insane.

“Then we’ll go first.”

Unlike other towers, this place allowed overlapping tower clears.

Watching them, the Awakened whispered among themselves.

“What on earth are they thinking?”

“I don’t know. I heard One-Shot is having a hard time right now, maybe they just gave up on everything?”

“No way. Director Hong, he’s still skilled though. Maybe he’s trying to transfer?”

“I heard Manager Lee Dong-seok’s condition isn’t good. So they’re using him as a porter.”

“If this happens…”

They smirked.

“We have no choice but to watch.”

They followed Director Hong and Manager Lee, thinking they had some interesting entertainment.

The Tower of Winds was, as its name suggested, a place where wind blew like crazy.

Wind strong enough to shake your body.

No attack except close combat could go in the desired direction.

“I’m really curious. How did they come here alone, just the two of them, planning to clear this place?”

They followed the two people while harboring doubts.

No matter how they thought about it, this wasn’t a place for two ranged Awakened to come to.

“They could die if something goes wrong.”

However, the two were moving with quite fast footwork.

“…Huh?”

“Why are they so fast?”

“Since they’re ranged Awakened, maybe they know how to ride the wind.”

“If you ride the wind, that speed is possible too.”

The people from other guilds who were following the two stopped.

Shaaaaaaak-.

A massive snake flicked its tongue as it blocked Hong Jun-yong and Lee Dong-seok’s path.

“Now it begins.”

Manager Lee Dong-seok moved first.

He stepped back slightly and pulled out a sniper rifle.

“…?”

“What?”

“Didn’t he come as a porter?”

While they were murmuring, Director Hong Jun-yong immediately created a wind bow.

Shaaaak-.

Then he gathered wind and shot it straight.

It was Hong Jun-yong’s proud elegant shot.

Swish-!

The sound of the arrow flying was drowned out by the wind.

Everyone focused on Hong Jun-yong’s wind arrow.

The wind here was so fierce that the attack would naturally be swept away by the wind and fail to hit properly.

Swiiish-.

The moment Hong Jun-yong shot his arrow, the massive snake charged forward.

The monsters here instinctively knew how to use the wind.

As a result, even massive monsters were incredibly fast.

“…!”

The moment the snake opened its maw wide to attack Hong Jun-yong.

Thwack-!

The snake’s massive body was sent flying backward.

“Wh-what?”

While everyone was confused, Hong Jun-yong casually rolled his shoulders.

“That one was weak.”

“Director Hong, considering the strong wind, you shot accurately.”

“The power wasn’t much.”

The massive snake seemed confused about what had happened, showing a pained expression while looking bewildered.

But it charged toward Hong Jun-yong again, moving in an S-pattern.

Hong Jun-yong lightly dusted off his hands and shot another arrow.

Swish-.

The shot arrow split into dozens of branches and pinned the giant snake’s body to the ground.

Thwack-thwack-thwack-thwack-thwack-!

The wind was definitely blowing fiercely.

It was a gust strong enough to make it hard to maintain balance.

“…Huh.”

“How is this happening…?”

Yet Hong Jun-yong’s arrows ignored the wind and struck the giant snake with tremendous speed.

After hunting the giant snake, Hong Jun-yong looked at a giant bat flying from far away.

“Hmm.”

The distance was quite far.

Moreover, it was charging quickly, making it seem difficult to deal meaningful damage right now.

However, Hong Jun-yong immediately aimed at the bat.

He closed one eye, measured the distance, and shot without hesitation.

Swish-.

The arrow wavered due to the surrounding wind. But instead, it absorbed that wind and reestablished its trajectory.

Then it pierced straight through the bat’s body.

Crack-!

“My body’s loosening up a bit.”

Only then did Hong Jun-yong smile with satisfaction.

“What the hell…?”

“Ah. I thought you’d follow along.”

Manager Lee Dong-seok quietly came from behind and joined their group.

“…!”

“We received training. An excellent Trainer completely transformed our One Shot.”

“…A Trainer came?”

“Yes, Trainer Kang Yu-jun. Do you know him?”

“…I know of him.”

He had just achieved A-rank, but wasn’t he a Trainer at the center of various controversies?

“He changed everything for us. There will be some articles coming out soon, so you can read those.”

* * *

‘It wouldn’t be strange if he died right now.’

He was shouting something loudly.

“Porter available!”

Saying that, he wandered around here and there.

Crackle-.

Yujun focused power into his eyes.

It looked terrible at first glance, with considerable red light wherever mana flowed.

Especially the crack in his thigh was quite large.

Just moving would cause considerable pain, but outwardly there was no sign of it at all.

‘There are too many injuries.’

To survive long-term raids among the rough freelance Awakened of Uijeongbu, one would have to be tough.

But that was far too extreme.

‘It’s a miracle he’s even alive.’

Even walking would be difficult, yet he kept looking for teams.

“Porter available! Worked as a porter for 10 years! I’ll go to any Tower in Uijeongbu! Fixed pay rate! Just call me! I’m Kim Seong-cheol!”

Beast Awakened receive vastly different treatment depending on their abilities.

Those who receive the best treatment are those with powerful strength like tigers or lions.

‘The ones who don’t get proper treatment are those types.’

Small animal-type Beast people like squirrels.

They actually received even worse treatment than Auxiliary Awakened.

‘They’re Awakened, but not really Awakened.’

They had no choice but to be grateful just for being taken along on raids.

Therefore, most small animal-type Beast Awakened didn’t enter raids, and even those who did were relegated to porter roles.

‘That person shouldn’t go on raids.’

The injuries aside, he was overusing his abilities too much.

‘He’ll die at this rate.’

Yujun approached him with a furrowed brow.

“You’ll die if you go on a raid.”

“…Excuse me?”

“I’m saying you’ll die if you go on a raid today.”

The Beast Awakened looked at Yujun in confusion at the sudden warning.

There were many strange people in Uijeongbu.

So he was wary of Yujun first.

“…Who are you? You don’t seem to need a porter.”

“I’m Kang Yu-jun. I work as a Trainer.”

Yujun said with a slight bow.

Despite his strong words to a stranger, his attitude was quite polite, leaving the man with a confused expression.

What was a Trainer doing at this Gate Front?

“A Trainer?”

What business would a Trainer have here?

This was a place where freelance Awakened formed teams to climb Towers.

But what reason would a Trainer have to come here?

Yujun looked at him.

‘There’s no point in lengthy explanations about looking for Awakened to train.’

Showing was fastest.

Shaaaaak-.

Crackle-.

Lightning began spreading in Yujun’s eyes.

‘I’ll appeal to the many Awakened here.’

“Yes, I don’t have much experience. I’m trying to conduct training for the Awakened here. But looking around, you’re in the most serious condition among all the Awakened here.”

“…”

At Yujun’s words, his wariness increased another level.

He suddenly approached with a warning and now wanted to do training?

“Your ribs. It hurts when you breathe deeply, right? Your body trembles like an aspen tree every time you channel mana.”

“…!”

“The pain in your soles must be considerable too.”

“Uh, uh…”

He was flustered and couldn’t continue speaking.

Because Yujun’s words were too accurate.

“No, how did you…”

“I can see it all. That’s why I’m telling you.”

Yujun spoke with certainty.

“If you go on a raid now, you’ll really die.”

“…Really? I’ll really die?”

He swallowed hard and asked cautiously.

He could have just ignored those words.

He could dismiss what was just said as lucky guesses.

But he couldn’t bring himself to do that.

Because he was really feeling all of those things.

“Your name?”

At Yujun’s question, he answered.

“Kim Seong-cheol.”

“You’re a Beast Awakened. Looking at you, it seems you’ve been working continuously without rest – is there a reason?”

Kim Seong-cheol hesitated before opening his mouth.

After all, this was something all the Gate Front Awakened already knew.

“…I have a sick younger sibling. I can’t take time off work because of injuries like this.”

‘His reason is clear.’

Yujun immediately used Awakened Scan.

Crackle-.

Crackle-crackle-crackle-crackle-!

-Insight is activated.

Insight.

And Lv.3.

Yujun’s two eyes clearly saw through Kim Seong-cheol’s condition.

‘This condition is very clear.’

This would be very easy training.

Compared to the training he had just done with Hong Jun-yong and Seo Yu-ri, this was easy.

‘But that doesn’t mean I should underestimate it. He’s different from them.’

Beast Realm, and specifically small animal type Awakened had different mana loads from the start.

‘Because their awakening abilities are different.’

The way they utilized mana through their awakening abilities had to be different as well.

Unlike general Awakened, Beast Awakened basically had mana spread throughout their bodies.

‘And they don’t draw it all up at once to use it either.’

Since it was spread throughout their bodies, how they utilized that mana was very important.

‘Because it’s spread out, there are chronic problems too.’

Since they contained mana in their bodies to cause mutations, chronic problems like mutation contamination could occur.

‘Dealing with mutation contamination comes first.’

Yujun took out and gripped his Diamond Staff.

‘Fortunately, perhaps because he’s small animal type, even though he’s been overworked this much, it’s not beyond repair. It won’t be difficult to correct either.’

There were no problems like loss of reason or loss of control that carnivorous type Awakened had.

“Would you like to receive training?”

“…I don’t have money.”

“How much is your entire fortune right now?”

“1.5 million won.”

“300,000 won.”

20 percent of what he had.

‘It’s appropriate as the price of a life. But I can’t do it for free.’

“300,000 won is enough.”

Yujun said that and immediately started training.

Crack-!

‘First, I’ll deal with the inflammation throughout his body.’

Whack-! Whack-!

Yujun swung his Diamond Staff.

“What, what’s that?”

Those watching from around were flustered.

“He’s killing someone. No, he’s killing a Beast Awakened!”

“Isn’t that Seong-cheol?”

“I mean, the kid’s a bit lacking, but not enough to beat him! What did he do in the Tower to deserve getting caught?”

Everyone knew about Kim Seong-cheol.

A porter.

An Awakened who had a sick sibling and couldn’t rest even when injured, coming out every day to work.

Everyone was flustered seeing such an Awakened getting beaten and approached.

But Yujun didn’t stop.

“Let’s stop him first and then…”

“N-no!”

Then Kim Seong-cheol shouted.

His voice, which had been hoarse until now, had become clear.

“It doesn’t… hurt.”

Yujun grinned at that change.

‘Inflammation dealt with.’

Kim Seong-cheol was quite flustered by his lightened physical condition.

Having suffered from inflammation and injuries for so long, his now healthy physical state felt very awkward.

“What kind of Awakened do you want to become, Mr. Kim Seong-cheol?”

Kim Seong-cheol was flustered by the sudden question.

“I, I’ve never thought about such things…”

No, that’s not true.

Of course he had.

The life of enduring injuries at Gate Front while earning pocket change wasn’t the life he had wanted.

“I want to become an Awakened who can do partial… transformation well and earn a lot of money at this Gate Front.”

“And?”

“…I want to try advancing to B-rank, A-rank, cure my younger sibling’s illness completely, and even go on overseas trips.”

Only then did Yujun nod with satisfaction.

“Then let’s do that. Starting with the first step.”

Partial transformation literally means transforming only parts of the body into beast form.

When Beast Awakened activate their abilities, their entire body instantly transforms into beast form.

However, since full transformation consumes too much mana, partial transformation was necessary to conserve mana consumption by transforming only parts of the body.

“Ah, no. Since I’m a C-rank Awakened… I can’t do partial transformation.”

This partial transformation is an essential ability for Beast Awakened.

Since it literally allows efficient use of one’s power by transforming only parts of the body, advancing higher was practically impossible without learning partial transformation.

“We’ll train in partial transformation.”

The characteristic of Beast Awakened is mana spread throughout their entire body.

‘They have difficulty concentrating.’

Partial transformation requires concentrated mana, but most Beast Awakened lacked the knack for manipulating mana.

‘It’s because their mana load is different from other Awakened.’

Therefore, most Beast Awakened understood it theoretically but couldn’t execute it physically.

-Using Synchronization skill.

“Concentrate mana in your arm.”

“Well, I know that but it’s difficult…”

-Word Correction is activated!

Synchronization skill and Word Correction were used simultaneously.

“Huh…?”

Kim Seong-cheol was bewildered.

“Why, why is it working?”

“Focus.”

Kim Seong-cheol pulled himself together following Yujun’s words and used his awakening ability.

“Focus on the concentrated mana while using your ability.”

Shaaaak-.

“Transform.”

Srrrrrrk-!

Then fur sprouted on one of his arms.

Partial transformation.

“It worked…”

He had simply followed Yujun’s words.

But to think partial transformation, which he had never been able to do, actually worked.

However, that wasn’t the end.

Yujun swung his Vajra staff again.

Thwack-!

“Remember that sensation right now.”

For now, he had only forced the correction to enable partial transformation through Synchronization and Word Correction.

The process of making him acquire this sensation was precisely the sensation confirmation through the staff.

‘Remember the sensation.’

Remember what was done once and make it repeatable.

Yujun swung his staff continuously.

“Try it once more.”

This time he only used Word Correction.

Srrk-.

“…!”

“One more time.”

This time he didn’t use Word Correction either.

Srrrrk-!

“That’s partial transformation.”

“…Cra, crazy.”

He let out rough words.

“Why is this working…?”

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