I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 9

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Transcendent Genius Trainer Episode 9

Manager Han Seok-ryul’s voice filled with joy continued.

-This is incredible, incredible! You know Woo Ha-na, right? I entrusted Woo Ha-na to our Yujun, and something incredible happened! After just three training sessions, she soared up like she had grown wings!

Our Yujun.

In Han Manager’s mind, Yujun had already become Sky Guild’s proud trainer.

It was only natural.

He had trained that Woo Ha-na to do her part, no, to properly unleash her potential.

This was something that all the trainers who had passed through Sky Guild until now, and even the trainers currently working there, had failed to do.

Since he had accomplished this in just three days, it was only natural that he would look precious.

-I’ll treat you to a big meal! Let’s meet up next time!

As soon as the call ended, Min-seok blinked his eyes several times.

“…What on earth is this guy doing? This is the first time I’ve seen Han Manager praise someone like this.”

It hadn’t even been a week yet.

To receive this kind of evaluation in just three days.

Especially since Han Manager was someone who was stingy with praise.

Min-seok himself had only been praised once while working with Han Manager.

“Is he really going to cause some kind of sensation?”

When he had instantly solved his knee problem, he was certain.

That although Kang Yu-jun may have failed as an Awakened, the brilliant talent he had shown in his youth was still there.

“At this rate, won’t he become an S-rank trainer?”

Before that happened, he needed to meet him once more.

“He needs to solve my knee problem!”

* * *

“Trainer Kang!”

Sky Guild Training Grounds.

Woo Ha-na approached Kang Yu-jun with a bright smile.

“Thank you so much!”

“I heard about your debut.”

Yujun looked at her with satisfaction.

“I did exactly as you told me. And then… they said I came in first place!”

Woo Ha-na’s evaluation was clearly first place among the called-up Awakened.

And by an overwhelming margin compared to second place.

Thanks to this, Woo Ha-na even received an award.

“I received the Vanguard Ace Award.”

She handed the award she received to Yujun.

“This is all thanks to you, Trainer. I want to give this award to you.”

“No, this belongs to you, Trainee Woo Ha-na.”

Yujun politely declined the gift.

“Thank you for following along so wonderfully.”

Though he couldn’t tell Woo Ha-na, he had already received sufficient compensation.

‘Thanks to that, I also gained a lot of points.’

“The Team 3 leader said he would write me a recommendation letter to go straight to Team 1. I think I’ll be moving to Team 1 now.”

Team 1 was the tower climbing team.

Joining the tower climbing team meant being definitively recognized as an Awakened, not just a Youth.

“I didn’t do anything special. I just helped bring out a little of the potential that Ms. Woo Ha-na already had. It was all something you already possessed.”

At Yujun’s humble words, Woo Ha-na’s eyes reddened.

“I…”

Her emotions surged up.

“If it weren’t for you, Trainer Kang, I would have been expelled. Many trainers taught me, but I was stupid. I couldn’t understand well. I was born with good abilities, but I couldn’t utilize them… I was just causing trouble for the guild.”

She had good abilities. She even had good trainers assigned to her. However, she couldn’t perform as much as the support she received.

That’s why she worked hard.

“I worked hard, but it didn’t go well. I tried to do well.”

Woo Ha-na continued speaking while trying to suppress her rising emotions.

“I didn’t know what to do, but you showed me the way, Trainer.”

Yujun’s training had changed everything.

Meeting him, and this very moment, was the most important turning point for her.

Would she soar up?

Or would she crash down without even being able to spread her wings?

Kang Yu-jun had enabled her to spread her wings. And today, she had spread her wings and soared up. It was a short time, but it was definite.

“You helped me spread the wings that were attached to me. You showed me how to fly.”

Woo Ha-na expressed her gratitude with the utmost courtesy.

Drip. Drip.

The floor was wet.

‘She probably doesn’t want to show her crying.’

Yujun didn’t try to help her up.

‘I felt the same way.’

Yujun had ultimately failed.

So he hoped others wouldn’t fail.

At least he hoped those he taught would succeed.

At least one person.

‘Shouldn’t I pull up those who have fallen into the abyss?’

Yujun realized his path while watching her.

‘How many despairing Awakened must there be behind those who shine beautifully?’

He would become someone who extends a helping hand to such people.

He felt the desire to show that there are no failed Awakened in this world.

“Ms. Woo Ha-na.”

Yujun called her with a gentle voice.

“Please raise your head.”

She had wiped away her tears, but there was nothing she could do about her reddened nose and eyes.

Yujun looked straight at Woo Ha-na, who was still sniffling and unable to stop crying.

“This is just the beginning. From now on is the most important moment. What I taught you isn’t absolute. I simply corrected what was slightly misaligned. So be even more focused.”

Yujun said with a serious expression.

“But enjoy this moment. Feel free to be happy. And make sure to tell your parents too.”

“Yes… Yes!”

“Still, feel free to come find me anytime. I’ll help you as much as you want.”

“I definitely will!”

Woo Ha-na smiled brightly with tears welling up in her eyes.

Then she kept bowing and left.

Yujun watched her retreating figure with a pleased smile.

Even he thought his behavior just now was the ideal trainer personified.

Yujun clenched his fist while watching her retreating figure.

“Woo Ha-na will succeed. And she’ll return like a swallow repaying a favor.”

Yujun smiled.

A good image brings good results.

Woo Ha-na would enhance his reputation, and he would turn another trainee into a second Woo Ha-na.

“It’s going into a positive cycle.”

* * *

Guild Master’s Office of the Sky Guild.

Knock knock-.

It was Yujun who knocked and entered.

“Yes, Guild Master. I heard you called for me.”

“I received a great report, Trainer Kang!”

The Guild Master was putting on a stern expression, but his eyes were smiling.

His lips were also twitching, as if just seeing Yujun made him feel good.

“I heard Woo Ha-na’s training went very well! They said she improved much more than during regular training! The Team 3 leader was full of praise. His eyes were practically rolling back as he spoke! That guy has rough edges, but it was the first time I saw him praise someone like that.”

While saying this, he pulled out an envelope from his chest and handed it to Yujun.

“It’s a performance bonus. Please keep up the good work.”

Yujun briefly checked inside the envelope.

It looked like about 5 million won.

It was a considerable amount for a trainer who had only been with the guild for three days to receive as a performance bonus.

“Thank you.”

“You brought out trainee Woo Ha-na’s potential. Until now, our trainers tried everything to make Woo Ha-na at least pull her weight. But no one could do it. Her potential was tremendous, so we really assigned many trainers to her. Trainer Kang saw it too, right? She has incredible talent.”

The Guild Master continued with a bitter expression.

“We also invested a tremendous amount of money in Woo Ha-na. We tried everything to salvage the situation. But we couldn’t do it.”

Guild Master Lee Hyeok-jun said this while raising his eyebrows.

Yujun knew this better than anyone. From Promise Guild’s perspective, which couldn’t give up on sunk costs, Yujun himself had been a money pit.

“You accomplished Woo Ha-na’s training that no other trainer could do. You did it all by yourself.”

After saying that, the Guild Master showed him a video.

The video showed Woo Ha-na.

It was footage of conquering the 5th Floor of the Tower of Clouds.

The 5th floor of the tower was a very familiar place to Yujun too.

‘It was a place I trained at every day.’

Yujun couldn’t enter the tower because he hadn’t awakened.

That’s why he had only run simulations.

He had continuously progressed through the early floors of the tower using the VR simulation machine at Promise Guild, so he was very familiar with it.

As a joke, he had spent countless hours there to the point where he could clear the 5th Floor with his eyes closed.

‘Oh.’

Woo Ha-na moved exactly as Yujun had trained her.

Mana circulation.

Movement.

Everything was exactly as he had instilled through training.

‘Moving exactly as trained isn’t an easy thing to do.’

Since she had been doing things a certain way until now, it wasn’t easy to change and correct movements with just one or two training sessions. However, Woo Ha-na in the video was perfectly executing what she had learned through training.

“This is Woo Ha-na’s first climb. To have such movement on her first climb.”

Everyone freezes up on their first climb.

Lee Hyeok-jun had been the same. On his first climb, he had definitely frozen up and been humiliated even in front of monsters weaker than himself.

He had forgotten the movements ingrained in his body and moved in a complete mess.

But Woo Ha-na was different.

Faith in her own abilities.

And probably faith in her trainer as well. Because her faith was solid, she could remain calm without freezing up.

“This should be seen as the trainer teaching excellently.”

“No. I simply did what needed to be done.”

At Kang Yu-jun’s humble attitude, Lee Hyeok-jun couldn’t help but smile warmly.

Such a talented trainer was even humble?

He couldn’t help but find him endearing.

His skills were solid and he had achieved great results, so he would have understood if he acted a bit arrogant. No, he rather wished he had been arrogant.

If that were the case, he could have properly secured Yujun.

But at Yujun’s clear eyes, Guild Leader Lee Hyeok-jun rubbed his forehead.

“So, about that…”

After clearing his throat a couple times, the guild leader immediately presented documents.

“I’d like to make a new contract. I want to renew the contract we made a few days ago with significantly improved terms. And I’d like you to take charge of our Youth, what do you think?”

At the guild leader’s words, Yujun shook his head.

It was the reaction he had expected.

He had no particular reason to belong to a guild, nor any need to.

“I’m sorry. For now, I’ll work as contracted and then decide. I really appreciate the offer!”

While talk of a new contract was premature for now, Yujun was quite pleased.

Bringing up a new contract immediately meant they had definitely recognized his abilities.

That said, he had no intention of renewing his contract with Sky Guild.

‘Belonging somewhere for a long time isn’t a good idea.’

A guild-affiliated Awakened trainer.

That wasn’t what Yujun wanted.

‘I felt it.’

When he was living as Promise Guild’s golden Youth, the early period had been very stable.

The feeling of being protected from all kinds of worries and problems under the umbrella of a huge guild had been quite nice.

But his current self shouldn’t settle for that level.

‘I need to aim for much higher places.’

Sky Guild wasn’t a bad place, but it wasn’t somewhere to be satisfied with and stay.

‘I need to achieve results in the short term and move to the next stage.’

Once he achieved more results, he could receive much better conditions than this.

However, like with Sky Guild, he had no intention of belonging to other guilds either.

Yujun thought that working as a freelancer like now suited him perfectly.

‘My Awakened training system itself is a skill that grows by teaching numerous Awakened.’

If he belonged to one guild, he couldn’t teach Awakened from other guilds.

It was a matter of professional ethics among Awakened trainers and between guilds.

‘But freelancers are different.’

Working as a freelance trainer, he could make short-term contracts and freely teach numerous Awakened.

And this would directly lead to his own growth, and his influence would also expand.

The Awakened he taught would grow into core members of each guild.

“Um, Guild Leader, I have something to tell you about guild member Kim Gyo-jun.”

Having settled the contract matter, Yujun immediately asked about Kim Gyo-jun.

“Kim Gyo-jun?”

“Yes, do you happen to have any information?”

Weapon enhancement type Awakened Kim Gyo-jun.

He was the Awakened Youth he had trained just yesterday.

‘He’s the perfect Youth to choose after Woo Ha-na.’

20th out of 20 among Sky Guild’s trainees.

‘But he has definite potential.’

His mental grade was an impressive A-rank.

Even if other stats are at the lowest grade, as long as mental strength is alive, she’ll naturally be able to absorb whatever I teach her.

‘That means she can endure any amount of harsh training.’

And after enduring harsh training?

‘All that’s left is vertical ascension.’

The guild leader sighed as he watched Kang Yu-jun immediately bring up work matters.

The more this happened, the more he wanted to keep him around.

He had thought a sparkling rough gem had entered the guild, but upon closer inspection, it was already a finished jewel.

But since he wouldn’t be able to persuade him no matter what he tried, he could only be grateful for the brief moment this gem would shine as part of Sky Guild.

And most importantly, hadn’t Woo Ha-na bloomed?

The guild leader smiled slightly. He decided it was best to focus on this moment they were sharing together.

“You chose Kim Gyo-jun. That’s a very difficult path – are you sure about this?”

Lee Hyeok-jun knew everything about the Youth.

Especially Kim Gyo-jun – he couldn’t help but know more about him.

“Actually, that’s even better.”

Seeing Yujun’s sparkling eyes, Lee Hyeok-jun immediately handed over information about Kim Gyo-jun.

“Thank you for the performance bonus!”

The guild leader thought he’d probably need to prepare another performance bonus soon.

* * *

“Oh, Woo Ha-na’s been posted?”

Scouter Community, Scout Board.

Various scouts showed interest in the officially posted information about Woo Ha-na on the announcement board.

“Hmm, but doesn’t she have a fatal weakness?”

Woo Ha-na had once caught the attention of several scouts.

However, after a major weakness was discovered, she fell out of favor with the scouts.

It wasn’t a weakness that could be overcome in a short period of time.

“Huh? The 5th Floor of the Tower of Clouds alone?”

“How?”

“A-grade? Wait, did she overcome all those weaknesses?”

But several scouts had changed their evaluation of Woo Ha-na from D to A.

Along with a strong assessment that she would definitely become A-grade given time.

Various scouts questioned those evaluation criteria.

“What happened?”

And shortly after, they obtained footage of Woo Ha-na’s 5th floor conquest.

“My goodness.”

“This is impossible. Her movements are so different from before?”

“She’s on a completely different level from the other Awakened who went in with her?”

Woo Ha-na was no longer the same Woo Ha-na who had fallen out of favor due to her weaknesses back then.

“This changes everything.”

The scouts’ attention was focused.

“I need to look into this more closely.”

“But… what exactly did she do to change this much overnight?”

The scouts gathered more information. And soon they found out the reason.

“A new trainer…?”

“Huh?”

“Huh…?”

It was a name they’d seen many times before.

“Why is this guy here?”

Kang Yu-jun, the fallen elite prospect.

He had become an Awakened trainer and was training Woo Ha-na.

“That Kang Yu-jun trained Woo Ha-na?”

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