Chapter 05 …
I Became a Transcendent Genius Trainer
Woo Hana felt something swelling inside her at those words.
It was the first time in her life.
A feeling of freedom.
“This… is my ability? Then all this time I….”
“You simply weren’t using it properly.”
And the trainer had drawn all of it out.
Woo Hana blinked rapidly.
The situation felt unreal.
Gently, Kang Yujun asked her,
“How does it feel? Since it’s your first time using Acceleration after training, there are quite a few awkward points.”
Unable to control her speed, her posture had completely collapsed. As a result, cracks were visible all over her body.
‘This must be the first time she’s reached this level of speed.’
Because of that, Yujun’s eyes saw numerous areas that needed correction.
“The training isn’t over. Please focus.”
It wasn’t over?
Woo Hana shook her head sharply and immediately focused on Yujun.
“First—your posture.”
Yujun had been carefully observing her when she accelerated.
It was brief, but he saw the cracks.
Originally, Yujun had always been good at catching others’ strengths and weaknesses.
Combined with the abilities of an S-grade trainer and his natural talent, the result was clear.
Yujun simply corrected her posture, focusing on the cracked areas.
Then blue light began to shine from the previously fractured spots.
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You have trained Awakened Woo Hana!
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A new Awakened has been registered in the Awakened Trainer List!
Awakened Training Trainee List
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Kim Minseok
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Woo Hana NEW!
Something he hadn’t seen before appeared.
Trainee list?
Grades were written next to the names. Kim Minseok was D-rank, and Woo Hana was C-rank.
‘So it wants me to manage trainees efficiently.’
And depending on correction, their ranks could change.
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You can earn points based on the rank of the Awakened you teach.
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Upgrade your Awakened trainees’ ranks through training!
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You earn points according to the number and rank of trainees.
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The proficiency of the Awakened Training System increases.
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What you can see changes as proficiency rises.
Something new appeared in Yujun’s vision.
The blue light that had spread throughout Woo Hana’s body was beginning to fade one by one. Even the existing glow had grown faint.
‘Is she exhausted?’
She had just used explosive mana circulation and proper acceleration for the first time in her life.
Of course she was tired.
Ding—!
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Conditions met!
Woo Hana was a combat-type Awakened.
Thanks to that, Yujun obtained a new skill.
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Physical Enhancement [Lv.1] has been unlocked!
‘Good.’
Right now, Yujun was practically no different from an unawakened person who only possessed skills.
So unlocking this new skill felt like rain after a drought.
‘This solves the stamina issue.’
Shhhh—
Of course, since it was only Physical Enhancement Lv.1, his body hadn’t improved dramatically, but it was far better than before awakening.
‘So this is what it feels like.’
Yujun found the sensation fascinating.
‘So Awakened people are basically like this by default?’
After experiencing it firsthand, he understood why unawakened people couldn’t enter the Tower.
And why unawakened trainers had clear limits.
‘But basic skills are the most important.’
Even in the Tower of Infinity, you couldn’t last long by blindly stacking skill trees.
‘Build the fundamentals first.’
Yujun grinned.
“For today, the training ends here.”
“Thank… you.”
It had only been 30 minutes.
But with just that short session, Woo Hana felt completely different.
Until now, every trainer had told her the same thing — focus on the mana circulation in her side and control it.
But she had never understood that sensation.
Even when mana was directly injected to demonstrate, she couldn’t feel it. Verbal advice never clicked either.
She knew she had to connect her side’s mana flow through control to fix her weakness.
She just couldn’t change it.
But now—
She understood.
She clearly felt how to control the mana circulation in her side.
This person was different.
Kang Yujun was unlike any trainer she had ever learned from.
“Um…!”
Woo Hana’s heart pounded.
At first, she had secretly looked down on him for failing to awaken despite his talent and switching to being a trainer.
But now, that feeling was completely gone.
She wanted more training.
Because the exhilaration she felt earlier had already vanished like a lie.
But the memory remained vivid.
If she learned from him, she could feel it again.
“Thank you so much. This was something I’ve been stuck on the whole time. I can’t believe it was this… simple— no, not simple… I think it’s because Trainer Kang Yujun teaches incredibly well! I learned a lot!”
She bowed deeply in sincere gratitude.
Yujun smiled back.
“I should be the one thanking you. It was my first training session, but you followed along well, so it went smoothly.”
“…Pardon?”
Woo Hana was startled.
First training session?
“Does that mean… I’m Trainer Kang Yujun’s first student?”
“…Yes. You could say that.”
Trainer.
Her words struck Yujun sharply.
That’s right.
He was now a trainer.
In Kim Minseok’s case, he had trained him, but not enough to call him a disciple.
‘His awakened talent was lacking.’
If he scanned himself, there would probably be no cracks at all — completely clean.
‘But it doesn’t matter.’
The days of being treated like useless baggage for failing to awaken were over.
From now on—
Yujun was a trainer.
‘Because I failed.’
He had struggled countless times.
Failed for over a decade.
Failed again and again.
So he knew better than anyone.
‘I know better than anyone how to succeed as an Awakened.’
Now he just needed to get used to it.
‘From this moment on, I become an Awakened trainer.’
And he would achieve everything he failed to achieve.
Ding—!
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Training of Awakened Woo Hana complete!
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Training Score: 5/10
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You have earned points based on the training score.
Training score.
And points.
‘A bit disappointing.’
A score of 5 meant it was average training.
Of course, that was by Yujun’s standards. In the Tower of Infinity, 3 points was average — 5 was excellent.
‘But I’ve got the hang of it.’
Yujun checked his points.
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[2P]
‘First, I should unlock skills.’
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Assistant Manager Han muttered as he headed toward the training ground.
“I’m worried. His skills are real, but he got assigned something too difficult right away.”
Kang Yujun’s ability, which he had personally verified, was genuine.
So solid it was hard to believe his youth-league days were long past.
“I should tell him it’s okay to take it slow.”
He planned to explain that even the trainers belonging to the Sky Guild had failed to perfectly train Woo Hana.
So there was no need to feel pressured.
Thud—! Thud—!
But the private training hall was noisy.
“Is he training?”
When he went inside—
He saw Kang Yujun, fully focused.
“…!”
And in front of him—
Woo Hana was moving at insane speed.
“What is this…?”
Manager Han knew Woo Hana’s condition very well.
She had high potential but couldn’t unleash it due to a major flaw.
“At that… speed?”
But the speed she was showing now was overwhelming — far beyond anything seen before.
In front of her, Kang Yujun calmly instructed her.
“Circulate your mana faster! The faster you go, the more your posture collapses!”
“Yes!”
“Don’t focus only on posture. Think of it as flowing!”
With every word from Yujun, Woo Hana visibly improved.
Watching the scene, Manager Han clicked his tongue.
Perfect training.
Woo Hana had never once shown such explosive mana before.
More precisely—
She couldn’t.
Due to chronic issues with mana circulation and control, the guild’s trainers had never been able to properly teach her.
It wasn’t their fault.
It was simply too difficult for her to understand.
But Kang Yujun—
With just a few simple words and posture corrections—
Had turned Woo Hana into a completely different Awakened.
Having watched her for a long time, Manager Han was deeply impressed.
“That… is the Woo Hana we wanted.”
When they first saw her potential, they thought she would become the guild’s future star and representative Awakened.
And now—
That potential had finally exploded.
With swelling emotion, Manager Han looked at Kang Yujun.
“I thought he was a rough gem…”
He wasn’t.
He was already shining on his own.
“You’re here, Manager Han. I’m currently training Awakened Woo Hana. Her potential is certainly remarkable.”
Only then did Yujun notice him and smile.
“Did you come to check in?”
“Well, actually…”
Manager Han answered awkwardly.
In truth, he hadn’t come to check the training.
He had come to tell Yujun not to feel pressured since none of the Sky Guild trainers had been able to fix Woo Hana’s flaw.
But in the meantime—
Her flaw had been corrected.
Not in days.
Just hours.
In just a few hours, the problem that had held her back for years was fixed.
Instead, Manager Han wanted to ask something else.
“How did you do it? Trainee Woo Hana had a major flaw. That problem is now solved!”
He spoke in a rush.
“None of our guild trainers could do it. So how on earth…?”
“I can see it.”
Yujun grinned.
“I can see how to fix it.”
