Chapter 373 - : Rough Roads, and the Forest Course (1/2)
In a Different World with a Sh Roads, and the Forest Course
“We’re in the forest course right now, and in first place, we have Nia Verhtly behind, Rosetta & Monica’s [Silver Star], as well as Lapis’ [White Bird] are in hor pursuit-nya!”
Andafter the aforeht now
I understood it well after driving for a bit, but this forest course is pretty harsh The view ahead is blocked by trees, rasp the situation in front
“Uwoh!”
And not only that, the road also goes up and down all over the place, so if I ever accelerate a bit o airborne for a second
At least we have a rough map for use since the course has already been revealed to us ahead of tier seat besides me, held up a piece of paper towards my direction
“So the course splits over here…”
When you’re somewhat into the forest course, it splits up into two courses
Course A is shorter, but the road condition is worse, and it also has a lot of obstacles
On the other hand, Course B takes a roundabout path but is comparatively easier to traverse
The two courses, A and B, would ether later in the area
Normally, you would worry about which course to take in this case, but for me the only possible option is Course B
I mean, it’s the course ine what kind of horrifying traps would be waiting in there It’s best if I stay as far away as I can
Also, I etting high rankings in this race I won’t ask for anythingthe race safely
“Oh! And noe see the first place [Red Cat] going into Course A, while the current runner- up [Silver Star] goes into Course B-nya!”
Mu, so Rosetta’s group also chose Course B, huh As expected of the girls who knew the professor for a long time Nia went for Course A on the other hand… I feel like she didn’t think about anything whilethat decision It’s probably just because it’s closer, or so like that
The [White Bird], which is in front of me, turned left So it’s Course A for Lapis-san as well Is it alright…
While worrying like that, I turned right at the junction and headed towards Course B
After a while, the road extended out of the forest, and I was treated to a scenic seaside drive with great view
The road is even and easy to drive on, and I can’t find any faults with the scenery There’re so in the skies out at sea… Wait, those are dragons Oh well
This roundabout Course B doesn’t have any obstacles around the course itself, so I can also see Rosetta and Monica’s vehicle ahead There’s quite the distance between us
Even if it’s Course B, that doesn’t mean there will be absolutely no traps Let’s proceed without any carelessness
“The [Brunhild] headed into Course B! The [Steel Axe], which is right behind, went into Course A-nya! And of the last group, the [Strain] went towards B, the [Trihalan] went towards A, and finally the [Ferzen] also headed towards B-nya!”
Princess Berlietta went for B, while Crown Prince Rupheus went for A, huh That’s so It see by their personalities
Since both the [Steel Axe] and the [Ferzen] looked like they have enough power to withstand any kind of horrible road conditions, it would’ve made sense for them to choose Course A;
however, the [Ferzen] went for B instead Well, it did fall out of the course once earlier Is he perhaps choosing the safer option due to that?
In Course A, we have the [Red Cat], the [White Bird], the [Steel Axe] and the [Trihalan]
In Course B, we have the [Silver Star], the [Brunhild], the [Strain] and the [Ferzen] We split into two even halves, huh
“Nyanya! A large river is in front of the Course A pack leader, the [Red Cat]! The [Red Cat] headed for the juoes! Barely, it just barely made it-nya!”
Just barely… Hoide is that river? Man, a that, the [White Bird] also makes the jump without proble towards the jue leap… And it landed! Oh, oh oh, the rear wheels are looking dangerous there-nya! It’s falling, it’s falling, it’s… It got back up! That was close-nya!”
The [Steel Axe] did look like a pretty heavy vehicle, after all It’s a it even jumped in the first place
Unlike Course A, over here on Course B, we have nothing but a long-stretching unpaved—but otherwise easy—road It feels like one of those countryside roads between villages
Oh, there’s an ether vehicle that’s rushi+ng towardsmomentum from behind The [Strain] driven by Princess Berlietta, eh
She’s coht for a high ranking, I’ like that
“I shall be going ahead!”
While raising dust clouds behind it, the [Strain] rushed away on the unpaved road
After getting in front of htest, and proceeded to chase after Rosetta and co’s [Silver Star], which is further in front Is she going to be alright, pushi+ng her ic engines would overheat or anything, if the engine isinside would beco stalled, or so I re about that, Nyantaro’s shocked voice flows over fro suddenly started flying out from within the forests around Course A-nya! Those are… Pies-nya! Fresh crea towards the participants, and the front- runner [Red Cat]’s driver, Nia, ate one square in the face-nya! While the [Red Cat] was forced to stop at the roadside due to that attack, the [White Bird] blasted past it while dodging the pies being thrown!”
To think it would be pies I knew it, nothing good would come out of Course A My condolences to Nia
Apparently, afterwards the [Steel Axe] also passed Nia while she’s still reeling from the pie attack
“And now, the [White Bird], first in its course, has returned to theit is the [Steel Axe], and then the pie-smeared [Red Cat]! And from the other side, the top two of Course B, the [Silver Star] and the [Strain] also approached the main course!”
While Course B was even easier to drive on than I had expected, it still doesn’t change the fact that it’s a huge detour
The first vehicle to make it back onto the main course is the [White Bird] After that is the [Silver Star], then the [Steel Axe], the [Red Cat], the [Trihalan], the [Strain], the [Brunhild], and the [Ferzen]; in that order, the section with two split courses ended and we’re now back on one course
Sigh I was fourth before entering the split courses, but now I’er Course B, I also didn’t even try to raise my pace at all, so it’s a natural result
I rushed through the roughnot to lose the [Strain] in front of ain, a wide area with reeted us This is alht be closer Paths where one vehicle can pass through are spread out throughout the area like a spider’s nest or a maze
Instead of the muddy field, I’m more concerned about the nu all around this area, though I have a bad feeling about this…
In any case, let’s first proceed through while avoiding the ht in one of those, it ht sink too deeply tothrough the field with caution, the distance between the participants shrunk While I’ wheel here and there and trying to avoid the mud patches all over, I suddenly hear a loud sound of so out
“Bua!?”
“That hurtsssss!”
“Oo-tto, the [Silver Star] is suddenly attacked by a water jet-nya! What a horrifying trap-nya!”
A sudden jet of water from the mouth of one of the merlion statues mentioned earlier scored a direct hit on Rosetta and Monica’s [Silver Star] The force behind the water jet, which al out of a fire hose, pushed the [Silver Star] all the way into a yu!”
The [Silver Star] fell sideways due to the water jet, and Rosetta and Monica fell into the mud just like that At the same time, the water jet stopped Uwaa…
“damn this professor-like harassment-de ari the course designers, the mud-caked Rosetta and Monica so it back towards the course
During that time, the vehicles that were behind them drove past one after another Of course, all of them paid close attention to any water jet attacks froot back onto the course in front of ot out of the rice paddy-like area
After that, the course turned into a straight course on rough ground The bue Or rather, I think this is already beyond the level of “rough ground”
“Ugogogogogo…”