stand-in creed

"In other words, as long as you guys are eliminated, the champion of the 1st stage will be my Dior!"

Is it really?

Johnny was in doubt.

However, when Johnny saw the gleaming figure of Nero bathed in the sun, which was getting smaller and smaller in sight, he suddenly thought of Nero injecting ripples into his body that day, making himself feel as if his whole body The scene of galloping with power.

Johnny realized it instantly, and his pupils shrank.

Is that Nero guy actually using ripples to continuously provide strength for Claudius? !

Chapter 16 1st Stage Part [-]

Nero Zeppelin's way of running is the way of a reckless man.

Just like in a racing game, whoever presses the brake first loses, as long as you accelerate to death, as long as you drive on the correct track, as long as there are no accidents such as hitting a wall, then of course you will run faster than those players who often slow down to ensure physical strength Go farther and run faster.

The only problem with this way of running is——

physical strength.

"Don't ever think I'm cheating, Johnny.

"My ripples are the "techniques" I have mastered through years of hard work!This is also part of the strength of the rider!If you want me, Nero Zeppelin, to provide strength for Claudius without ripples, then the only way to go is to strangle my throat and prevent me from breathing! "

Nero, who was in the lead, galloped unscrupulously on the hills.

In front of Nero is a somewhat dilapidated wooden bridge built on a dry river bed.

At the moment when Claudius' heroic body roared and leaped over the wooden bridge, Nero suddenly turned around and threw out several foam cutters backwards.

"It is not allowed to attack players with weapons.

"But it didn't say that you can't destroy the "environment", did you?Foam cutter! ! ! "

clap clap clap clap!

Under the attack of the foam cutter, Nero, who was riding first, not only crossed the wooden bridge, but also used the power of the foam cutter to cut off all the suspension ropes of the wooden bridge. In an instant, the wooden bridge collapsed and turned into ruins .

"In this case, if these guys want to cross the river, the only way is to drive through the sunken dry riverbed, which will take about "five horses" longer than the original.My advantage, Nero Zeppelin, will be further expanded!Just use this momentum to reach the finish line in one breath, Claudius! "

"咴——!!!"

Claudius shouted excitedly.

The power filling the horse's body makes the horse feel extremely comfortable.In his past four years of horse life, he has never run so happily as today.

Nero also vaguely saw that the champion seemed to be waving to him.

……

"...Hey, don't you feel something is wrong!"

A cowboy named Mandon Tim was also one of the few people who followed Jello.

At this moment, the schedule is nearly halfway through.

After three kilometers of dry lakebed where the wooden bridge was destroyed, and after a long uphill, when they had been galloping for nearly seven kilometers, the cowboy finally realized that something was wrong.

"Why haven't we caught up with the couple so far? Could it be that they are still running at full speed?Horses can't stand it! "

"I don't know if his horse can take it."

The corners of Jie Luo's mouth slightly raised.

Gero glanced at him who was still following him, and using Diego who was shielding him from the wind, he judged that Diego's Arabian thoroughbred must be stronger than his own Valkyrie.If this continues, Diego will definitely surpass himself at the critical moment.

This kind of thing must not happen.

Not only that, Gero keenly noticed that Claudius's footprint remained on the track next to the miscellaneous forest ahead.

"I only know one thing, and that is that the championship is mine—

"--Valkyrie!!!"

After noticing the footprints on the weeds, Zero didn't hesitate to make an astonishing move.

Steering the horse below him, he plunged into the miscellaneous woods.

Diego, who was biting tightly behind Gero, did not expect that Gero would suddenly make such a move. In an instant, Gero lost the windshield in front of him, and galloped on the track against the strong wind in one breath.

"That guy, are you going to take a shortcut through the miscellaneous woods?!" Diego shouted.

"The rules are allowed!" Schuttrogheim said, "but only a lunatic would do this! The dense woods will not only greatly reduce the speed of the horse, but also consume a lot of energy... What?!"

Under Schuttrogheim's shocked gaze.

A simple and honest black boy came out from the rear brigade, not only imitating Gero and rushing into the woods, but also closing his eyes and completely ignoring the road ahead, completely entrusting his life to the horse and the others destiny.

Not even the slightest slowdown.

Not just this little black guy.

Johnny also bravely stepped into this mixed woods, but unlike the desperate black man who completely let his horse gallop at full speed in the dense forest, Johnny was still terrible.Facing the complex forest, Jonny had to walk through it carefully and move slowly.

In an instant, the brigade was divided into two groups.

The vast majority of people followed Diego and others to gallop on the serious track, and a small number of desperate guys imitated the crazy actions of Gero, Johnny, and a certain desperate black guy, and entered the chaos. Take a shortcut in the woods.

After a moment.

Jie Luo rushed out of the miscellaneous forest with a single ride, but when Jie Luo looked back, he fell into a daze.

"who are you?!"

It was a black guy who was only five horses away from him.

The black guy showed a naive smile.

"Pocke Locke!

"My name is Poklock!"

"..."

Gero couldn't understand where the black guy came from, but that didn't matter.

The important thing is that when Zero came out of the miscellaneous forest, he saw a very familiar figure.

"Yo Nero!"

It was Nero, who had emerged from the "real track", and was almost neck-to-neck with him.

To be precise, Gero surpassed Nero's half-horse body.

Jie Luo, who took a short cut, jumped up and surpassed the leading Nero, becoming No.1!

Nero, who was half a horse behind, looked blankly at Gero who rushed out of the miscellaneous forest, blinked his eyes, and then opened his mouth in shock.

"Hey, you guys cut corners?

"This is a 'major violation' ah ah ah ah ah! ! ! "

"Illegal? What are you kidding?" Jie Luo smiled and showed his big gold teeth, "If you think about it carefully, is there really a rule that says "no shortcuts are allowed"?This is America, you non-pioneering fellow! "

"what?!"

Nero fell silent.

After taking a deep breath, Nero could only sigh with emotion.

"Short cut, huh? Okay, it's pioneering, it's American—but even now that you're half a horse ahead of me, do you think you've won me? Claudius!"

"咴——!!!"

Claudius, still running wildly.

Jie Luo's eyes widened: "Is it still at full speed? Your horse must have taken drugs! It must have taken "banned" drugs, right! "

Nero laughed loudly: "I welcome the race party to check my horse! As for now, I'll take a step ahead, Jello!"

"I suggest that you don't have to rush so hard."

"Sorry, can't do it!"

Accompanied by Nero's words.

Claudius roared out, leaving Gero behind again.

However, Jie Luo helped his hat, looked at the "four kilometers left" sign and twitched his lips.

"This time I sincerely suggest that you slow down, but since you don't appreciate it, don't blame me, after all, it will be a long, long downhill...

"If you rush too hard, something big will happen."

Chapter 17 1st Stage Part [-]

Downhill is a technical job.

If you blindly rely on the kinetic energy converted from the downhill potential energy for continuous acceleration, the horseshoe will definitely be abolished the moment you return to the flat ground.Even if there is a little mistake in the horse itself, it will fall down the downhill because of the unstable center of gravity before reaching the downhill.Therefore, it is necessary to save energy and go downhill carefully. This is the consensus of all riders.

How to maximize one's own speed as much as possible while going downhill safely, and get the leading position as much as possible is the skill that riders need to compete at this moment.Only a good enough rider can use this "two kilometers" downhill to stand out.

Just as Gero was wondering if Nero would fall badly, a strange voice sounded behind Gero.

"Hey, you boy! The boy in front! Is that all you can do? Since you don't dare to catch up with the leader, give me the position!"

"Who are you?!"

"Polklock!"

But the next moment.

The black guy who was following him in the weeds jumped out and started running downhill like Nero Zeppelin.

Is this guy going to die?

But then Gero witnessed an extremely strange scene.The black guy who called himself Poklock miraculously stepped on a cow carcass when he fell downhill, and then galloped downhill like surfing.

At this moment.

Suzumi Sugimoto and Nero took the lead.

The black guy named Poklock followed closely behind, only about two horses behind Nero, and in the end was Jie Luo who came in fourth.And because of Gero's conservative downhill strategy, the gap between him and Nero is constantly widening.

unconsciously.

It has been stretched to ten horses.

"Tch, these desperate fellows!

"That guy Nero will definitely fall badly if he continues like this, it doesn't matter if you don't care about him, it doesn't matter if you don't care about him..."

Jello comforted himself like this.

However, at this moment, Gero remembered the scene where Nero used the "Golden Spin" to smash his own iron ball.

Is this guy really going to fall?

Thinking of this, Jie Luo looked at a rock in front of him, and stretched out his hand to the last iron ball around his waist, as if preparing to do something bad.But at the moment when he touched the iron ball, Nero in front of him suddenly turned his head and showed a strange smile at Gero.

"Do you still want to be stabbed by a cactus again? Zero!"

"?!"

Gero suppressed his urge to do something.

However, at this moment, an unexpected scene happened.

Out of nowhere, an Indian jumped out, stepped on the rock that Jello was about to break with precision, and became a member of the battle for the downhill slope.Not only that, but it was ahead of Poklock and jumped to third place.

Suzumi Sugimoto was startled: "Where's his horse?!"

The Indian said as a matter of course: "No need! I will use "these legs" to cross the continent and win the championship!" "

"Can you do this?!"

Nero felt that his worldview had been impacted.

But in any case, what Nero needs to care about most at this moment is not only the opponent who may attack at any time, but also the downhill that is about to end.If you can't handle it properly at the moment when you reach the plane from the downhill, it is very likely that you will end up on your back.

At the same time, dozens of horses were behind.

Germany in Schottheim suddenly spoke to Jonny in front of the half-horse.