Not knowing, SAGE was soon to take back what belonged to him with a SPAM of billions of microscopic paper planes from directly under •STALLION•.
...
With the COLLOSALS now in 5th and 6th place, moving at the fastest speeds their •LEVIATHAN• could reach.
DAP01 suddenly slips through the both of them, bursting through another hail stone that had dug itself into the ground.
Both COLLOSAL drove through HEAVY RAIN like it was nothing, with the gaint hail stones feeling like tiny pebbles falling on their massive trucks and the hail stones in the ground acting like speed bumps.
They both ignored DAP01, giving no mind to the colour of •DARK AVENGER•, nor to the fact that he had just taken their positions.
DAP01 sped up bursting through more hail stones, while also ignoring those falling on him.
STAR who was still in last place ensured she took her sweet time not to mess up the switch in sharpness of her spikes as she burst through every hail stone raining down on her and stuck on the track in front of her.
AMÉ and THE GOD OF... continued driving not too far from each other, with AMÉ currently using PIXILATE to copy the speed of •BURNING RAINBOW•, making it impossible for THE GOD OF... to increase the distance between them.
"Oi. Hope you know something's about to hit us all from underneath". AMÉ says.
~{OF COURSE.
WHY DO YOU THINK I'M SPEEDING UP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
THAT STUPID SAGE, REALLY SET EVERYONE UP}~
"And it only gets worse". He added underneath his breath.
~{UHN?
WHAT WAS THAT.
YOU KNOW I CAN'T HEAR FROM THE SOUND OF ALL THESE HAIL STONES FALLING.
HOW DID YOU EVEN THINK UP AN AREA LIKE THIS?}~
"Uhn? Honestly, I don't know much about the worlds within THE CONSOLE..."
~{SHUT IT WITH THE LIES.
THERE'S NO GOD THAT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN HIS REALM.
EVEN THE SMALLEST EXISTING THING ENTERING YOUR REALM WILL INSTANTLY TRIGGER YOU.
SO, ANSWER THE QUESTION.
HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH A WORLD THAT LITERALLY HAS A WHOLE SYSTEM IN IT?}~
"Like I said. I don't know. If only you'd let me finish explaining".
~{OH.
SORRY GO ON}~
"Well, the DEATH RACE, was an Idea I got after visiting THE GOD OF TECHNOLOGY. I saw things with wheels moving everywhere in one of his layers. And all I could think of was a GAME, that had all that but with greater stakes. The moment I stepped back into my REALM, the DEATH RACE layer created itself, with me being in the first DEATH RACE ever".
~{NOW THAT'S COOL AND ALL.
BUT WHY IS IT IN CARD GAMES}~
"Well. Don't you think it'll be boring to always race against your own creation? So I decided to add it to CARD GAMES and make sure any GOD OF SOMETHING TO COME that stepped into my REALM will join me in racing, at least once". He replies smiling.
~{YEA.
WITH A POSSIBILITY OF 1 OUT OF 100 CARDS.
LUCKY YOU, THAT YOU CHOSE IT UHN?
OR DID YOU ALSO PLAN THAT.
A TEN LAP RACE IS SURE TO COVER FOR THE TEN GAMES WE WERE MEANT TO PLAY.
SMART MOVE INDEED}~
AMÉ ignores him and switches his speed to that of ASTRID who was only FIFTY THOUSAND FRIS ahead of them.
Causing him to boost and leave THE GOD OF... in the dust of his •PIXYCLE•, as he skillfully maneuvered around every hail stone on the track and dodging every hail stone raining down on him.
~{FOR THE GOD OF GAMES, HE SURE IS MISCHIEVOUS...
RRR... I SHRUG..
DON'T EVEN WANT TO SAY THAT STUPIDS NAME.
OPPS...
HERE COMES THE LANDMINE}~
And with a blast, billions upon billions of tiny paper planes began flying out of the ground.
They surround ASTRID, blocking his line of sight. Causing the •STALLION• to lose balance as ASTRID began riding in an haphazard manner.
Some paper planes. shot out of underneath his chariot, creating tiny microscopic holes as they burst through it.
The race was now nearing the end of the 4th lap and was about to enter into the final lap of the first part of the DEATH RACE.
The racers were about to step into NO MAN'S LAND. The chosen track for the 5th lap.
A lap where no weapons, abilities or transformations will be allowed.
A completely empty space with nothing but a 200 Million FRIS racing track.
In an area that had a sea of stars above it.
The racers knew that whatever form, damage, speed and the likes they had on their rides as they entered the 5th lap was what they had to use till it ended.
And whoever was in 1st place is bound to remain in 1st place till the 5th lap ends.
With NO MAN'S LAND being the only track announced to the racers before the race, at it was going to be the fifth lap and the final lap.
Every racer knew what they had to do.
But unfortunately for them, HEAVY RAIN just had to be before it.
DAP01 and STAR who knew about this already had their plans in mind.
With STAR planning to take it slow in a more durable form, reducing the damages •STAR BURST• takes to the bare minimum.
Which she plans to follow up with a switch to the needle form as she draws near to the end mark of the. 4th lap.
Granting her access to the fastest ride in the 5th lap.
DAP01 on the other hand had the same plan, but knew •DARK AVENGER• won't have the speed to come in 1st place at the end of the 4th lap.
Especially with him sitting in 7th place in a slower more defensive and durable form.
Hence, he switched into his speed form, not minding the damages caused to his ride.
He tore through every falling hail stone and every hail stone that had dug itself into the ground.
He knew for a fact that getting 1st in the end of the first half of any race, was the best thing for any racer in a DEATH RACE.
Now in 5th place, he draws nearer to •BURNING RAINBOW•, who was speeding up and covering the distance it had with •PIXYCLE•.
With •PIXYCLE• in 3rd place very close to ASTRID, after switching it's speed through PIXILATE to that of the tiny paper planes of the •BLUE SENDER• that kept on pouring out of the ground and everywhere behind ASTRID'S •STALLION•.
"DOOM".
And ASTRID with •STALLION• were on the ground from loosing too much balance.
As each part of •STALLION•, from the wheels of the Chariot to ASTRID himself then the horses were landing on the ground, •BLUE SENDER• instantly took its original form right in front of them, just 10 Million FRIS away from the end mark of the 4th lap.
On impact with the ground. Everywhere from the very first hail stone down till where the last paper plane came out of began sinking and collapsing.
Causing every racer to loose balance.
The track had been eaten from inside out. And it was now all sinking.
Everyone knew, they were about to go deep down into the ground if they don't cross over where ASTRID had fallen.
Even ASTRID himself knew he was fucked up if he didn't get back up in the next second.
And just as they were all about to go into their speed forms. With •BLUE SENDER• also about to accelerate and leave them all to be buried in the ground.
AMÉ, THE GOD OF... and ASTRID all turned their heads as they heard a sound, within that same second of their burial by SAGE'S landmine.