Published at 21st of October 2026 7:12 am

Chapter 2634: Re: Demon Realm Amusement Park

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I had gotten a general understanding of the rules for Flame River Racing, and before long, I found myself participating. When I stood on top of the teleportation magic circle and the attendant activated the magic tool, the next moment I was on a racing boat.

We were already above a river of lava, but the area was like a somewhat spacious cave, with words floating in the air.

< You will be moved to the starting point in one minute. Until then, you may check the boats controls. >

Ah, I see. So I could check how quickly it moved from side to side and things like that It seemed that all I had to do to move left and right was shift my weight in the respective direction. By putting more weight into it, I could move farther, while putting less weight into it resulted in a smaller movement, so it seemed I could adjust the distance I moved left or right to some extent.

However, the speed wasnt particularly fast. If I wanted to avoid obstacles and such, it seemed Id have to start moving left or right somewhat early. This was probably intentionally designed to make lateral movement gradual so that differences in reflexes wouldnt have as much of an impact.

It seemed the controls had been adjusted so that movement would generally be somewhat broad, making it difficult to use incredible technique to dodge obstacles with only the minimum necessary movement.

Depending on when I noticed something, there might be times when I wouldnt be able to avoid a volcanic projectile or obstacle even if I knew it was coming, so Id have to be careful about that.

Well, since movement was really only left and right, there wasnt anything difficult about it. I finished checking the controls quickly, and while I was waiting, once the minute had passed, the boat started moving, exited the cave, and came to a temporary stop.

Looking around, I could see everyone else riding similar small boats, and a large countdown began in front of us.

It seemed to be a ten-count, and when the number reached zero, all the boats started simultaneously and I saw Lilia-sans boat get hit by a volcanic projectile that happened to come down at precisely the spot right after the start, causing her to come to a temporary stop It was random, so I suppose something like that happening immediately after the start was possible too, but I couldnt help feeling terribly sorry for her.

That said, I couldnt afford to worry about it. The race had already started, so I needed to pay attention to the direction I was going The lava river was reasonably wide, and even with ten boats, it didnt feel cramped.

It was probably also because we were still right after the start, but I had a good view ahead, making it easy to judge the situation.

Just as I was thinking that the path ahead suddenly split into three. More precisely, the middle path sloped upward, while the paths on either side sloped downward, and I could see a wind orb on the middle path.

This seemed really suspicious. Considering that this was a race where we had to climb all the way to the summit, the middle path seemed advantageous even without taking the wind orb into account, but it was so blatantly obvious that it felt like a trap.

But it was also possible that they were making us think that, only to turn the tables on us and make the center route genuinely advantageous Yep, I have no idea.

For now, my current position was closer to the right-hand path, so I was worried that trying to force a change in course here would cause a collision with another boat Unn? Thinking about it, there hadnt been any acceleration items so far, so if all the boats were moving at the same speed, we should have been lined up side by side, but why were we slightly staggered forward and backward? Ah, could it be that moving left and right causes the speed to drop slightly? If thats the case, moving left and right too much would be a bad move, too Then Ill just stay on this course and take the right-hand path.

Looking at the others, I still couldnt tell which path Lilia-san, who was slightly behind, would choose, but everyone else seemed to be adjusting their positions to choose their respective paths, just like me.

Hina-chan, Eta, and Anima seemed to have simply decided that the center was faster and were positioning themselves to head there Luna-san also seemed to be adjusting toward the center, so perhaps she was trying to read the situation one step further and choose the center after all.

Aoi-chan, Theta, and Caraway were coming toward the same right-hand path as me, while the rest seemed to be heading down the left-hand path. I was thinking that wed already become pretty spread out right from the start when I saw several volcanic projectiles coming down.

Ah, this might be pretty troublesome. If I focused too much on the course ahead, I might fail to notice volcanic projectiles falling from above, while if I paid too much attention to the volcanic projectiles, my decisions would be delayed.

And thats not all. The volcanic projectiles could also alter the course. This time, Aoi-chan made a fairly large movement to avoid a volcanic projectile coming down, which caused her to drift toward the center path, and she hurriedly moved back after dodging the volcanic projectile, but if it had been just a little closer, she might have been forced to switch to the center path.

It seemed like a simple race, but there was surprisingly quite a lot to think about. Since I was doing this, Id like to aim for the top, but now then

As I was thinking that, I reached the fork and entered the right-hand path as planned, which led downhill, but there was a cave in the direction I was heading, and the path split into three again.

Could there really be this many forks? I cant see whats inside the cave either Hmm, Ill just go left for now.

Singularity : [Hmm, Ill just go pick out randomly and turn left here.]

Countless Blessings : [Ive been waiting for this moment!]

Abnormal Luck : [You want to aim for the top? Leave it to me!]

Overwhelming Power of Fate : [Dont think. Feel]

Serious-senpai : [Ah.]

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