The crowd was in steady anticipation, staring at the Mysterious Mistress with beady eyes. At that moment when she was about to cross the finish line, no one in the audience was sitting in their seats. All stood up with indispensable attention, waiting for an irreproachable conclusion.

Screech!

Tires gripped the rough surface of the ground with enough tension to cause a mini smoke screen.

Beep! Beep! Beep!

The grand timer in the air started beeping aloud. This indicated that the race was now over and that the Mysterious Mistress had successfully crossed over the finish before the alarm rang.

After her crossing became apparent, the members of the crowd broke free from their lengthen anticipation and commenced bickering among themselves.

“Yeah! My girl made it across! For a minute there I thought that those meteorites were going to do her in, good thing I prayed and God answered my prayers.”

“I told you she would make it, you should have never doubted me. Now I wonder who came in the top three.”

“My girl is definitely in the top three, no doubt about it.”

“Dream on. She might have collected a Green Ghoul Soul but when she was wasting time in the catacomb, other Tomb Riders had been collecting an insane amount of Ghoul Souls. So don’t be so sure that she will win.”

“Dudes I’m telling you she will win. I’ve bet so much money on that chick and you all know that once I’ve placed a bet on someone there’s no way they will ever lose. That’s a fact.”

“That guy is so damn cocky. Who the hell is he?” asked someone while pointing at an elegantly dressed man who was sitting in a posh area surrounded by beautiful females.

Someone knowledgeable close by answered: “You don’t know who that is? He seldom comes to a lower-class Ghoul Stadium but every time he does, he placed a bet on a contestant and that contestant never loses the race. He is known as the King of Gamblers, West Wu!”

After that knowledgeable person blurted out his name, everyone who was close by started looking in the King of Gamblers’ direction.

“What? West Wu is here? He's so handsome. I wonder what our baby would look like if we consummated.”

“Hahaha! Plebeians are really interesting in this region of town.” Stated West Wu.

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“Resotnero! Resotnero!” inside the elimination chamber, rabbit teeth Kira was screaming over Resotnero's corpse who was still unconscious on the sofa. She was worried about his mentality.

During a Ghoul Race, Tomb Riders who experienced a gruesome death some of the times suffer from a mental breakdown which could be fatal to their psyche after regenerating inside of the elimination chamber. So even though they didn’t die, most of them are better off dying than living the rest of their life as a vegetable.

There was once a renowned Tomb Rider who was severely torn to pieces during a Ghoul Race. After regenerating he had multiple nightmares of the beast tearing into his flesh. It felt so real to him, over and over he relived his superficial death until he couldn’t endure it anymore and became a complete lunatic who used his Motor to massacre a lot of people including his loved ones. In the end, he was brought to a psychiatric ward for treatment. However, the treatment failed and a renowned Tomb Rider ended up committing suicide to free himself from mental slavery.

Kira was wondering if the same thing would happen to her dear friend Resotnero. She glanced at the monitor which was depicting the Mysterious Mistress dismounting her Motor while cursing underneath her tongue. “If anything happens to Resotnero... Bitch I’m going to make you regret ever crawling out of your mother’s snatch!”

“Achoo!” Across the finish line, the Mysterious Mistress let out an audible sneeze which could be perceived among the small group of Tomb Riders. Only the mouthpiece of her convertible helmet was undone.

“Why is she still not taking off her helmet, is she shy?” wondered another motorbike Tomb Rider.

“Probably she doesn’t want anyone to see how ugly she is. Why else would she be concealing her identity?” Said a female Tomb Rider who was standing with her Skis Motor.

The Mysterious Mistress heard all of them talking about her but ignored them. She reached out her hand and transformed her motorbike into a resplendent cube which she held in her hand. The cube had some dark cracks and dents in it; meaning her Motor was badly injured.

The cube represented the idle state and embodiment of one’s Motor. It was a mystical gear which was brought into being after innumerable research on Ghoul elements which were commonly found inside a mystical place called Ghoul Graveyards.

After seeing the Mysterious Mistress regressed the transformation of her motorbike into a Motors Cube, the other Tomb Riders followed suit and their Motors turned into a resplendent Motors Cube. They were all aware of the procedure of calculating one's Ghoul Souls count and values so they saved the Initiator the trouble of explaining.

“Okay, everyone who has been qualified, please place your Motors Cube in any of these slots and stand by them.” The Initiator tapped an icon on his smartphone Motor which manifested some illusionary slots per the number of Tomb Riders.

The arrogant girl who called the Mysterious Mistress ugly was the first to place her Motors Cube into a slot. “Fhm, I got this race in the bag.” Saying this, she glanced mockingly at the Mysterious Mistress who was abreast of her.

The Mysterious Mistress ignored her and said nothing which made her very angry. She scoffed then took two steps away from her.

“Fhm, keep acting arrogant you mysterious fugly. Let’s see you behave the same way when the results show up.”

The Mysterious Mistress didn’t reply again, she just smiled at the girl while placing her Motors Cube into a random slot. This surprised the arrogant girl. ‘What’s her deal, why is she smiling?’

The Initiator looked over the group of Tomb Riders vigilantly and stopped his gaze on the Mysterious Mistress for a second before looking elsewhere. “Alright, everyone. Now that your Motors Cubes have been added, I will now determine the Tomb Riders with the most Ghoul Points.”