The surging golden lava completely boiled over in that instant. As if an even greater power had been poured into it, it expanded madly in every direction.
The already terrifying range of her Domain was forcibly stretched to more than double its original size.
If the Generous from before had been a burning flame, then the Generous of this moment was a golden sun descended upon the world.
Beneath that golden light, even the air seemed to turn viscous, endlessly supplying pressure to support her stance.
This was the incomplete third step of Domain that belonged to her alone.
Domain: Golden Feast: World!
The girl's already blindingly fast figure seemed to have rocket boosters strapped to it in an instant.
She accelerated a second time, visibly to the naked eye.
"Generous! Just before the final straight, she has unleashed unbelievable speed again! Can she catch up?"
With the boost of that corner of "World," Generous's figure was like a meteor splitting the night sky, shortening the distance between her and Mejiro McQueen with astonishing momentum.
"The two of them have entered the final straight together!"
The commentator shouted in excitement. "The final showdown! Who will claim victory?!"
On the track, the blonde girl stared fixedly at the purple-haired figure in white ahead of her. The distance that had seemed unreachable was now being crossed at a visible speed.
Sweat had long since soaked her bangs. It slid down her cheeks, only to turn into mist in the screaming wind.
Her lungs were like an old bellows. Every breath carried a burning stab of pain.
The muscles throughout her body were screaming, protesting, begging her to stop.
But she couldn't stop.
The hot blood within her heart, her desire for victory, was coursing through her veins with unprecedented force.
It overwhelmed all pain. It overwhelmed all reason.
400 meters to the finish line! 300 meters! 200 meters...
Four lengths. Three lengths. Two lengths...
"I can do it!"
"If this keeps going... I'll win!"
"I can win!"
Generous roared with wild joy in her heart. That violet figure was rapidly growing larger in her field of vision.
In just a few more seconds, in just a few more strides, she could...
Whoosh.
Before the encouraging words in her heart could fully settle, a strange, gentle breeze quietly rose without warning within her golden Domain.
Generous froze.
In the next instant, the golden streams of light shrouding the dozens of meters around her abruptly scattered. In their place came the endless blue vault of heaven.
The boundless sky suddenly unfolded from a singular point, expanding wildly like the creation of the world itself, until the entire track...
was held in its palm.
Generous stood stunned for a long moment before finally recovering from that shock.
As if she had understood something, the excitement on her face faded, replaced by a bitter smile.
"Ha... haah... So that's how it is. So this is what it means to experience the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe ahead of time?"
In her vision, as the purple-haired figure in white not far ahead took a single step, the entire world abruptly transformed.
Boom!
Beside the blonde girl's ears, only the deafening roar of thunder seemed to remain.
The final 200 meters had become an impassable chasm.
Dead silence.
It was as if even time had stopped flowing in that instant.
As if they had failed to react, every spectator in Ascot Racecourse fell into dead silence.
Even the commentator went quiet for a moment, but soon, her professionalism drove her to shout.
"She crosses the line!"
The instant that voice rang out, the silence was shattered. The entire racecourse once again erupted into a tide of noise.
"At this moment, we finally have the champion of this King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes!"
"In her first battle, she defeated Victory Glow! In her second, she brought down Terimon!"
"And now, even the throne of all Europe has fallen into her hands!"
She looked at the violet figure who was slowly decelerating past the finish line, her expression still as elegant as ever, and spoke in an impassioned voice.
"The ruler from the Far East! The new gray-haired monster! In first place: Mejiro McQueen!"
At the finish line, Victory Glow, Terimon, and the others were drenched in sweat, collapsed to their knees on the grass as they gasped for breath.
Ahead of them, Generous was half-kneeling on the ground. She took a deep breath, her gaze fixed on the racecourse's giant screen.
After reading it, Generous wiped the sweat from her face. At last, unable to support herself any longer, she casually fell backward and sprawled out on the ground, laughing in relief.
"Haha..."
"Does this mean... haah... I just witnessed... a legend?"
"When they write the history books later, could they make me look a little better?"
On the giant screen, the final result of the race was written clearly.
First: Mejiro McQueen!
Second: Generous. Margin: six lengths!
And Victory Glow in third was a full seven lengths behind Generous in second.
(End of Chapter)
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