The Demon King's strength was far too terrifying.
Many trainers were wondering: how could they possibly defeat such a powerful Demon King?
Being in the same generation as Demon King Ship, were their horse girls destined to be nothing more than foils?
"Damn it! Why does such a monster exist?"
"We can't win at all. None of my horse girls have any hope of outrunning that monster."
"Okino, that animal... how did he get so lucky? I heard Gold Ship even sought him out herself."
"Aaaah! Someone hurry up and stop that Demon King! Don't let her keep running these races! We can't even win the small-grade races now!"
In the izakaya where trainers gathered, many were complaining over drinks.
Because it was just too miserable. Their horse girls had been brutally crushed by that Demon King recently.
They couldn't even win GIII races. How could things be this bad?
Okino, that bastard, really was an animal. He actually let that Demon King dominate so many races. The most ridiculous part was that the Demon King clearly had no aptitude for Dirt tracks, yet she insisted on competing against Dirt runners. And the most numbing part was... she still won!
She was a monster among monsters. The title "Demon King" was truly well-deserved. It was despair-inducing.
They had racked their brains, but they couldn't figure out how to make their horse girls win a single race.
Once they ran into the Demon King, defeat was certain.
She was absolutely the most hateful villain in history.
No horse girl in history had ever done such things. After all, this Demon King not only possessed top-tier physical stats but had also mastered a domain, and was even the revealer of the new "skill" system. Was this monster born in the wrong world?
Three Goddesses, please manifest and take this monster away!
"There are no longer any runners capable of becoming the Demon King's opponent!"
This was a topic widely circulating on the internet.
From Demon King Ship's recent races, one could see that even when she no longer used the strength she displayed in the Hopeful Stakes, no runner could put any pressure on her. There was no fierce competition in the races, only Demon King Ship's absolute victory.
As long as Demon King Ship competed, regardless of the process, the result was always a landslide victory for her.
Although with the listing of the Demon King Group and the mass sales of the Skill Manual kits, the strength of the horse girls of this generation seemed to have improved significantly, their improvement was negligible in front of the Demon King.
The internet and TV were full of hot topics about Demon King Ship and the Demon King Group. It seemed like the Japanese horse girl circle was about to make a splash on international channels, but in reality, both the URA Committee and Tracen Academy had discovered a problem within the domestic circle.
That was: there was no living space left for other runners in the entire circle.
Whether online or offline, the Demon King's momentum occupied an absolute position.
If this continued, until the Demon King retired, there would be no room for other horse girls in the domestic circle.
Plus, Demon King Ship had been participating in a massive number of various races recently.
"We can't let this continue. That Demon King really is a troublesome fellow."
"Yes. Although the appearance of such an outstanding child is indeed a pleasant surprise, her methods are too reckless."
"So what do you think we should do? Everything the Demon King does is legal and compliant. The Committee has no room to interfere."
"But if this goes on, until she leaves the Twinkle Series, this series will be her one-man show!"
The higher-ups of the Committee were holding a meeting to discuss this matter.
"So what? This is racing. It should be like this."
"But the Twinkle Series races have lost their balance. With her strength, she shouldn't stay in the Twinkle Series!"
"Ridiculous. The Demon King is, after all, just a child who recently debuted. Why shouldn't she stay in the Twinkle Series?"
"Stop arguing! This matter does need to be resolved. At least, it shouldn't be like now, where the entire internet focuses on only one runner."
"I don't think this is something that needs solving. I even feel this stimulation might not necessarily be a bad thing."
There was a huge divergence of opinion among the Committee's higher-ups.
Those representing the horse girls believed there was no problem with Demon King Ship's behavior, while those representing the trainers believed the current situation needed to change.
The horse girl side's argument was simple: Demon King Ship's actions were legal and compliant. Therefore, there should be no interference. As for affecting the living space of other runners? Ultimately, it was because the other runners were too weak. It had nothing to do with Demon King Ship.
The trainer side believed that Demon King Ship exceeded the upper limit of the Twinkle Series. The original purpose of setting up multiple series of races was to prevent overly strong, older runners from staying in the Twinkle Series and "bombing the fish pond" (crushing noobs). But now, Demon King Ship was clearly bombing the fish pond. This completely affected the balance of the Twinkle Series. Even if she was young, the Committee had to consider how to solve this problem.
But after arguing for half a day, the Committee members found they really had no good way to deal with Demon King Ship.
"Why don't we have the Demon King's trainer take her to plague races elsewhere?"
"Objection! How do you plan to persuade the Demon King's trainer? You're not planning to coerce or bribe him, are you?"
"Don't make it sound so ugly. Going on an overseas expedition is also a good thing for that Demon King. That girl should go run the Arc de Triomphe."
"Hmph. You old fossils are regressing the more you live. We horse girls have no objections, so why are you thinking of interfering?"
"Allowing all horse girls to enjoy the fun of racing is exactly why we are here. Just because you have no objections doesn't mean the currently active runners and trainers don't. After all, it's not you retired folks who have to fight the Demon King."
Symboli Rudolf was also invited to this meeting. Honestly, she just found these old guys too noisy.
As a horse girl herself, her thoughts were actually the same as the retired seniors'. She didn't think this was something that needed solving. Because ultimately, the reason for this phenomenon was simple: the other horse girls just weren't strong enough.
Because the other runners were too weak, their light as horse girls was stolen by Demon King Ship.
"One horse leading, ten thousand horses fading to obscurity."
Isn't this a normal situation?
Solve the problem? Correct it? What exactly do you want to solve and correct?
Besides, the Demon King hadn't used her "bewitching" power to bully other runners recently. In Rudolf's view, there was nothing wrong with Demon King Ship, nor was there anything wrong with the current environment.
If there was a problem, wasn't it those runners who chose to avoid the fight?
"Boring. Discarding one's own brilliance because of fear of an opponent's strength... such people aren't fit to be horse girls."
Rudolf offered a radical opinion.
But obviously, it wasn't suitable for her to say this out loud in this setting.
"Emperor, what is your opinion? Don't just stand there silently. You are here representing Tracen today."
Symboli Rudolf felt helpless.
She finally understood why the Chairwoman had pushed her forward. Were recent meetings always this boring?
"I think we can wait and see. The skills published by Gold Ship are becoming one of the teaching materials for horse girls. Perhaps once the popularization of skills is complete, this won't be something to worry about."
"You say that easily, but we've seen that manual. While that stuff isn't as mystical as domains, mastering it isn't easy. Waiting for the popularization of skills to complete... how can that be done without a few years?"
A council member raised an objection. This member used to be a trainer.
But at the same time, another council member, who used to be a horse girl, spoke up.
"It's not that hard. I heard many students at Tracen Academy have already preliminarily mastered skills, right? This shows the difficulty of learning skills can't be lumped together with domains. The reason progress is so slow now is all the fault of some incompetent trainers."
"Damn it! Are you trying to say it's the fault of us trainers?"
"Hmph. I said incompetent trainers. Are you admitting you're one of them?"
Rudolf watched them start arguing again.
But actually, saying it was the fault of some trainers wasn't wrong.
After all, some trainers were truly dogs. They took subsidies from the Committee and Tracen but were unwilling to spend even a little extra to buy training materials for their horse girls. While their actions were compliant with the rules, they clearly couldn't achieve good training results.
For this type of trainer, even if you lecture them, it will just go in one ear and out the other. After all, they became trainers to make money; that was their original intention. Trying to correct them was almost impossible. As for revoking their trainer qualifications? Even more impossible. Because these trainers were actually the majority. Ultimately, why did so many people want to be trainers? Was it really because they liked horse girls and racing? Of course not. It was because being a trainer was an "iron rice bowl" (secure job) with a high salary.
What the Committee could do was raise the threshold for becoming a trainer, ensuring these trainers at least met the standards in terms of ability.
But take the Skill Manual for example. If the trainer didn't actively buy it, the horse girl wouldn't dare to buy it even if she had the money. Because arranging the training schedule was the trainer's job. A horse girl secretly practicing on her own was actually a violation. Without the trainer actively buying the Skill Manual, aside from a few extremely individualistic horse girls, most wouldn't act on their own. This caused the speed of skill popularization to lag.
"Alright! Let's decide this! List the Skill Manual as mandatory school teaching material and enforce the purchase directly!"
A council member voiced this decision.
Symboli Rudolf looked up in surprise.
When did these old things get such resolve?
"Seconded."
But soon, Rudolf saw almost all the council members cast a vote in favor.
The people on the Japanese Committee were indeed somewhat incompetent—that was a fair assessment—but they weren't truly stupid or blind. The effect of skills was obvious to all. Plus, the Demon King Group had priced the Skill Manual so low. If the Committee still couldn't make a decision in this situation, their heads really would have been kicked by a donkey.
And so, Symboli Rudolf inexplicably brought this good news back and found Agnes Tachyon to discuss cooperation.
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