While Xu Yi considered the Xinfei Merchant Guild's future strategy, the race on the track had reached its most intense stage.
At the start, aside from the dwarf Mluoke's Mana Sedan pulling ahead first, everyone had been more or less even.
After two laps, however, the gaps had begun to show.
The two race cars driven by Archmage Camilla and Elder Lysania were far ahead of the rest.
Their excellent driving skills were one reason, but the more important reason was actually... they were crazy enough.
Whenever a collision seemed possible, the others instinctively swerved away, while those two simply charged straight ahead without a care.
This clearly stemmed from their tremendous confidence in their own strength. They knew nothing could threaten them.
The others lacked that confidence, so they often had no choice but to obediently give way, naturally allowing the two to race into the lead.
Apart from those two, though, the remaining nine racers were fairly evenly matched.
Haver Candy, the competitor sent by Prince Frank, was right in the middle. He neither stood out nor fell behind; his performance could only be called average.
Naturally, this performance displeased Chief Steward Mancini and the others watching from the stands on the other side, but in Xu Yi's eyes, it was already quite impressive.
After all, even Prince Frank had only encountered Mana Sedans a few months ago, so Haver Candy had clearly had even less time with them.
For him to develop such good driving skills in so little time and keep pace with Baron Billier, a man who practically wanted to live in his Mana Sedan, was remarkable.
Haver Candy was clearly dissatisfied with his performance, however, and repeatedly tried to overtake others on the bends.
Sometimes he succeeded. At other times, his opponents overtook him