Chapter 63: The Dark Horse

Diego couldn't wait to finish him off. His deadly blow flew towards Ryan, but his eyes widened in the middle of the way. His face turned pale and the swing of his hand stopped. Ryan still wore a flat expression with one foot pointing right at Diego's chin.

Two seconds later, the big Diego fell down and his face was in pain.

"Eh? How come you fell down like that?" Ryan pretended to be confused and said, "I have no business with a big, brainless boy."

Diego's face grew frightened and filled with confusion. His opponent's attack was really fast. However, Diego's subordinates became furious when they saw their boss fall, "To hell with him, let's beat him!"

Ryan even challenged them to move forward, "Come and I shall serve you all at once."

Diego's subordinates surrounded Ryan first, cutting off his escape route. Ivanka grabbed Ryan's sleeve from inside the car and asked him to just leave. Seeing the large number of people that circled them scared her.

Nergal ran away from a battle? What kind of joke was that? Did they think outnumbering him would scare him? Absolutely not!

"Take it easy, sit down and take a look at your brother." Ryan stroked Ivanka's hand and took it off. Then he lunged at them all.

The fight started!

Ivanka closed her eyes, afraid of what would happen next. Ryan was most likely going to die and she couldn't do anything about it.

A moment later, a scream could be heard. Had her brother finished?

Hearing the growing number of screams, Ivanka was curious and opened her eyes.

Ryan was like a superhero fighting a group of criminals. He only needed to hit them once and they were all sprawled out. All the enemies looked really weak in front of him.

This whole fight was brief. All of Diego's subordinates curled up in pain while Diego himself didn't know what to do. 

At that moment, Ryan turned to Diego, "Now it's your turn."

Even though Ryan's tone was flat, his voice was like thunder in the daytime— strong!

Ivanka's eyes sparkled at the sight of her strong brother-in-law. She felt that Ryan was charming. If only he hadn't groped her before, maybe she would be in love with him by now.

Diego was now in a precarious situation, there was no one who could be his shield. The guy turned from a big thug to a cow ready to be slaughtered. But an idea crossed his head, "A racer solves his problem on the road not by fighting like this!"

Ryan just smiled and said nothing.

Diego immediately panicked, "Hahaha, it turns out you don't have confidence in your driving skills, huh?"

"That's not the problem." Ryan smiled broadly, "You are still not my match even in the race."

"Then prove it!" Diego started to heat up Ryan, "Don't just talk."

"Okay. Wait at the starting line." Ryan then turned to his car.

Ivanka was shocked when she heard Ryan's agreement, "Huh? Are you crazy? This car is not a race car you know!"

"Hahaha, if you have been challenged, the law says it's forbidden to run."

"Can you race?" Ivanka was worried, "Even if you are confident in your abilities, the road you are going to walk is really dangerous. Don't hope you can win! It's better if we just go home."

Ryan frowned, why didn't his sister-in-law believe him?

"If it's just people like them, I will definitely win with eyes closed too." Ryan said with a smile, "Never mind, just follow your brother. And today you will be my guide!"

"Just keep dreaming!" Ivanka immediately refused.

On the other hand, Diego was ready with his race car and shouted at Ryan.

"Oi don't run, you bastard!"

Hearing that, Ryan immediately got into the car.

"Trust me." He said, reassuring the girl.

Ivanka could only sigh, "I don't care if you win or lose as long as you don't damage my car."

"Take it easy." Ryan casually said, "You will be a living witness to the birth of legendary Drift King from Avalerion!"

Ivanka smiled and fastened her seat belt.

The rules for this race were easy. They only need to go through this mountain road. The fastest one to finish this road would be declared as the winner. To avoid cheating, there were several people placed at certain points to provide information on the progress of the match. The spectators would be at the finish line.

Ryan entered the starting line with Ivanka's sports car. A total of 9 people participated in the race this time, all of them were assembled cars. Even so, their performance and speed were no worse than sports cars.

"Whoa! Whoa! Woohoo!"

The crowd started cheering, girls started dancing while shaking their chests and many also placed bets. The scene at this starting line was just getting wild.

"10 million for Diego!"

"Crazy! Obviously the winner is the black jaguar Skyler!"

"Too bad Michelle didn't come. If girls also raced, this match would be more exciting."

... ..

The people enjoyed themselves in their own way. While they were all having fun joking, a woman carrying a white flag came forward into the middle of the road.

The match was about to start!

Seeing such a large number of spectators, Ivanka became nervous. Even though she liked shows like this, she enjoyed it more being a spectator rather than a racer.

Turning to the side, she saw that Ryan's face was covered in sweat!

'This bastard is nervous?' She frowned in irritation.

When the match had not yet started, Diego opened the window and shouted at Ryan, "Ready to lose, kid?"

"All participants get ready!"

The woman raised the flag she was carrying, then all the cars started the engine. The moment the flag fell, the match officially began.

"Three!"

"Two!"

"One!"

Immediately, the 9 cars sped up and the crowd's cheers followed. However, this scene in front of them made them dumbfounded and wondered.

Why wasn't that sports car going? Was that a strike?

Ivanka also didn't know why Ryan didn't move, "Hey the match has started!"

"Relax." Ryan's expression looked calm, "It's no fun if I win too easily."

When she heard this, Ivanka only smiled, 'Is this guy just plain overconfident or crazy?!'

"Hahaha you're crazy!" Ivanka smiled and started closing her eyes. Her brother-in-law probably hit his head during his fight earlier. Ivanka felt that driving with him was the biggest mistake. She fastened her seat belt tightly.

The spectator was seen asking each other, "Did the car break down or something?" A rather obese spectator asked.

The man next to him replied, "I think the key fell." Everyone then started laughing.

The woman who was raising the flag was also confused. It had been more than 30 seconds since she raised the start flag but the car was still staying behind the lane.

Suddenly, Ryan sped up his car and shot like an arrow.

Seeing that finally the last car was running, one of the organizers spoke over HT, "All the cars in the starting line have gone smoothly. First point please be prepared."

Even though they were driving fast, Ivanka saw no other race cars, "Look, your own fault for acting weird like that. We will lose."

"Relax." Ryan said casually. "The real match hasn't started yet."

Ivanka only laughed bitterly in her heart. Indeed, his sports car is no less fast than his opponent's racing car but that is only on a straight road. The mountain road had a lot of curves and he was afraid that his tire would not last to the end. 

As long as the road was full of turns, Ryan couldn't possibly win.

"This is the first point, Diego's car is visible and behind him is Skyler."

When they heard this, the crowd cheered.

"Woohoo! Tonight I'll eat something delicious!"

"You can do it Skyler!"

Then the voice from HT of the committee was heard again, "With this 8 cars have passed safely."

Then the one in charge of the starting line replied, "Hey, there are 9 cars you know."

All of the spectators who heard him laughed.

"Hahaha sorry, sorry. I haven't seen that car from before. Oh? There he is!"

"Hahaha that car looks rushed. Eh? He doesn't brake? He wants to turn at full speed?"

Suddenly, the audience held their breath as they were curious about what had happened. They were waiting for the full report.

"Oh, my God! He took a sharp turn without even braking!" 

WHAT?!

All the audience were shocked when they heard it, they began to ask, "Can you turn at full speed?" But what kind of joke was that? The committee must be delirious.

The committee on the starting point also couldn't believe his eyes. He saw the sports car speeding away while heaving. Even the distance between the car and the road divider was only paper thin. At first, he thought that the car would go out of control, but in fact he made a perfect drive without losing speed!

Ivanka was also shocked, she looked at Ryan with an amazed face.

"Hold on tight." Ryan said as he sped the car again.