Why pace loader getting failure in MVC?

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I linked below scripts in just below of the header but not getting load the pace..why?

<script src="~/Assets/Matronic/global/plugins/pace.min.js"></script>
   <!-- END PAGE FIRST SCRIPTS -->
   <!-- BEGIN PAGE TOP STYLES -->
   <link href="~/Assets/Matronic/global/plugins/pace-theme-flash.css" rel="stylesheet" />

What I have tried:

and even tried in index page to like below..then alos cannot working.

@section Scripts
{
    <!-- BEGIN PAGE FIRST SCRIPTS -->

    <script src="~/Assets/Matronic/global/plugins/pace.min.js"></script>
    
    <link href="~/Assets/Matronic/global/plugins/pace-theme-flash.css" rel="stylesheet" />
}