After running past the little cat Oliver was about twenty steps away from the little cat he decided to look back at the little cat, it was to take a final look at the little cat that almost cause his death. When Oliver's eyes and that of the little cat met, he felt his step slow down and he stopped running.
Looking at the eyes of the cat, he felt it was out of place to allow the little cat to die in the ninth forest just like that, Oliver thought to himself if he was abandoned and left alone to die will there be anyone that help him or will he run out of options like the little cat and be left to die alone.
But deep down Oliver knew that he had people that will go all out to save him, the like of his grandfather, father, and mother. He was touched he felt since he already has three people that are ready to do anything to help him and he believes that as he continues to live and make more friends there always be people that will be there to render help to him when he needed it so why not save the little cat that was about to meet its end if caught by the spirit beast that was chasing them from behind.
The little cat's eyes were filled with uneasiness and it felt like it was pleading with its eyes, when it saw how fast Oliver was running away it knew it was impossible to catch up to Oliver not even thinking about passing but what surprised the little at was that when it was feeling hopeless the person that was ahead of it turned back and stopped running.
The little cat could not believe what was happening it wore a baffled expression on its face like it was confused about what and why would Oliver turn back since he had already had the opportunity to run off and save himself, what did he leave behind that was worth going back for? The brain of the little cat was still running with different thoughts and confusion when it saw Oliver standing at its front.
Oliver bent down and pick up the confused little cat and stated towards the direction he was facing earlier.
"Don't worry little fellow, if there is something am good at it's running ". Oliver said as he picked up the little cat and was running as fast as he could.
"Back when I was little, when I was given birth to I was looking like someone that was going to die anything soon but father, mother, and grandfather stood by me ad took good care of me"
"I was restricted from doing any hard chore because everyone was afraid that it will cause harm to me and allow my death to come more quickly than expected. The only thing I was not restricted from doing was running with time I became good at it".
Oliver thought to himself he felt proud that was able to run fast without getting tired quickly, he was thinking if as a mortal he was running that fast, how would it be if he became a magical cultivator how fast would he be and what advantage will it add to him he will be escaping if he was in any form of danger.
Oliver looked at the little cat in his embrace while he was running he saw the confused expression of before that was in the face of the little cat was about to weigh off completely and as he was looking at the cat he saw that the little cat was now relaxed than when he first carried it, with that in place Oliver continued running. Even as Oliver was running his brain was running he was thinking of how they would be able to get out of the situation.
"I wonder what this little cat did that makes that spirit beast be chasing at it seriously and not giving it the opportunity to escape".
"Or is it that the little cat took something valuable from that spirit beast" When Oliver thought to this point he wonder what would that be and how important it must be for the spirit beast to be given a desperate chase.
"The major thing is that I need to survive"
While Oliver was running he felt that danger lurking on him was getting closer and closer, since Oliver saw the eyes of the creature from a distance he had not taken a good look to see what the creature that was hunting them was like.
"I wonder why such a powerful spirit beast would be found at the entrance of the middle region of the ninth forest, this type of power spirit beast is supposed to be in the inner section of the middle region".
"Is it that this crafty little cat deceived it and it had been searching for the little cat and finally find it in the outer region".
"Maybe the little cat was trying to leave the ninth forest completely and live among humans"
"if that is the case how did the spirit beast overtook the little cat and was now chasing it into the middle region". When Oliver's thoughts run to this point he felt this was wrong and he felt like the spirit beast was play with them or maybe it was injured and not as active as before.
As Oliver was running desperately thinking about how he will be able to survive he felt a ferocious ram at him from his back, Oliver stumbled forward and immediately he vomited three mouthfuls of blood.
Oliver quickly stood up with blood flowing from the side of his mouth, he knew he had been caught up to by the spirit beast.
"Since I was caught it to this I knew it won't be easy for me to escape intact" Oliver murmured softly after he stood up, he spitted blood and he had a cruel smile on his face.
The spirit beast that attacked stopped its attack it knew that there was no way Oliver and the little cat will escape under its watch.