'I have to be cursed to run into this damned leopard, this stupid piece of crap'. Michael screamed inwardly as the leopard stared at him, almost begging him to make a run for it so that it would derive joy when it ate him.
Well Michael decided to satisfy the beast as he made a run for it, dashing away at his full speed. Even though he had awakened his abilities and could run almost times two his previous speed, the leopard was still hot on his trail, and you could tell that it was taking this as a walk in the park.
His heart was beating rapidly as the leopard inched closer and closer before widening the distance, clearly doing this to taunt Michael. 'What kind of beast did I outright provoke' Michael wanted to cry. 'Why is this happening to me again' he said inwardly as he raced through the forest, not wanting to give the leopard any chance to catch up.
He raced through the forest at his fastest speed, not giving he leopard any chance to close in. Not like the leopard had any problem with that. Right now, he was looking for any way that he makes an escape, he wished that he saw that cave that he hid in last time but he himself knew that his luck was not so good.
His brain raced as he thought of a way to outsmart this beast, he no longer had any thought of provoking it .If only his ability had a use in this situation, at the time he can only control inanimate shadows not the ones of living beings. Not to talk of the stress that his mind would have to handle.
But he has no other choice, either he finds a way to control its shadow, or it had him for lunch.
''Okay, I've made my choice, time to execute it'' Michael mumbled to himself as he thought of a way that he could kill this beast. From his previous assessments, if the shadow of a being leaves its body, its equivalent to a part of its soul leaving. And if it leaves for a while, the rest of its soul will begin to deteriorate and very soon, it would be the same as a mindless best. In a literal sense, literally.
Michael got all this from his previous study of his power, and it was practiced with other smaller beasts. There could be a massive flaw in his plan, and things could go sideways at any given time, heck it could not even work for a beast of this size but once he had decided he would not give up until he hit a brick wall.