A feeling of relief washed Pate's from the pain of suffocation and he can't help but quietly thank god as he can finally rest in peace.

It's just that feeling didn't even last a long time or even a minute but it just passed by in an instant.

Then he felt a stinging pain in his cheek until a sensation of falling from a high altitude made him awoke from his reverie 'W-what is going on?'

Seeing a blurring white all over he could not help but rub his eyes completely as he opened it and he couldn't help but scream in terror, he really was falling at a high altitude!

He panicked as he tried to swing his arms not knowing what he had to do, the wind kept smashing him while he was falling and he couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

Pate didn't even realize that a phantom cat was looking at him with a smirk, enjoying Pate's screams.

Then he sees that there are big boulders, debris, water, trees, and big red roots that are falling under him.

And with all of these, he could assume they somehow entered a mysterious area where water was blocked from entering, like the phenomenon in Fish-men Island!

He shouted with his might as he didn't see the one who he should see first and he became worried about the guardian forest's well being "BASTARD CATTT!!!"

"You are the bastard one!" an immediate reply shouted on Pate's side and when he looked, there was the phantom cat who shouted angrily "There are so many names that you can call me and y-you"

"AHAHAHAHAAHA" Pate can't help but laugh forgetting their dilemma and the angry phantom cat could only join in the laughter.

After they barely reach the will's desired destination, they laugh at themselves remembering their clashes and disagreements with each other.

And a bond of friendship between a human and spirits' will form in the midst of difficulty.

Pate's fear was gone and replaced with confidence as he nodded at the phantom cat who just landed on his right shoulder and weakly said "You should never call me that again, kiddo!"

"Yeah yeah, sorry. Now that I am calm again, I feel that there is a slight pain in my cheek." holding his right cheek and there was an obvious red mark of a cat's paw.

"Ahem, there might be some small rubble that struck you while we were falling but forget that, you should prepare for landing or you will be smashed into minced meat!" the phantom cat successfully diverts Pate's attention who look at the bottom where they are going to land.

"Okay, hold tightly!" with this he spread his perception as he tried to control dozens of trees where a large piece of land was still intact and only a slight crack could be seen.

Every tree branch grew and elongated coming towards him and coiled around his waist "Don't forget the pond!" the phantom cat reminds him.

"Oh, right!" he tried to search the pond with his perception and was amazed to see that the pond was still intact but there was still a little water left from it.

"Found it!" with a lot of trees that were still planted in every chunk of land, he willed every branch of the trees to coiled around the pond and lifted it above them.

"Here comes the ground!" with a scream the phantom cat notified him and he embraced himself from the impact.

With a crash, a massive quake reverted to the land and it didn't even finish because a numerous huge chunk of land almost landed with a loud collision.

Smoke spread in the surroundings as one by one a loud blast and quake would ensue.

Pate feel the impact as the coiled branches around his waist snap and he tried to grab the tree branch but it destroyed making him fell to the ground and rolled in the dust.

Fortunately, the branches snap when he is three meters above the ground, and suffered dozens of bruises.

He coughs because of the smoke created by the collisions and could only lay on the ground, closing his eyes 'I should start to familiarize myself with this kind of life from now on, I'm not on the earth where peace and rights were advocates.'

"Hey, Idiot! Watch out!" Pate heard the irritating voice of the Phantom Cat and a creaking sound of woods above and when he opened his eyes he found himself in the cover of the shadow of the underground pond.

"F*ck!" he stood up and ran with all of his might 'I can't even rest a little here in this world!'

And when he is running with his life in the line, a phantom cat just hovers next to him who just has a relaxed expression on his face "You should run a little faster if you want to live, kiddo."

"Bastard Cat!!!" he shout while he ran a little faster he felt a huge blast in his back as the smoke shrouded him and a force push him far, rolling in the ground.

Face facing the ground he tried to cover himself from the dust and wait for it to subside and feel tiredness all over his body.

"Hey, kiddo. are you alright?" he heard the phantom cat but ignore it for now as he really feel exhausted.

"Hey!"

Couldn't help but be annoyed and just stand up and pat his shorts, and carefully check two devil fruits that were pack in a big leaf.

Seeing that the devil fruits are alright and there is no damage in it he packs it again and attached it to his side and then the face of the phantom cat neared at him saying "Are you ignoring me, kiddo ??"

'It's not obvious enough for you?' sighing he said "Nope, just want to rest a little bit, anyway where are we?" he looked around and found two large mountains in front of him 'No! This is a skull of a Sea King!'

Two lumps of Sea King's head were neatly put next to each other, he thought it was a mountain because trees are growing in every part of it and just notice a scale of a sea king in its lower part and the at top most part, there was an opening of trenches "That must be the mouth!"

"Hey, what happen here?" he asked while he observed more, he can't believe it. If not for the trees growing in every part of it, he would assume that this is just a freshly killed Sea King in front of him.

"I don't know, all of the fishwheel voted that I should be sent up to the surface to ensure that the fishwheel would not be wiped out in existence before the war started." the phantom cat scanned the two mountains in front but there was a gleam of sadness in it.

"Ahh, A babysitter." Pate weakly said and the phantom cat immediately retorted "I'm not a babysitter, I just ensure and take care of the eggs until they hatch -"

"Yeah, it's a babysitter job. Don't worry there is no need to dwell on it, I understand." looking at the phantom cat while he nods to show how he understands what he is coming from.

"F*ck you!" for the first time in his existence, the Guardian Forest curse.