"Waaaaaah—what the hell is this place?!"
High up in a towering tree, a black-haired boy let out a bizarre yell and tumbled down like Tarzan, rolling head over heels in a sorry heap. His reasonably decent-looking face was covered in dust, and his clothes were already torn to shreds.
This was a vast primeval forest. Giant trees so thick that a dozen people could barely encircle them stood everywhere, and even the weeds on the ground were as big as a burly adult.
Fortunately, the place was covered in that incredibly soft "grass." Otherwise, falling from a tree that high would already have sent the boy off to meet Marx.
"Roar—brat! You dared to piss on my head?! I'll swallow you whole!" A thunderous roar erupted behind him, accompanied by the cracking of trees being trampled. Whipping up fierce winds with the huge wings on its back, a creature with a hideous head more than ten meters across roared and slammed down onto the ground!
Boom!
The boy had only just landed, cushioned by the weeds. With a clump of grass on his head, he was groaning and rubbing his backside when, before he could react, a tremendous tremor from the ground launched him into the air—
"Getting blasted into the air by a tremor is totally unscientific, damn it!"
The black-haired boy howled miserably, crashed headfirst into a branch with a thud, then "floated" back down with spirals for eyes and wisps of smoke rising from his head.
Boom! Another violent crash rang out. Huge claws tore through the trees, and a long tail swept the debris aside. A colossal creature strode into view, roaring with its head raised, each step ponderously heavy.
Breathing heavily through its nostrils, its body radiated terrifying, oppressive magic power. Its hideous, gong-sized eyes,