First Dimension I

Unaware of what was happening outside, about an hour after the dimensional field activated, Charles's eyelashes trembled when he heard some faint noises.

His eyes fluttered open, and he turned toward the noise with a dazed expression, momentarily forgetting what had happened before he fainted. His heart nearly stopped when he saw the sight before him.

He was lying at the edge of a cliff with nothing but dark clouds below. Just an inch more ahead, and he would have plummeted down, never to open his eyes again. With a pounding heart, he moved back.

Charles sighed and wiped his forehead when he was far away from the cliff. The memory of what had happened before he fainted rushed back to him, and he stood up to absorb everything.

Above him was a clear sky with three suns, and behind him loomed a dense coniferous forest. It appeared he was standing at the boundary of the orange crystal where the dimensional field had transported him.