My First Defeat Came with a Terrible Misunderstanding

Sunset.

Somewhere in a peaceful forest where a cool breeze was blowing.

In that place, where the animals of the forest had been frolicking peacefully,

“Haaaargh!”

A man who had been sprawled facedown on the ground woke with a scream.

With one eye swollen black and blue, he looked around.

“Huh? Why am I unconscious here?”

Unable to make sense of what was happening, he scratched his head.

Then,

‘I bear no malice… but you must become the first step in this one's legendary journey through the martial world.’...