Chapter 178: Mother Tree

 Alros perform another observation, trying to find the best spot to attack the grove. As he scour the area, flying on the canopy, he spotted something of interest.

 "They seem to be attracted, or protecting that tree," he mused, his eyes laid on a singular tree at the center of the grove. Despite being smaller than any of the surrounding trees, there are 2 treants guarding it.

 From how some treemen would occasionally walk towards the tree and put the corpses of other monsters, along with the cores, it safe to assume the tree is important for them.

 He eyed the tree with interest, some parts of his original plan changing as well.

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 While treemen are human-size monsters, they are as strong, if not stronger than Lizardmen, or at least tougher. It make them near impossible to be beaten by D-rankers, or a singular C-rankers despite supposed being in the same power level.