Chapter 860: The Shadow of the Ice Monster
One fine winter day.
It was discovered that tree-like monsters, treants, had taken up residence in the forest surrounding the Village Five’s shrine.
These treants were unrelated to the elder treants residing in Village One. In short, they were stray treants.
Since the forest around the shrine was a place where minimal harm to living beings was being observed, it became a safe haven for treants.
That’s likely why it chose to settle there.
Treants are monsters that typically attack any approaching animals, but if they can absorb sufficient nutrients from the soil, there’s no need for them to prey on animals.
The treants in Village One coexist peacefully without causing trouble.
In fact, they even help by lurking in the forest around the village, alerting nyunyudaphnes and the kuro’s
if dangerous demon beasts or monsters approach.