Blue Maple thought about his housing problem as he wandered around the forest aimlessly. He made quick work of the treants that he encountered, and he seemed so casual and carefree that nobody could tell he was doing an S-rank quest.

The treants here were quite concentrated. There could be more than a dozen treants appearing together at the same time, and even if only one showed up, there were several more nearby. However, there could also be areas where not even one appeared.

Blue Maple killed treants lazily as time slowly passed. Daybreak finally arrived as the light of dawn pierced through the thick leaves and into the dark forest. Rays of sunlight permeated the air.

There wasn’t much accumulated snow inside the forest. Perhaps treants were the reason for that, as the forest was still quite lush and verdant during winter. Strangely, this place seemed like winter had just begun, with a little bit of falling snow after the conclusion of spring. Rays of sunlight shone upon the scarce snow on the ground and reflected dazzling but beautiful light.

Today’s weather is great, Blue Maple thought languidly. He had almost completed his task of killing five hundred normal treants, except he hadn’t encountered the Treant King yet.

Why can’t this quest mark out the Treant King’s whereabouts like the Jiangshi King’s location was?,...