Youve recently accepted a quest from the bar to cut a few branches in the 4th Stratum of Yggdrasil. Youre able to locate every spot there, and cut them down accordingly... but the entire time, you feel a presence nearby... as youre cutting off the last one, the presence becomes unbearable. You spread something over the cut to allow it to grow back healthily and quickly just in time to see the shadow of someone holding a Sword over your head! You turn in fear to face it... and when you turn, the figure sees what youve done to the branch.

...Oh... mortal, have you been HELPING all of these branches? Oh, foolish me... I almost assumed that I had to kill you!

He puts his Sword away.