The tree is a central plot element; it is believed to absorb the land's nutrients, preventing Rulid Village from expanding its fields. Eugeo is a seventh-generation woodcutter who has worked on the tree for seven years without success.
Episode 2 of Sword Art Online: Alicization , titled "The Demon Tree," serves as the foundational "world-building" chapter for the Underworld arc. Picking up immediately after Kirito is attacked in the real world by Johnny Black, the episode shifts from the high-stakes tension of the series premiere to a slow-burn introduction of the new virtual reality. Sword Art Online: Alicization Episode 2
While exploring, Kirito finds a boy named Eugeo tasked with chopping down a massive tree known as the Gigas Cedar or "The Demon Tree". The tree is a central plot element; it
