Building a Kingdom as a Kobold - Chapter 57: Why Is Nature Actively Plotting Against Me?

... never agreed to this.

Oh sure, I said I would "help." I said it because the system threatened me with diplomatic failure, and Sylrien stared at me with that same polite expression people give to animals they expect will bolt at any moment.

But this? This was not helping. This was suffering.

The deeper forest felt less like walking and more like being slowly digested by scenery. The trees grew impossibly tall and dense, twisting upward like they were actively trying to blo ...