The Lord Demon King is Unfathomable!

Chapter 1540 441: Rules of the Ranch

"Catastrophe OL" official forum, new players section.

Too Handsome to Sleep: "Brothers! Big news! A swordsman carrying a great sword has come to Wheat Field Village! He's also brought along a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy!"

This Player Has No Name: "Get lost, isn't he just a mercenary? Weirdos come in every day, what's so great about that?"

Lighter: "+1, nothing to do but chew on a lighter."

Too Handsome to Sleep: "Damn! I'm serious! That guy is amazing, he leveled over twenty logs with one swing of his sword! But he doesn't know how to build a house, doesn't even know you need to lay a foundation first! I ended up having to show him how to do it, hehe."

Tree-Climbing Pig: "And then?"

Too Handsome to Sleep: "Then he probably felt bad for taking advantage of me, so he taught me the technique for cutting wood! It's something like Sword Qi! Unlike the 'Qi' from the Dragon Divine Sect, his Sword Qi isn't just sharper, it's also more precise! But I'm too dumb, couldn't learn it."

Gou Shi: "What the hell?!"

Gourd's Kid: "Is he a master???"

Upon hearing that this NPC also knows martial arts secrets, the silly players couldn't sit still, and immediately dropped their unruly attitudes to beg for guidance.

The player called [Too Handsome to Sleep] didn't hold back, vividly describing how he met the great sword-carrying weirdo, triggered the hidden quest, and later received gratitude from the NPC and so on.

The gentleman Too Handsome to Sleep also mentioned that the great sword-carrying swordsman seems to be planning to build an inn, a project that obviously can't be finished in a day.

In other words—

The quest can still be done!

Hearing this, the players were overjoyed, and rushed into the game, heading to Wheat Field Village to give it a try.

However, regrettably, that swordsman was way too aloof, ignoring everyone, leaving most people frustrated.

His apprentice Julian, however, was more talkative, and could chat with anyone who spoke human language. But the boy was also a rookie himself, couldn't trigger hidden quests or teach any "martial arts secrets," so he was quickly abandoned by realistic players.

Most players were after that swordsman named Gunter!

"Damn it, I took the Teleportation Array just to see him, why didn't he respond to me?"

"Are you an Undead? He doesn't talk to Undead!"

"Damn! Racial discrimination! Negative review!"

"Your Undead race… you're just a corpse!"

"I suggest you just help him out! This guy seems really socially anxious, doesn't like owing favors! If you help directly, he might teach you!"

"Too troublesome, I'm not a Life Professional Player, not interested in that stuff. Can I just give him Joss Paper?"

"You can try, see if he beats you up!"

"..."

While the hesitant rookies kept complaining on the forum, the diligent players jumped straight into action in the game.

They first cleared the stones and tree roots from the ground, then leveled it out. This work had to be done very thoroughly; if the foundation wasn't flat, the house would be crooked.

Then they chopped trees.

Twenty logs were definitely not enough; they needed to cut more trees and transport the timber to the sawmill by the river to shape it accordingly.

Anyway, using a sword for this was obviously impossible; even with the most precise control of Strength, the wielder needed to thoroughly understand exactly what shape to cut.

Evidently, that Great Swordsman didn't grasp this concept.

Incidentally, before, villagers in Wheat Field Village needed to bribe the Lord's Forest Ranger with some jerky and wine, or promise to help him fix fences, just to get his blind eye on them using timber.

Now, they only needed to inform the people from the Salvation Army about what they'd use the wood for, as long as they weren't selling it, they could head into the forest with an axe to work.

All of this was just the first step; next, they had to dig clay by the river, mix it with straw or straw stalks, add water, and knead or stomp it until it became sticky and thick… into mud clay that could plaster walls.

After all the preparations were done, they could start using stones for the foundation, thick logs for support pillars, and build the main frame of the house.

According to the players' aesthetic, a medieval inn should at least have two floors, the first being an adventurers' tavern, and the second a place to stay.

Besides that, one should have a stable, a warehouse, and even a cellar for storing wine… whether the person planning to open an inn thought about this or not, they'd considered everything for that NPC!

Meanwhile, on the outskirts of Wheat Field Village.

Gunter, carrying a great sword, watched the Undead—oh no, the Holy Spirits—busy working on his inn, momentarily struck speechless by confusion.

What… are they doing?

Unlike his puzzled master, Julian, standing on the side, excitedly said.

"They seem like they're helping us build an inn!"

Gunter, of course, knew they were building an inn, but had no idea why they were doing it.

Earlier, he had specifically asked a "Highlander" about the steps for building a house, planning to do the work himself.

Good thing he didn't do it.

Seeing these guys, he realized that the seemingly easy tasks were incredibly tricky in practice!?

This is simply not a job one person could handle.

In comparison, turning a giant rock into the shape of a house would be easier for him…