Chapter 28: Recruitment

But this was just a minor issue. Su You wasn’t a perfectionist—she simply liked to place the right buildings in the right spots, making it easier for her future planning.

Since there was no grid map or similar tool to help, Su You could only arrange things by referencing the positions of other buildings.

Those two wooden crates served as reference points, and so did the newly built bulletin board.

As a building for recruiting NPCs, Su You planned to place the tavern as close to the city gate as possible. That way, whenever she recruited an NPC, she could see them walking in from outside the city as soon as she stepped out of the tavern, instead of having to make a big detour to the gate to greet them.

The same logic applied to the bulletin board.

The bulletin board wasn’t just for refreshing wandering NPCs—it also served to notify NPCs of messages.

There was no communication equipment in this world, no such thing as cell phones or computers. So, if a lord player wanted to convey instructions or information, the bulletin board was the way to do it.

Any NPC who had joined the territory would check the bulletin board at least once a day, no matter the time.

To make sure that even non-resident NPCs could see the latest information about the territory as soon as they entered, pretty much every player built their first bulletin board near the city gate—Su You was no exception.

Once she’d picked the spot, the building card in Su You’s hand shimmered and slowly disappeared. At the same moment, a building suddenly sprang up right in front of her.

Su You: …

Honestly, while she wasn’t startled, she did think this way of appearing was a bit perfunctory—and kind of cheap.

Come on, at least give me some special effects!

Just because it’s free, does it have to be this plain?

Still, complaints aside, Su You didn’t really care much about special effects. What she cared about most right now was what kind of NPCs she’d be able to recruit.

Even though it was already nighttime, she could still see the recruitable NPCs. It’s just that once she confirmed which NPC to recruit, that NPC would only arrive the next morning.

Pushing open the tavern door, Su You found that this so-called tavern was basically just an empty, unfinished room.

Aside from a bar-like counter and a round stool, there was nothing else—not even a window.

Su You: … Figures. You get what you pay for.

She wasn’t sure if all building cards were this bare-bones, but if she’d built the place herself with materials, at the very least there would be a basic set of furniture.

“Oh well… As long as I can recruit, that’s enough…” The tavern was crude, but Su You didn’t plan to actually run it for now. She just needed it for its special NPC recruitment function. As long as it worked, who cared about the decor?

She groped her way to the bar counter—yes, the tavern didn’t even have any lighting.

She could only make out the interior thanks to the firelight from the city core shining through the open door.

But in a way, the lack of furniture was a blessing—at least with nothing in the way, she wouldn’t bump into anything in the dark.

Su You comforted herself with this thought, conveniently forgetting that a tavern was supposed to have a few lanterns inside.

[Tavern] (Level 1)

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