Goblin Dependency-Chapter 689 - 346: Departure!

The position of "association receptionist" might not seem particularly special at first glance, often associated with tavern waiters or shop clerks.

Yet, to some extent, it serves as the bridge and hub linking the association and adventurers, acting as the "front face" of the adventurer association.

Not merely responsible for "serving tea and pouring water" or "establishing connections," they often need to manage information, allocate tasks, and guide newcomers...

It requires consuming a significant amount of time and energy for learning and improving.

As a colossal force spanning the entire continent, the adventurer association places considerable importance on this position, which almost represents the association itself, established at the grassroots level and facilitating interaction with adventurers.

Even though most of the staff in this position are ordinary people who have not stepped into the professional field, a comprehensive and complete evaluation and promotion system is set up for them.

For the new apprentices who have just begun, memorizing the various rules and regulations of the association and skillfully reciting and mastering the processes of task issuance and acceptance is fundamental.

In addition, maintaining a tidy front desk, presenting a clean and proper image, accurately completing basic task registrations, reward distributions and document archiving, and demonstrating enthusiasm, patience, and a desire to learn during reception are crucial indicators for determining whether an apprentice is dismissed or has their "apprentice" prefix removed after the assessment.

As they progress, accompanied by self-improvement, including but not limited to: assisting in reviewing the reasonableness of task reports, handling general customer complaints and minor frictions between adventurers, precisely matching tasks with suitable adventure groups, negotiating and crisis management, assessing local political movements, and large-scale natural disasters’ impact on task ecology, their title, income, and status will gradually increase as well.

Some high-level association receptionists may not possess extraordinary capabilities, but over time, their network extends across the entire continent, from shadowy underground organizations to the highest royal families of large kingdoms, and even maintaining relationships with legendary entities.

When Moli first entered the field, she certainly had aspirations of the bright future spoken by the trainers, dreaming that one day she could become the kind of Big Shot that even professionals would need to treat with respect.

Yet, after sitting day after day at the association’s front desk, dealing with countless trivial matters that could never seem to be fully resolved, her passion had long been worn away.

A while back, the time Moli looked forward to the most every day was sunset—when her workday ended.

Sitting at her workstation every morning, she would begin counting the days until the next rest day.

She had despondently wondered more than once whether she would spend the rest of her life like this, trapped in an endless cycle of "work-rest-work."

She comforted herself with the relatively high income and stable living environment, telling herself that this was a job many ordinary people only dream of, and that kept her going.

That was until a few months ago, a very young yet professionally ranked, black-haired young man approached the counter, bringing a glimmer of light into Moli’s bleak and stagnant life.

She highly valued this adventurer named "Xia Nan." 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

As an official receptionist without the "apprentice" prefix, she could discern from the rapidly submitted task reports, the escalating difficulty of F, E, D... level tasks, and the evolving equipment he bore each meeting, that this black-haired young man was experiencing a remarkable rate of advancement.

Moli was well aware of what this meant.

And she absolutely couldn’t let this opportunity go to waste.

Hence, Moli had almost become Xia Nan’s exclusive receptionist.

She showcased her fullest enthusiasm at each reception—even if exhausted from a full day’s busyness.

She was meticulously responsible, utilizing her professional skills as much as possible, and even dared to actively negotiate with her superiors to secure more benefits for Xia Nan.

She didn’t require any reciprocation from Xia Nan.

Her role as an association receptionist, and he as the adventurer she was responsible for.

As long as Xia Nan kept enhancing his capabilities at this pace, even if it slowed later, and continued completing the tasks published by the adventurer association.

As Xia Nan’s dedicated receptionist, Moli would continuously gain achievements, thus making it possible to realize the dreams she had when first entering the field.

This was precisely why she was willing to leave her post during a busy workday, taking on overtime as a consequence, and go to the White Sparrow Tavern based on Xia Nan’s previous address to seek him out.

Adventurer Association, second-floor meeting room.

Xia Nan looked at the girl who had specifically found him at the tavern and brought him to the association.

He couldn’t help but feel puzzled.

Perhaps because of the many eyes during their initial encounter, she merely mentioned that there was news about the equipment he had consigned at the association without elaborating further.

Now, having come to the private room provided by the association, it seemed there was further development in this matter that required detailed discussion.