Alex felt that since Primogems were so easy to get here, he should always save up for a ten-pull before wishing.
Besides, he didn't often do single pulls, only when he was close to pity.
Because he had been busy with the house these past few days and also wanted to pull characters, Alex remembered the 'small vault' Furina mentioned, but he had been interrupted several times and hadn't had a chance to ask Furina for it.
However, after getting that batch of Primogems from Furina, how was he going to accumulate Primogems on his own?
Was he supposed to go to the Adventurers' Guild and complete four daily tasks for 60 Primogems???
He totally could; he had nothing else to do right now, and registering as an Adventurer's Guild employee was a complete win.
But before that, he hadn't unlocked all the Teleport Waypoints in Fontaine, so it would be hard to complete dailies quickly. Would he have to expand the map while taking commissions then? Although it only just occurred to Alex to do dailies for Primogems, and he had wasted at least over a week.
But it didn't matter; Primogems here could be traded, so that little bit wasn't a big deal.
Let's see if the basic 60 Primogems were available first.
Furina's 'small vault' was not urgent; he would go to the Adventurers' Guild first.
So, Alex teleported to the Teleport Waypoint in the Lione District, where the Adventurers' Guild was located.
Katheryne, standing behind the Adventurers' Guild counter in her dark green uniform, saw Alex walking towards her: "Ad astra—"
Alex quickly interrupted; he heard it so often his ears were practically calloused: "Hello, hello."
"—abyssosque. Welcome to the Adventurers' Guild~" But the interruption was ineffective; Katheryne still finished her line.
Alex was frustrated; this wasn't like the game where he could force a skip: "Darn it, I can't interrupt her anymore."
"I've been observing you for quite some time~" Katheryne greeted Alex with a smile and then added, "This is your first time visiting the Adventurers' Guild, isn't it? Do you wish to post a commission or join the Adventurers' Guild?"
"Do I get Primogems?"
"I don't understand what you're saying." Katheryne shook her head and then repeated her previous words: "Do you wish to post a commission or join the Adventurers' Guild?"
"Can I take you out?"
"I apologize, I am an Adventurers' Guild receptionist and cannot leave my post arbitrarily." Katheryne smiled.
"If I join the Fatui, will I get more Primogems?"
"Hello, everyone's choices are freedom. Even if you are a Fatui, you can still join the Adventurers' Guild and become an excellent Adventurer." Katheryne smiled, smiled.
"Ah, so you don't know what Primogems are, right?" Alex said, somewhat speechless, finally taking out a Primogem and saying, "It's this shiny Shitou that you don't need."
"I understand! You wish to post a commission to collect 'Primogems.' Please wait a moment." Katheryne bent down and took out a form: "Please fill in your requirements and Reward. We will charge an additional ten percent of the Reward in Mora as a processing fee for posting the commission."
Alright, alright, Alex wasn't angry. After all, he knew that the Katheryne in front of him was a puppet produced in Snezhnaya. But this understanding... one could only say it was indeed artificial intelligence.
To artificial intelligence, you could only be very direct with her: "The commission for collecting Primogems can wait..."
After all, Alex hadn't decided on the acquisition ratio for that yet. Moreover, he didn't have much Mora left to spend; it was dwindling with each use.
Alex actually wanted to buy Primogems at a one-to-one ratio with Mora, but no one would accept that; it was too greedy, especially since an egg in Teyvat cost two hundred Mora.
"I want to register as an Adventurer first."
Katheryne's smile deepened a little: "Alright, please fill out your personal information first."
"..." More forms to fill out. Alex looked at the paper and pen on the counter, then blinked his big eyes at Katheryne, you know~ ~ ~.
"Name." Katheryne silently picked up the pen and aimed the application form at herself.
So, what followed was a basic information dialogue.
Katheryne put away the information: "Alright, welcome to the Adventurers' Guild. Adventurer New Star: Mr. Alex. This is your 'Adventurer's License,' please keep it safe."
Alex took it; it was a not-too-thick booklet. Alex began to flip through it.
Beside him, Katheryne began to introduce the rules to the new Adventurer, Alex: "For an Adventurer, experience is more important than aptitude. Only by continuously accumulating 'Adventurer Experience' can one improve their 'Adventurer Rank' assessment."
"This contains a lot of information about the Guild's commissions and Rewards. It also serves as proof of membership, so remember to consult it often and keep it safe."
"Oh, and one more thing. There will be bottlenecks in increasing your Adventurer Rank. At that point, you'll need to complete some 'impressive tasks' to gain further recognition from the Guild."
"Hmm, I generally understand. Just give me a few tasks for now."
Katheryne nodded and took a task list from the counter: "Then, please choose suitable tasks from here to complete~"
Alex took a look; they were indeed super common simple tasks: cleaning, weeding, finding things.
O, O Alex pouted; these tasks were so varied and all very time-consuming. The most important thing was that there wasn't a single monster-slaying one.
"Slam!" Alex slapped his Hydro Vision onto the counter.
"?" Katheryne, instead, looked over in confusion.
"I'm a Vision holder! Give me some high-difficulty monster-slaying tasks." Alex said with an arrogant look.
"I understand!" Katheryne filtered, then placed a picture-based task list with location markers, monster types, and quantities on the counter.
Alex looked at it; the monster-slaying tasks were mostly about clearing certain camps or defeating specific monsters.
This task list was indeed simple, clear, and user-friendly. Alex considered it for a moment and took on four tasks at once.
Katheryne looked at them and said: "Emergency, Fishnado, Fishnado, and the last one is Evil Expansion... Alright, I'll record them for you now."
They were all relatively close four monster-slaying tasks. Alex nodded in satisfaction, then remembered something and asked: "Do these tasks have any time limit requirements?"
Katheryne shook her head: "No, but these enemy-clearing tasks are shared by the Adventurers' Guild. If someone completes them first during this period, the same commission for others will become invalid, and there will be no Reward."
"Is that so!" Alex's face showed urgency.
Darn it, in this real-life version, quests could actually be snatched away, along with the Reward.
Katheryne said softly: "You don't need to worry too much. The danger level of these types of tasks is very high. After all, in the Adventurers' Guild, Adventurers with a Vision are few and far between, countable on one's fingers."
"New Adventurers rarely take them on. Ordinary people only take on these types of tasks when they become strong and have a relatively high Adventurer Rank." Katheryne finished speaking, looking at Alex with a smile.
Alex nodded in understanding: "Oh, oh."
Wait... everything here was different from the game. There was no time limit for completion, so what about the quantity?
Alex thought, looking at the task list on the counter.
"Can I take all of them?" Alex asked expectantly.
Katheryne shook her head decisively: "I apologize, an Adventurer can only take on a maximum of four commissions at a time. To take on new commissions, you must either abandon or complete old ones."
Indeed... if everyone could hoard a bunch of tasks, it would greatly affect completion efficiency.
Alex found it acceptable.