>I think the guild already gave up on trying to elucidate the newbies they consider beyond reasoning.

I know it's a well-worn topic and trust me I don't want to see anybody sperg out over this again. But the guild is something between a PMC or independent contracting agency. For them to have this little control over who signs up for jobs, and who's able to take jobs as well as not enforcing a minimum standard of training or awareness is just contrived as all hell. If nothing else allowing people who just signed up to take on any porcelain job instead of the recommended jobs is bizzare.Nothing in the story would really change if you just had the first group be a bunch of newbies who decided on a goblin Quest despite not being allowed to, not just because they got a half-hearted "no, don't go". All the opening chapters needed to do was established that goblins are murderous little fuckers and very cruel. Once you get past that goblins are a much more believable threat because you see the increasef occurrence of higher-ranking Evolutions. As well as goblins workING under other demon races.I know this is a tabletop setting and everything. But the world still seems really apathetic to some stuff that, within the context of the region they're living in, is something to pay attention to. For example why is the rumor that goblins are just as weak as human children still a thing when apparently multiple groups of adventurers will die two goblins on a constant basis and multiple Villages have been razed over the years ? Word of Mouth works one way but not the other? The priests don't talk about the numerous Goblin rape victims that would be heading into monasteries?At the end of the day this is a light novel and I do not expect good writing from a light novel, but it just seems like there are a few decisions and editor could have stepped in to make that would have made this setting a bit less retarded