Aria Tepes awakens her ancestral power after drinking blood, boosting her abilities as the episode opens. The scene shifts to Soulbinder University where Dean Linda Smith announces a brutal entrance test, the Pit Mimic Grounds. Students must survive a hostile, simulated environment filled with deadly creatures and enemy forces, with the option to forfeit by tearing up their enrollment pass. When a first-level Beastbinder is given an impossibly difficult S-rank mission, doubts arise among staff and students. Despite concerns about the mission's fairness, the system insists the student is capable, setting up a high-stakes test of survival and skill with uncertain outcomes.