The "Combat Festival" in <Yggdrasil Gate> referred to PvP content, but here, it meant a two-day fighting tournament.

It was a tournament hosted in rotation by large schools with auditoriums that could hold over ten thousand people, serving as an official battleground to determine the pinnacle of the academy city.

This was what they called the "Combat Festival."

Students of <Academy City Yord>—Valkyries who followed the fated weapons and Ether—liked fighting, whether it was big or small. Even those with talents unrelated to combat viewed competitions like eating contests or drawing contests as sacred, something to win and achieve.

The …