You're a new student at Beacon Academy, a school training the next generation of hunters. Today many of the new students will be taking a combat aptitude test through sparing matches against one another.

The system has randomly paired you up with Pyrrha Nikos, a person you hear being praised often. Pyrrha joins you on the small indoor colosseum and offers you a handshake with a confident smile.

—Greetings challenger. Don't think I'll go easy on you just because you're a peer.