Interesting, I'll look into it.
And I definitely think I forgot to mark the harem counter up when Cheeki and Breeki join. I can easily fix that, thanks for noticing.
Episode 8 will be dealing with a hazardous area called the Slipstreams which is known to rain and storm constantly. There we will meet a frog girl, and a high-ranking hunter bard.
Additionally, Ep 8 will be tying some loose ends in Mistral Village and developing some characters by giving Yulia and Fiona conclusions to their stories. (We essentially know nothing about these two right now.)
The story and all the answers had been planned out from the start. I just didn't anticipate it taking so long for me to get you the answers.
It's a mixture. There's an overarching story for the entire game, sometimes an area has an arc all in itself, and some contracts are stand-alone stories. It's like a tree with a thick trunk and a few branches.
1. Go to the colosseum entrance in The Reach.
2. Speak to the Squirrel girl receptionist with the speech bubble over her head.
3. Go through the right-hand door into the challenger reception, then through the top right hallway into the waiting room.
4. Speak to the Nurse with the speech bubble over her head. Complete the survival challenge.
5. Leave that room, encounter a scene, then go back to speak to the Nurse.
6. Speak to the Nurse again, then again, then again, then again, to start each tournament match.
7. Once the tournament is over, you can leave and you'll see another scene.
8. Congrats, the story tournament is over, and all the optional tournaments, ladders and etc are unlocked. You can also have sex with the Nurse, don't miss that one, it's probably the easiest scene to miss in the game.