Okay, I really liked this episode. Noel plotting and basically being a villain is great. And the dichotomy between Blue Beyond and the Winged Knights is fun to watch.
One minor gripe is that Wilheim from Re:Zero basically pulled the test out of his butt. Even if he's gunning for Noel to be the commander, setting it up as a competition between two B-ranks seems far-fetched. Then again it's just for clan admittance and Noel might be pulling strings behind the scenes.
Another gripe is the Puppeteer guy. We're introduced to him at the start of the episode and then never see him again. Feels like they forced his scene in there because they didn't know where to put it. I'm sure he'll become relevant later but by the end of the episode I had all but forgotten about him.