The two main characters are seemingly lifted out of LoGH but set in a magical fantasy setting. Heck even the second episode had the title "the Hero and the Sleepy Man" which are almost perfect analogues of Reinhardt (the driven and ambitious) and Yang Wen-li (the lazy and reluctant).

Since it's based on a light novel I guess they are trying to cram as much as possible into the anime. Bad move, almost like Guin Saga that left me hanging (then again, that was based on a 124-volumes light novel whose author died without finishing it so it's understandable...).