After five minutes, the two contestants were thoroughly humbled, and grateful to escape the ring.
"Oh, that's what I forgot. We didn't call for staff to bring refreshments. If they're going to be training, we should have at least one palace maid on hand to call for drinks and light snacks." Karl realized.
"And Popcorn." Dakkarian muttered.
Librarian Barry smirked. This was definitely popcorn worthy. He had expected the children to be humbled, but the gargoyles had been holding back on them far more than he realized.
When they were facing a trained combatant, they were brutal. Adorable, but brutal.
And Karl had found the perfect way to torture the dragons. The bunnies triggered their species' innate prey drive. They wanted to hunt them, needed to hunt them once they got started.
And then they lost the fight to prey.
