Competition stiffens as Runt and his fellow warriors-in-training face increasingly difficult challenges at school: zombie escape exercises, building fails, and “mob psychology” experiments. 

 

Meanwhile, a pack of rowdy human visitors descends on the village, two powerful wizards clash, and the threat of war looms nearer. As tensions build, Runt finds that friends, old and new, are his trustiest weapons. Especially since enemies might be lurking not only outside but inside the village walls!