The two volunteers were dragged out of the Elevators before the doors had even opened, then the Clerics realized that they needed Karl to let them into the training rooms, which were locked to all but the residents of the building, or those with passes.
Karl selected the first room, and had it bring out a pair of dummies, which were charged to his account, in case they were destroyed during training.
Then Karl realized that he didn't actually need the dummies, he could have his Guardian or one of the Lamia Bodyguards do the job instead.
But, it felt much more formal and controlled to just put an [Eternal Lightning] barrier over the dummies.
After all, the Bodyguards were intelligent creatures, and asking them to let someone hack at them with an axe was just rude.