Chapter 199: Surviving
They didn’t see the goblins who chased them the night before return to the Duke’s Tower.
The only inference that could be gathered from that was that the goblins had stuck to the lower levels of the barracks. That much was certain when each group opened the door and heard the communicative clicks of goblins talking.
They all quickly locked their doors and barricaded themselves, not knowing that there were a handful of others doing the same just across the Duke’s personal lands and inside the tower. Two groups were working to protect themselves, but didn’t know that they were closer than expected.
Despite not being as large a castle as that of the King in central Hydrogia, the Duke’s Tower was expansive because it used to be the main fixture of an ancient kingdom that had since fallen to monsters hundreds of years before. The ancient wall that stood far in the valley was evidence of what once stood there.
No matter what anyone thought, Chemois was a story of survival—which was what they were all showing as they barricaded themselves inside the buildings and waited for help to come to them. They wouldn’t allow the tower and barracks to fall to the goblins. At least, they would do their best to ensure that wouldn’t happen.
Fearlessly, Gunnar went to each room as quietly as he could and knocked on the doors to let the groups know the plans going forward.
When he got to Irene and Leif’s room, the teenagers stood up and braced themselves. A goblin wouldn’t knock, would it?
Hearing a quiet "it’s me" from the other side of the door, Irene instantly knew the sound of her knight’s voice, and she pushed the bed frame away so she could let the knight in.
For safety, they shut the door behind him.