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.
