If he was indeed being monitored, then it's all over.
Undoubtedly, he had completely lost control of the subordinates he had used and manipulated.
From the beginning, he had overestimated the magic of the money in his hands.
A person's ability is never determined by how much money he has, but by how he exploits the value of every copper coin.
Among the mercenary captains he recruited, the one who was arguably the most loyal, or rather, the most physically robust and cunning, but with not much brains, had been killed.
He was killed on the street, by the mayor using a terrifying spell that pierced his chest.
And a woman had also turned traitor. Although he had been wary of this for a long time, the reason he hesitated to kill her was due to his lack of usable pawns.
Aside from this man before him, the only one remained was a madman hardly distinguishable from a crazed killer.
