The destruction of the Iron Fang Mercenary Company had sent shockwaves throughout the surrounding districts.
For nearly twenty years, Gideon Marholt had commanded one of the distract's most influential mercenary organizations.
Yet in the span of several days, his company's financial support had disappeared, its contracts had been terminated, and its reputation had been reduced to ruins.
Not a single army had been mobilized against it.
Not a single fortress had been besieged.
Sage had accomplished everything through commercial influence, carefully coordinated arrangements, and the evidence gathered by the Guild's intelligence network.
And now, with Iron Fang completely dismantled, the attention of the Royal Capital had shifted toward the Black Banner Mercenary Company.
Unlike Gideon Marholt, Roderick Halbrecht had not lost control of his organization.
