Just as Old Pablo said, it is almost commonplace in this world for the royal family to place forces in the mercenary groups.
For example, the Britannia Plantagenet Mercenaries were originally the Welsh "Courage Mercenaries". Later, when they became larger and more famous, the royal family directly married several of the team's top leaders and incorporated the entire team.
For example, the Iron Cross Mercenaries of the Holy Solomon Empire are actually controlled by the Hanseatic League, which is indirectly controlled by the Duke of Saxony, and the Duke of Saxony's family is the maternal branch of the Dragon Family. This means that the Iron Cross Mercenaries must actually obey the will of the Emperor of the Empire.
The Bull Mercenaries also faced a similar problem: when they were in decline in their early years, they accepted capital injection from the Aragon royal family, and the price they paid was that the current king's prince Ferdinand was parachuted in to take the position of deputy commander with real power.
Of course, if Ferdinand does not interfere in business management and just serves as a director, it will have no impact on the mercenary group.
The problem is that the Aragonese royal family does have their eyes on the extraordinary power in the hands of the Bull Mercenaries, so Ferdinand has been secretly cultivating his own faction - the Royal Faction - over the years, attempting to completely annex it, which will naturally lead to a conflict with the mercenary faction headed by Grand Commander Deslar.
Externally, the undead are attacking and the whole country is in danger; internally, there is a struggle for power and intrigue. This can probably describe the current situation of the Iberian War. It can only be said that these nobles are indeed unreliable.
Thinking this way, Ask came to the shooting range, picked up the test gun, aimed at the human-shaped target in the distance and pulled the trigger.
Da da da, da da da, his shooting technique was a brisk three-shot burst, and every shot hit the target. The Bull Mercenary Examiner present came forward to check, and no matter whether the target was stationary or moving, there was a bullet hole in the center of the brow, neck and left chest, as if it had been measured with a ruler.
What a pity. The examiner looked at Ask with some regret. Just relying on his superb spear skills, even if he gave up the melee assessment, he would probably be specially recruited into the group by the Grand Commander.
It's just that this newcomer had just arrived and injured the madman Barrow. Naturally, the royal faction would not let him go... His future life will be difficult.
Ask didn't seem to notice the mercenary examiner's regret, or rather, he noticed it but didn't care. He took his results and ratings and left.
Just 10 minutes ago, in the office of Roger Deslar's regiment commander, the recruiting officer Pablo had already reported the situation to the commander-in-chief.
After listening to the recruiting officer's description, Deslar pondered.
There is no doubt that the opponent's physical fitness and combat experience should be far superior to that of the madman Barrow, so he was able to kill him instantly between encounters.
As for why he did not tell everyone his rank from the beginning, old Padro described it lightly as "probably some kind of bad taste of enjoying everyone's surprised expressions."
But Deslar silently denied this in his heart.
No, it’s not that I’m intentionally concealing or deceiving, but I just don’t care.