I mean, this is no guarantee that someone won't be suborned to assassinate you from within. But in general, a mercenary leader is safer among his thugs than going back to the metropole and running the risk of getting offed.
See this is precisely why I decided *not* to become a mercenary leader.
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Took me a second to understand you meant Putin and not Cheeto Man.