In the middle of the night, a lot can happen, and if you live in a big city, that is even more true. Our mercenary team was fortunately strong enough that if we got in fights with others, we would get out with minimal damage. We made a reputation for ourselves, and even though we used a lot of dark methods to acquire the funds we needed, I didn't care.
I was focused on making as much money as possible and having my own empire one day. I don't care how I have to do it; I will make sure that I get it. Normally, I use shady loans to acquire money, and because most people who loan money to us are at their last leg, they are easy to exploit.