Go into the kingdom tab, then click Leave Kingdom. That'll give you tons of -rep, though. For whatever reason, mercenary contracts never need to be renewed. You're stuck being an mercenary unless you want to take the -20 rep hit.
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord. Influence as mercenary drops too quickly. Like, it's not even worth being a mercenary, you will hardly build up more than 20 influence and then it will drop in a mather of days. Ofc you can stablish caravans and play as merc for the fun, but not as a main income source, not now.
In the Encyclopedia -> Kingdom -> select the faction -> scroll down -> it tells you who they are currently at war with including actual kingdoms and minor factions like hired mercenary clans. Showing 1 - 5 of 5 comments
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