Alfar's group had finally arrived at the end of those stairs. They went up slowly and carefully, drawing their guns and waiting for the worst.
Alfar was a good leader. However, it was due to his natural intimidating aura. Without even trying he could influence people and make them obey him. In truth, it was hard to call him a leader when his skills were just based on emotional and psychological pressure.
The fact was that, although people would follow Alfar and do what he said to do, they would never be so confident, efficient, or strong as Casper's group (or when at the time the soldier was still coordinating from far away).
Their performance had decreased significantly, and they got used to being dependant on Casper's competence, which made the inexperienced Alfar, who knew little about the art of War, be a passable leader in the end. And this happened to be a factor that decreased the strength of all the prisoner's groups, except Casper's.