The moment she did this, the aura around every one of them start changing too. But to William only three of them are worth a second glance from him.
Lidia, the assassin.
Ian, the sniper.
He draws his rifle from his back like a sword master unsheathing his swords.
And William believes the third man name is.
Andrew, the tank.
He towers over everyone else present, standing at almost 6"10 in height, with a coffin like box strapped to his back. His facial expression looks like he is about to say something this minute and when you expect to hear what he has to say, absolutely nothing comes out of his mouth.
These three are the captain of their own platform which is made up of fifteen individuals each, while the remaining five people are more or less the reserve, but these do not mean they are weak at all.
"Andrew, Lidia, Ian, you three are going in with us, the rest of you, have sent out words to all nobles to keep their guards to themselves for the next three days and not come to the palace, but if anyone of them make a move, you only have one order, and that is to kill, no question ask" Daniel said as he walked into the palace compound.
"SHIELD"
Andrew jump in front of Daniel and the coffin like box at his back suddenly morph, acting like they have a mind of their own and transit from a box to a full blown shield, that tower over even Andrew himself.
And the very next moment, Andrew shield was hit by an heavy artillery cannon beam.
While the old age heavy artillery cannon makes uses of projectile using explosive chemical propellant and gunpowder, this blast comes from a cannon that shoot out a direct high concentrated energy laser. Which makes it many times more lethal than a gunpowder cannon shot.
The beam will certainly have punch a hole through at least four building side by side if it hit them but Andrew took the blast without even a change to his expression only moving back six steps.
William already notice the canon beam even before they enter into the palace compound and he could even slice the energy beam in two or guide the six of them into dodging it.
Yes, the ones at the gate may have suffer the consequences if they dodge or the beam was slice apart but there are already prepared to meet their maker in this battle anyways.
So William choose to do nothing and see why this uncle of his was confident in his rebellion and honestly he was not disappointed.
The level of strength it takes to block that blast; is the same strength a mortal will need to lift a sport car with a single hand.
And the speed Andrew exhibit between the second Daniel called out and the second it took him to come to their front and gear up his shield to defend was nothing short of years and years of training, alertness, experience and control to its peak.
The beam lasted for a whole thirty seconds before it cancels out.
Ian did not wait for a command to be issued, he moved like a ghost and get close to Andrew while using his shield as a cover, he start shooting.
To an untrained individual, they will certainly have considered what Ian doing as foolish endeavor and intentionally wasting bullet but a person with a bird-eye view of the situation with keen observation with say otherwise, it seems Ian has already taken the position of the people that fire the canon into memory and immediately the beam settle he pick them out one after the other.
After six shot, Andrew lowered his shield and true to his shot, four people were already laying dead around the cannon while another two dead body are laying a meter away from the other dead four.
Ian grinned.
"Show off" Lidia hissed.
Then she took off, with a speed that definitely put cheetahs to shame.
William raise an eyebrow as Lidia almost completely erase her presence away from his senses, this is why he never wants to battle with an organised team that have been through life and death situations together, their combined strength is simply terrifying.
It's true that absolute power dominated most battlefield but what happen when you have a team of five or six who are close to you in power combine and work together seamlessly, the single individual may not even get to use that absolute power they have before they are dead without knowing how, if they are not extremely careful and cautious in that fight.
As Lidia speed across the palace compound toward the other side of the tower where the palace soldiers are gathered. Ian did not stop aiming or shooting, Andrew high shield also shrink to become a smaller shield that he holds with his left hand while the rest of the metal of the tower shield form a short sword in his right hand.
Andrew charge towards the royal soldiers, while Ian move to an undergrowth grass beside the walkway and lay down to give support to his other team mates.
"It's seem he has noticed us even before we walk into the palace" Allen commented.
"I will have been disappointed if he did not even know this much" Daniel
Both William, his father and his Uncle start walking towards the tower-like-palace, the only building in the entire compound.
At the front of the tower-like-palace, the remaining two king's aides stands, the moment William and co start walking towards them, they also do the same.
They both stopped just three meters away from each other.