"These are my people, traitors of my crown," Maximillian declared upon hearing this. "I should be the one to take them on." On the level of honour, he was right. To bad for him that John was more the logic type of guy.
"Your powers are terrible in a stealth setting, you are the head of this country/operation, AND you have no chance against a whole base of people," the Gamer laid down quite clearly.
"Just let my tiger go in there." Rave had his back by literally jumping on it and resting her chin on his shoulder while grinning proudly at the king. "He has bullshit powers, he is the best choice here."
Everyone understood that getting John in there also meant getting his elementals in there. Disgruntled, Maximillian agreed, a theme that seemed to persist in his interactions with John. "Your words' content is against what I would like to hear, but looking at it logically, you are the best choice." At least he was able to quickly admit when he was wrong.