The assumed 'army' outside the palace's gates were only a platoon of soldiers from the Shadow Wolves army.
Ailwin felt it would be best to have another strategy in place, he didn't feel secure enough with just him, Mikaela and a hand full of soldiers with them in the palace. For they had left the Amara clan, he devised a plan with Braeden to get a few hundreds of their men into the imperial capital.
Of course, they had to do it covertly. They couldn't allow the King and his royal guards to notice their plan or it wouldn't work.
Using the warship Mika and Ailwin were on as a distraction, Braeden, along with platoon of soldiers packed themselves into air carriers. Flying low and taking the around by ways to reach the imperial city, they successfully hid themselves close to the palace.
They both knew it would be a risky move but they didn't want to take the chance of being ambushed by the King.