He couldn't help but want to capture them for research.
But the machines that create his kind have been placed on his land, and he has no ability to move them, even if he could, he wouldn't be able to escape the enemy's pursuit.
He relied on his own gold-level strength and those large weapons left in the ruins to hold on bitterly.
The enemy, needing them for research, didn't really want to harm these cautious experimental subjects, so their attacks were always restrained.
But he knew all of this was timed, and when the backup energy of these weapons and the mechanical monsters were exhausted, it would be the day of their race's extinction.
He needed Kane and the others to come and rescue them, and move the machinery that could manufacture their kind, with the price being their entire race joining Kane's forces.
With their bodies and their skills in service to Kane.
That is, to exchange labor and knowledge for Kane's protection.
