Changing the direction of their gaze slightly, they met Klavis' gaze directly and he smiled at them gently, like a hunter seeing his prey already completely trapped and trying to fight back.
A common thought crossed both their minds:
"We're dead."
However, as Klavis was about to charge towards them, a deafening noise was heard from the sky, and then a thousandth of a second later, a gigantic explosion occurred between Klavis and the two Zarans as if something had fallen from the sky.
As a result a huge sandstorm was created from the explosion, enveloping the entire battlefield and stopping all fighting temporarily.
The humans were lucky, as countless skeletons did their best to protect them, but the weaker Zarans had no such support, so several thousand of them died immediately!
Many of them were also badly injured, with many of their bones totally crushed, their skin completely flayed by the sand, as if someone had had fun cutting off every inch of their skin.
Of course, this also concerned humans who had been transformed into real blood men.
For a few seconds, no one could see what was going on inside the sandstorm, until another deafening noise sounded in the sky, and then came the sound of two swords clashing.
As a result an air storm was generated which immediately dissipated the sandstorm.
As a result, countless soldiers looked up and saw an incredible scene.
Two men stood in the air, the first one looked like a Zaran except that he was more than 5 meters tall and the two horns that stood proudly on his head were gigantic and glistened with a mysterious purple light.
"This is his highness Iram! It is said that among our rank (S) experts, he stands firmly in the top 5!" remarked some Zarans as some of them became completely fanatical.
The appearance of this man brought about a complete revival in the morale of the Zaran army.
"And across the street, who might that be?" asked a calmer Zaran who could not see clearly because of the distance.
"Probably a human rank (S) right?"
"No it's Emperor Klavis!"
"What?"
"How is that possible? It's only an (A+) rank last I heard!"
"Shit, look over there! Lieutenant Colonel Kiri has been decapitated!"
As the discussions were taking shape on the battlefield, a much more important one had also begun.
"Move out of my way Klavis," Iram calmly announced from his 5 meter height, while a tinge of contempt could be seen in his pupils.
Klavis didn't answer and didn't move from his previous position, he still held his sword in his hand pointing towards Iram.
He had already prepared for this situation a long time ago, since breaking the pact would inevitably bring a rank (S) to resolve the situation.
However, he didn't expect that it would happen so quickly, and that it would even attract such a big name, which caused him a lot of pressure.
But his determination and hatred for the Zarans firmly cemented his current position, and it wasn't one Zaran lord that would move him!
Not really caring about Klavis, Iram glanced down below him and saw the head of the Kiri lieutenant colonel resting on the ground.
"I see, so you broke the pact," Iram analyzed without showing any emotion.
In fact, he didn't even know Kiri, a simple elite squad leader and lieutenant colonel wasn't worthy of being able to talk with an existence like him.
"Good Klavis, as you yourself know, although your talent is extraordinary and can hardly compete with a rank (S), against me you will always die in the end, and all mankind on Teloria will either be enslaved or completely exterminated." said Iram, but this time he amplified his voice so everyone on the battlefield could hear his words.
So all the talk downstairs came to an abrupt halt.
A deadly silence filled the area.
"HAHAHA"
A huge sounding laughter erupted from the center of the previous sandstorm before Klavis could respond.
"You little brat, what nonsense are you talking now, let's see if it's the humans or the Zarans who will be reduced to dust on Teloria!"
"By the way come over here, grandpa is a little old and it's complicated for him to get around now, but he has a nice present for you!"
William who was still downstairs could see the silhouette of a grandfather with a red beard, his clothes completely torn revealed his perfectly built muscles but above all countless scars.
But what really surprised William was that for some unknown moment, a huge gathering of energy had formed above the grandfather.
"Damn you crazy bastard, you want to destroy the planet!?"
"Hahaha, what are you talking about kid, don't you know your grandpa anymore? I'm an avid protector of nature!" the old man shouted in response, still lying in the ground, but the energy above him showed no signs of dissipating, instead the energy continued to grow.
Seeing the astronomical amount of energy that was gathering above the grandfather, Iram panicked slightly.
"You fucking old man, you wiped out more than 90% of our experts, seriously wounded an (S)-ranked Zaran and killed another (S-) rank and that wasn't enough for you!?"
"What do I care about your fucking life!? You killed more than 90 experts of humanity in the previous battle, and among them were even my son and my two grandsons! If I don't take millions of Zarans with me today then I won't be reconciled!" replied the red-bearded grandfather as his eyes shone with endless rage and sadness.
"Damn it Oliver, let's see you blow up this planet or I'll kill you first!" shouted Iram as he rushed towards the red-bearded grandfather.
However before he could even get close, Klavis blocked him in his path with his sword.
"Get out of the way, Klavis! This mental patient is also going to drag the whole human species present on Teloria with the attack he is preparing!"
"So what!? I'd rather see a rank (S) and countless Zaran experts perish under this attack even if it's at the cost of all the humans on this planet! Otherwise we would be enslaved and further strengthen the strength of your race, the choice is quickly made!"
Their swords crossed during this brief dialogue, pushing Klavis back and spitting blood.
However, the gleam in his eyes did not waver in the slightest, and the human emperor charged at Iram once more.
This was followed by countless exchanges and explosions of sound that almost no one could follow.
Seeing their emperor fight in such a way, embracing death with open arms, sent a wave of admiration through all the human soldiers on the battlefield, including William's. "What a great person.
"What a great person..." murmured Arthur, but the next moment a shiver ran through his body, so he took his eyes off the sky to look somewhere else, following his instincts.
And according to his senses, within seconds several Zarans carrying an extremely powerful aura arrived at full speed.
Seeing the newcomers, Iram's eyes lit up.
"Bjig, Karlos, Orlac finish off this old man with your men and then come help me kill Klavis and enslave these rebellious humans!" shouted Iram in an extremely authoritative tone.
"The three men replied as they rushed towards Oliver accompanied by 12 of their men who had survived the previous battle.
Upon hearing this exchange, the 75,000 surviving Zaran soldiers were all smiling happily.
"Haha, you poor humans, you're just cattle and yet you dare to point your sword at your master, unfortunately for you the Zarans are your masters because they are more powerful than you!
However, the next moment his head was grabbed by Odysseus who was standing nearby and lifted him into the air.
"What the hell are you going to do?" exclaimed the Zaran officer, but he only met the cold eyes of Ulysses, which caused an intense fear in his mind.
Suddenly the eyes of the Zaran high ranking officer widened as if he had understood something.
"I know! This scene is just to extort some advantage from me before being put into slavery! It's true that an animal like you enslaved by a human is already humiliating, and your treatment as a slave for the zarans will only be worse, so you decided to get a protector, didn't you!" the high ranking officer shouted as a proud smile played on his lips.
"Slave? No, me and my tribe are warriors who are directly under the orders of the Soul King. And your head and the heads of all your alien comrades will allow my tribe to rise through the ranks and eventually become one of the strongest tribes in the universe," Ulysses replied as he opened his mouth for the first time in this universe, his eyes reflecting enormous determination.