Tiger-man Theo worked hard to control his facial muscles, doing his best to hide the hatred in his heart as he forced out a miserable smile.
Because his eyeballs had been removed while he was unconscious, coupled with the agonizing pain in his limbs, the tiger-man had yet to notice that his eyes had been taken. He merely felt that something was wrong with his vision.
He did not pay it much mind, because the most important thing now was fabricating a lie.
Yes, fabricating a lie.
Throughout the day and night of torment, what Tiger-man Theo had thought about was how to concoct a lie, escape alive, and then return for revenge.
Yes, revenge. Everything he had suffered now, he would repay a thousandfold, a hundredfold, in full!
His current strength was not true strength. He possessed the experiences of a second life; as long as he was given time to grow, this human scum, who would remain an unknown nobody in the future, would surely be trampled beneath his feet!
With that thought, Tiger-man Theo spoke. "This ring is a key. I was hired by the Azure Ghost Clan to obtain it.
"The Azure Ghost Clan is near this Human Race town. They are planning to occupy this human town, hoping to become a race recognized by the Abyss.
"As for [Ghost Servant Art], I can teach it to you as well, but you are not a tiger-man, so the odds of you learning it are slim."
After pondering for a day and night, the tiger-man decided to divert the disaster elsewhere, pinning the ring's origins on the Azure Ghost Clan.
He would lure this damned human onto the Azure Ghost Clan's territory to face the Azure Ghost King, then escape amid the chaos and seize an opportunity