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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 991

Though winter in Colonel Island had passed, the entire area was still very cold. After all, it had previously snowed heavily for three consecutive days before it finally stopped.

As a result, the chilly island was enveloped in a layer of silver.

Despite the cold, several men donning black clothes could be seen standing respectfully by the stone entrance of a cave on the island. The men consisted of people who held high-ranks in the Soul Palace.

“Judging by the time, it should be almost done by now,” said grandpa Welson to a few leaders as a sudden strong breeze blew snowflakes—which were beginning to fall again—into everyone’s faces.

Seconds later, rumbling could be heard as the heavy stone door was pushed open.

As everyone turned over to look, they saw an old man exiting the cave alongside a much younger one.

“Lord! Young master! Welcome back from your training!” shouted all the present men in unison and with utmost respect.

Daryl then laughed loudly before replying, “That’s quite enough! Go prepare the party immediately! Everyone from the Soul Palace will enjoy ourselves thoroughly today!”

Seeing how great his mood was, Grandpa Welson simply nodded before turning to look at Gerald. It was evident that the current young man standing before him was completely different from the one he had met half a year ago.

Gerald now had a beard and his hair looked much messier than before. His torn clothes also revealed the many well-defined muscles on Gerald’s now greatly strengthened body.

However, those weren’t the reason why Grandpa Welson had such a fierce-looking expression on his face.

No, what he was currently feeling had stemmed from the fact that though snowflakes melted quickly upon skin-contact for all the others there, any snow that fell on Gerald remained intact.

Grandpa Welson’s realization of that made the corner of his eyelid twitch rather rapidly.

Initially a Crawford, he had been together with Daryl for the longest time. He could still distinctly remember Daryl’s hellish transformation all those years ago.

However, the impression Grandpa Welson now had on Gerald felt different from that distant memory. To him, Gerald currently exuded an even greater power compared to the lord all those years ago.

Gerald’s eyes, in particular, reflected how strong, dignified, and calm he was as a person. However, by contrast, they simultaneously hinted at a constant bloodlust as well.

As Grandpa Welson felt a chill run down his spine, Daryl himself gently patted Gerald’s shoulder as he said, “Just head there once you’re done cleaning yourself up, Gerald.”

“Alright,” replied Gerald as he nodded before heading off to clean himself.

On his way to the bathroom, any leader of the Soul Palace whom he walked past would bow their heads to greet him.

Upon opening the door to the large bathroom, Gerald was instantly greeted by warm steam. Inside, more than ten women—both young and old—could be seen attending to their chores at the side.

Closing his eyes, Gerald stretched both his arms out, prompting a few of the women to go over to him and begin massaging his shoulders. The others got busy as well, trimming his hair and giving him a well-deserved shave.

With how masculine Gerald was, none of the women could hold back from blushing.

Once he was all clean, the women then blow-dried Gerald’s body with hairdryers before sliding a bathrobe onto him.

“The suit you asked for has been prepared, young master…” said one of the women shyly.

“Alright. You may leave now,” replied Gerald quite placidly.

After suiting up, Gerald found himself heaving a long sigh. He had gone through great pain in the past half-year, and after enduring through all that, his suffering could finally end today.

As he fixed his tie, Gerald suddenly heard a soft and gentle voice behind him saying, “Allow me to help you, young master.”

Turning around to look at who had spoken, Gerald immediately found a fair and demure-looking hand reaching out to touch his body. The hand itself belonged to a woman who was dressed rather seductively.

As Gerald gently lifted her by her chin, the woman seemed to be eagerly awaiting something.

In her mind, she was thinking that if she was able to bewitch the young master, then she would definitely be able to improve her position in the Soul Palace. Once that happened, she would surely rise above the other beauties!

“Get. Lost!”

His immediate response was far from what she had anticipated, and it was evident that it hadn’t occurred to her that the young master could be this aloof.

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His sudden shout frightened the woman so much that her entire body immediately trembled as though she had just been struck by lightning.

“Y-yes, young master!” replied the woman awkwardly as she quickly left the room.

It was only three days later when the party in the Soul Palace finally ended. On the morning of the day after, everyone from the Soul Palace gathered at the island’s public square.

“You’ve successfully made it through your hellish transformation, Gerald, and I have to say that your final results have far surpassed my expectations. However, while you’re currently able to better control your temperament, it’s still extremely unstable. If you wish to perform the blessings of the dragon to its maximum degree, you’ll need to drink the holy blood of the holy fox. Once you do, it’ll assist in helping you control your temperament. I’ll have Grandpa Welson stay by your side to aid you when you return there.”

“I’m aware, grandpa. Speaking of which, when will you be returning there to have a look around? My dad honestly misses you too,” replied Gerald casually

Nodding, Daryl then patted Gerald’s shoulder as he said, “I’ll return when the time is right.”

It was evident that Daryl had high expectations of Gerald.

Not long after, thirty black helicopters could be heard starting up at the base.

Placing a firm gaze on his grandfather, Gerald then said, “Do take care, grandpa. We’ll be leaving now.”

With that said, he then turned to board one of the helicopters.

As the helicopters took off with Grandpa Welson, over three hundred experts from the island, and Gerald himself, their loud droning slowly faded from the island as they flew south.

Meanwhile, the night was getting darker and darker within the suburbs of the Triangle District within Heavenly City.

There, a pitiful looking woman hugging onto a document folder could be seen desperately trying to escape over ten cars that were driving slowly behind her.

Though her face was pale and wounds could be seen covering her body, it was clear that the woman found the document folder she had in hand to be much more important than her life.

The cars themselves continued moving slowly as a few people sitting inside stretched their heads out the cars’ windows and began shining their flashlights on the woman.

“Haha! That’s right! Go on and continue running! Run faster! We’re going to catch you soon!” yelled one of the men, causing the others to get increasingly excited as well.

As the woman ran, and ran, she eventually tripped and fell to the ground. However, gritting her teeth, she immediately crawled back up and continued running.

It wasn’t long before one of the cars then immediately drove up to her. Shining his flashlight directly at her face, the person sitting beside the driver then said, “We’ve got you now! Honesty, you’d better run quicker than this if you don’t want to fall into Tucker’s hands. After all, once he has you, you’ll definitely be ruined! Hahaha!”

Hearing that, the others began laughing loudly inside their cars as well, teasing the woman’s poor attempt at escaping.

Eventually, the woman found herself falling again. However, she had reached her limit and she simply wasn’t able to get herself off the ground anymore.

Knowing that, the woman immediately tried tearing the contents of the document folder apart with the intent of swallowing whatever scraps she could so that they couldn’t be recovered.

“You mother*cking bitch! Do you really think we won’t kill you?!” roared Tucker Westmore himself as he jumped out of his car alongside a few other of his men. It didn’t take long for him to brutally land a slap on her cheek, causing the woman to drop the document folder in her state of dizziness.

Picking it up, Tucker then sneered, “It would be a pity for a beauty like you to just die like this… Bring her back! I’m going to be enjoying myself with her tonight! All of you can have your turns with her once I’m done!”

“Hahaha! Affirmative, Mr. Westmore!”

Glaring daggers at Tucker, the woman immediately revealed a hidden short blade.

However, before she was even able to take her life, Tucker simply slapped the blade out of her hands.

“Oh? Did you honestly think I would allow you to die that easily? Haha! You’ll only be able to once I’ve sufficiently tortured you!” announced Tucker as he laughed maliciously.

As the woman cried out in despair, a distant droning could suddenly be heard.

It wasn’t long before the droning grew louder and louder. The next thing they knew, over thirty helicopters had appeared, and they now hovered over Tucker and his men!

“What the hell is happening?” demanded Tucker, shocked by the turn of events.

After the helicopters landed, several men dressed in black came out and immediately glared at Tucker and his men extremely coldly.

Seeing how extraordinarily imposing they all were, Tucker quickly added, “Hey now, which side do all of you belong to? I don’t think I’ve seen any of you before! Just so you know, my father is Sven from Heavenly City!”

Immediately after he said that, the door to one of the helicopters—that had landed right in the middle of the others—was opened by one of the opposing party’s subordinates.

Turning to look in that direction, Tucker saw a suited man sitting inside as he sipped on red wine.

Before he could even say anything, the woman—who had clearly seen the man in the helicopter as well—immediately cried out, “S-sir! You’ve finally returned!”

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The person she was referring to was, of course, none other than Gerald.

The woman herself was Yukie, the one who had stayed by Gerald’s side for some time back when he had first established the Royal Dragon Group.

Watching the teary-eyed woman run toward him, Gerald felt an acute pain in his heart as he realized how terribly Yukie had suffered.

“You’ve already suffered so much, Yukie… Fear not, for I have returned!” declared Gerald as he led her into one of the helicopters.

Yukie clung on tightly to Gerald’s arm as they walked on, clearly unwilling to part. After all, she had yearned for Gerald from dusk till dawn ever since the day he left half a year ago.

Still, what was this peculiar feeling welling within her upon reuniting with Gerald…? Momentarily shaking the thought away, Yukie knew that there were more serious matters to attend to first.

Holding out the document folder to Gerald, she then said, “Sven is back, sir… As a result, Drake, Tyson, Mr. Whistler… They… They’ve all been captured! Even Lucy and many others have been taken away by him! As if that wasn’t enough, he even snatched away many of our properties! The ones in this document folder are the final properties that we have left…”

Seeing how desperately she had tried to protect the properties, Gerald wiped a tear off the corner of her eye as he replied, “I’ve earlier told Grandpa Welson to investigate the incident so I already know most of the details. It’s my fault for disappearing on all of you for over half a year…”

“F*ck! So that’s Tyson’s boss! Also you two, don’t go acting all intimate in front of us! Still, it’s high time that you finally make your reappearance! Once we’re done with you tonight, Boss Sven won’t need to even bother about any of you anymore!” growled one of Tucker’s men, fiercely.

However, the moment his sentence ended, the same man barely had any time to register what had just happened when he felt his eyes widen.

Seconds later, a ‘thud’ could be heard and everyone could only stare as Gerald’s subordinate stood before the now headless man.

Upon registering what had just taken place, Yukie let out a brief yelp before covering her mouth in utter fear.

Tucker himself grew increasingly frightened and anxious as well. It was now clear that the group of people standing before him now were not only frightening, but they also had great martial art skills to boot.

Quickly understanding that he held no chance against them, Tucker immediately said, “M-Mr. Crawford, there seems to be a few misunderstandings between us. I suggest we get my dad over so that you can talk to him in person! After all, I’m only doing all this in accordance with his orders. Killing me would be useless! So how about it? Should I call my father over?”

When he got no reply, Tucker’s fears spiked and the anxious man immediately got to his knees. As his last resort, he gulped before pleading, “P-please spare my life, Mr. Crawford!”

Watching as the terrified man quivered before him, Gerald slowly poured a glass of red wine before replying, “Honestly, I had earlier been wondering whether I should prepare a gift for your father upon meeting him. While thinking about it, I realized that you had quite a few subordinates and some of them are even carrying cameras around! Thanks to that, I now have an idea!”

idea…? What could you possibly be thinking of,

like what he had done

short video. I’ll present it to

course I’m willing to cooperate! I’ll

that, Gerald turned to look at one of his subordinates. The subordinate

Tucker’s eyes widened as he saw the subordinate carrying a fuel container out with him. He understood what Gerald

pleaded Tucker as he immediately crawled back

forward, however, he felt a stone piercing through his chest. Blood now

could only stare in horror, completely paralyzed as Gerald’s subordinate

said Gerald as he blocked her view with his own hand as

Gerald then ordered, “Light him

scream filled the air shortly

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With that, Gerald, Yukie,

down and get some rest first. Turning to look at Welson next, he then asked, “So, where’s Sven currently

it, we found that he’s organizing a party at Heavenly City Hotel at the moment. He’s invited several big shots from Heavenly City over since he wants

half a year ago to toughen himself up. Due to that, he now has top-notch skills in his arsenal,” replied Welson as he smiled rather

to cause any more trouble in the future. Remain here and take care of Yukie for me while

you haven’t consumed the holy blood yet… With your temperament currently still unstable, I’m

no problem with killing others the moment he left training, Welson was afraid that he would only grow to become more

“I can control it.”

selected around thirty people to go with him before setting off for

chill could be felt

trying to find you everywhere! With Boss Sven back today and the recent terrible event in Heavenly City, it’d do you

and seductive looking woman who looked to be around twenty-four. Her tone alone also suggested that she was, in

she was talking to, she seemed to be slightly younger, at around the

hotel’s entrance, and realizing how loud they were being, the older woman instantly straightened her hair before saying, “Now come along and let’s

place to get some fresh air, you know? I’ll head back up there in a bit,” replied

but you’d better not be lying to me… Promise me that you’ll head up again once you’re feeling better, okay?” said the woman in a slightly

Crouching to the ground, she picked a few stones up before tossing them all

she pouted before dragging

was shocked when she saw a group of men exiting what seemed to be a secret passage from behind a wall mirror. As if the shock wasn’t enough, that feeling soon turned into a

“…Huh? Isn’t that…?”

a year since she had last met him, so the girl was eager to greet their leader. Before she

and several other

verbal reply, the men from the opposing group chose to swiftly dash toward each of Sven’s present guards instead. With breakneck speed, multiple snaps could be heard as Sven’s guards all fell to the

just so happened to be in the

gone pale by the sight of so many corpses. In her utter shock, she instantly began

girl finally came into view of a family member, the older woman quickly

you and your sister take after me, both of you are extremely beautiful. Due to that, please be on your best behavior

obvious at this point that the three women were none other than

a year ago, she was able to fairly easily catch on that something was

asked, “What’s wrong, Tulip? Why’s your

deep breath before slowly saying, “…Earlier… When

“Him?” asked Heidi.

had a hunch of who her sister had

heartbeats quicken, Juliet then added, “Who

unable to hold back her tears, Tulip quivered in fear as she cried out,

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of god, give us a name!” replied Juliet who

met Gerald!”

Heidi and

him? Why are you so afraid?”

“…B-because-”

another word, Sven—the organizer of tonight’s event—stepped atop the high stage before saying, “Do be silent

hand to signal everyone to keep

despite my half-year absence, so many of you still chose to show your support by attending this party. During the time I was away, many things have happened. Thankfully, everything is finally over. On another note, the Sven Westmore Group’s territory has now doubled in size compared to half a year ago! I hope

suggested otherwise. Nobody within the hall even dared to look at him in the eye, and that was exactly the effect Sven had wanted to achieve that

onward, only the Sven Westmore Group would remain in Heavenly City, and

smile subtly as he briefly clapped his hands. Hearing their

to work under Mr. Crawford from the Royal Dragon Group! All of them are certainly attractive! Haha! However, I don’t think I’ll be able to properly appreciate them… Because of that, I’m going to be auctioning all of them off tonight! Do bid all you want for any

the entire Royal Dragon Group, but to think that he would even go so far as to auction

morality and justice, Sven himself is just an inhumane beast! Looks like we’ll have to get prepared to be exploited by him

any of you heard about what happened to the Westleys? Since they had a good relationship with Mr. Crawford, Sven completely took over their family. What more, he even kicked all the Westleys out of their own home! We’ll certainly lack any sense of security with a person

away from the stage—were now whispering among themselves about how unacceptable Sven’s behavior was. Though many of them were certainly angry by how much Sven had

said, “Without further ado, let

suddenly turned dim as half of the lights in it were

came to life, forming a white rectangle on

something?” scolded a butler as the people offstage exchanged glances with each other before

immediately turned to shock when the projector began playing a video that displayed a man pleading, “P-please don’t kill

in the video. It was none other than

you can talk to him in person! After all, I’m only doing all this in accordance

eyes widened as he clenched

was, everyone was sold that whoever it was, the person must have been extremely terrifying for Tucker to look so

However, before

of his chest, resulting

true horror, however, came when someone approached the struggling man and poured fuel all over his body! A match could briefly be seen

hall, one of the attendees immediately ended up vomiting! Several others soon did the same and their legs shook violently

were so shaken up that they

finally ended, the lights were switched on

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enraged as he slammed his fists onto the table before him, sending it smashing into

they realized how much pain Sven was now in. What went around, came around, and it

mother and daughters themselves were now huddling close to each other

lively in here!”

enough to say that, they were all shocked to see Gerald entering the hall together with a

hall immediately stood up and bowed, submitting to Gerald’s authority

on her face. Her heartbeat quickened as she

had revealed that his true identity was the boss of the Royal Dragon Group.

his hands on the Ginseng King! Due to that, she came to resent Gerald,

was finally out of the picture. However, Tulip had told her that he was finally back

truly had returned, she was filled with complicated feelings as she observed how different Gerald’s demeanor and appearance was from half

the Royal Dragon Group? You seem quite young. Pray tell, were you the one responsible for my son’s death?” growled Sven

his eyes dyed red with murderous intent, Gerald simply nodded before replying,

“If that’s the case, how dare you come all the way here?! Fine, then! We’ll settle all our grudges today! I’ll make you suffer terribly if it’s

soon as his sentence ended, he stretched out both his arms and flexed his muscles so hard that his shirt exploded into shreds! Now

adored him. Sven even already had plans to begin educating Tucker on the right ways to

alive, it was no wonder why Sven was driven mad. Now looking like a complete maniac, the hulking man rushed toward Gerald with surprising

away from

mental! Be careful not to get caught up in their battle or you’ll accidentally

hall, warning everyone to retreat to the

the time everyone was at a relatively safe distance away from the two men, their eyes immediately widened as Sven swung his fist

collision, that wasn’t why everyone was staring with stupefied looks on

the fact that Gerald had casually grabbed Sven’s fist before it could even land! In fact, he made it look

release his fist from Gerald’s grasp,

terribly wrong mistakes,” said Gerald rather casually before closing

however, his eyes were tinged red and his entire body

subordinates who had been standing behind him this entire time took turns taking

as his imposing

now feeling frightened as he stared at the

your hands off my

both his

shouldn’t have done things to

widened in terror, Gerald gnashed his teeth viciously before growling, “And

Gerald was done lecturing him, he took in a deep breath before yanking both of Sven’s shoulders forward! The disgusting sound of skin and flesh being torn apart

room instantly began screaming. Their screams of pure fear were so high-pitched that several of the wine glasses

nervous breakdowns, some of the women

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fell into chaos as the people within it frantically tried finding ways to cope with what

near the corners of the room, those

already burst into tears by this point.

Gerald simply closed his eyes before taking in a deep breath. Completely silent, he stayed that way for a brief moment before finally opening his eyes again. By then, the terrifying redness in his eyes

butler form before, he then asked, “Where did

before ultimately vomiting blood and falling to the floor! Though the butler’s body continued twitching for a brief moment, in the

medical expertise, he was able to tell that the butler must have been so terrified that all his blood went up to his brain, causing a rupture in his blood vessels there. In short,

feet, Gerald simply turned to face the subordinate standing behind him before

“Right away, young master!”

glimpse of the mother and daughters from the Yowell family huddling closely together in fear. However, he simply averted his gaze before leaving

to even move a muscle, even after an hour had passed! Throughout that time, an almost ungodly silence had

on, everyone in Heavenly City’s Triangle District would be fear-stricken

for the holy fox, I’ve glad to say that I’ve finally located it, young master! As it turned out, someone came across the holy fox about a year ago within the dense forest west of

so keen on you locating the hold fox. Let me remind you that if you fail to nourish yourself with the fox’s holy blood, there exists a chance for your temperament to be influenced by your hatred. Once that happens, it’ll be incredibly difficult to salvage your old personality,”

expression contrasted how touched he

to a tiny spark turning into a bush fire. Once a single bush was ignited, it was extremely difficult to stop the

a near irresistible urge to

are coming from, Welson… I don’t want to end up becoming a killing machine either. Very well, relay my command to the others that we’ll be heading off to the west

“Right away, young master!”

window where a flower pot—with fresh flowers inside—had been placed. As he gently held on to one of the flower’s

Gerald thought about the possibility of exacting his revenge on Kort when he arrived in the Logan Province, his grip tightened slightly. At that moment, all of the flowers within

happened, and he felt his eyelids twitching. As was expected, it was right for the lord to be worried about the young

from what Welson could remember, the young master was actually even stronger than

man was also well aware that if the lord hadn’t been worried about Gerald falling

I’d like to say, though I’m not

“Go on, Welson.”

a chance that you’ll get controlled by your inner demon if you fail to hold yourself back properly. See, when the lord himself was learning the blessings of the dragon back then, he found a solution to mediate his bloodlust. I

“What sort of solution?”

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his temperament. After all, he was fully aware that until he could easily and skillfully manage the blessings of the dragon, he

he would be able to gain more insight into his issue. However, it wasn’t all that long after

to seek out help out of fear that he would end up killing another innocent person. Oddly enough, he found the answer to his question himself one day. In his moment of enlightenment, he sealed his strength away and reverted to living life as a regular human. Once that happened, he looked just like a lonely, old man. The lord kept a low profile for quite a while but once he perfected his skills, he broke the seal again, and from then on out, he knew

it isn’t exactly for everyone. However, since you’ve led a poor life before and you’re an actual kind-hearted person, I think you

best to stay away from disputes and fights anyway since I don’t have the holy blood yet. Besides, by sealing all that power, I should be able to manage my strength with greater ease sooner. With any luck, I’ll be able to enter the mysterious