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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!”

could you possibly

the first place, it was because Tucker had a rather perverted habit. He simply enjoyed taking videos of himself doing immoral things, just like what he had done with Yukie earlier.

to shoot a short video. I’ll present it to your father as

I’m willing to cooperate! I’ll

one of his subordinates. The subordinate in question immediately got the cue to enter

later, Tucker’s eyes widened as he saw the subordinate carrying a fuel container out with him. He

don’t kill me!” pleaded Tucker as he immediately

felt a stone piercing through his chest.

horror, completely paralyzed as Gerald’s subordinate doused Tucker’s

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

that done, Gerald then ordered, “Light him

scream filled the air shortly

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agony slowly died down. With that,

down and get some rest first. Turning to look at Welson next, he then asked, “So,

a party at Heavenly City Hotel at the moment. He’s invited several big shots from Heavenly City over since he wants them to welcome his return. Also, we’ve found that though Drake, Tyson,

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

has a chance to cause any more trouble in the future. Remain here and take

consumed the holy blood yet… With your temperament currently still unstable,

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

“I can control it.”

thirty people to go with him before setting

at the hotel itself, a sudden chill could be felt as

trying to find you everywhere! With Boss Sven back

was a rather mature and seductive looking woman who looked to be around twenty-four. Her tone alone also

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

they were being, the

came out here in the first place to get some fresh air, you know? I’ll head back up there

me that you’ll head up again once you’re feeling better, okay?” said the woman in a slightly anxious tone

enthusiastic about going back inside. Crouching to the

getting bored, she pouted before

what seemed to be a secret passage from behind a wall mirror. As if the shock wasn’t enough, that feeling soon turned

“…Huh? Isn’t that…?”

half a year since she had last met him, so the girl was eager to greet their leader. Before she could do so, however, a gruff voice said, “What are all of

from one of Sven’s bodyguards stationed at the hotel’s entrance. Thanks to the girl’s odd comment, he and several other of Sven’s guards were able to

of a 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

waiter—who just so happened to be in the lobby—immediately let out a terrified

corpses. In her utter shock, she instantly began

the older woman quickly said, “There

old woman sighed before adding, “With Boss Sven finally back, big changes are bound to happen in Heavenly City… Because of that, we Yowells will need to grab any opportunity that presents itself. Since you and your sister take after me, both of you are extremely beautiful. Due to that, please be on your best behavior once Mr. Tucker

the three

grown more mature compared to the person she had been half a year ago, she was able to fairly easily catch on that

then asked, “What’s wrong, Tulip?

slowly saying, “…Earlier… When I was downstairs…

“Him?” asked Heidi.

immediately had

quicken, Juliet then added, “Who exactly did you

in fear as she cried out, “It’s

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us a

met Gerald!”

both Heidi and Juliet as their eyes

you met him? Why are you so afraid?” asked

“…B-because-”

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

to signal everyone to keep quiet, the entire

support by attending this party. During the time I was away, many things have happened. Thankfully, everything is finally

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

the Sven Westmore Group would remain in Heavenly City, and Sven wanted to make sure that everyone bowed down

hands. Hearing their cue, his subordinates marched into the hall—from another hall beside it—leading over ten beautiful women

be able to properly appreciate them… Because of that, I’m going to be auctioning all of them off tonight! Do bid

Royal Dragon Group, but to think that he would

just an inhumane beast! Looks like we’ll have to get prepared to be exploited by

have 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.

Sven’s behavior was. Though many of them were certainly angry by how much Sven had crossed the line,

“Without further

suddenly turned dim

projector came to life, forming a

courting death or something?” scolded a butler as the people offstage exchanged glances with each other before turning to look at

began playing

the man in the video. It was none other than Mr. Tucker Westmore himself! What more, he was crying while

all, I’m only doing all this in accordance with his orders. Killing

eyes widened as he clenched both

that whoever it was, the person must have been extremely

escape. However, before he could even take a step forward, he looked like he

nobody knew what the weapon was, blood instantly began gushing out of his chest, resulting in Tucker falling back to the ground as he twitched

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

Several others soon did the same and their legs shook

women who didn’t were so shaken up that they held

finally ended, the

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table before him, sending it smashing into pieces! Even the muscles

many of the businessmen were secretly rejoicing after they realized how much pain Sven was now in. What went around, came around, and it was high time that Sven

Yowell mother and daughters themselves were now

so lively in here!” said a voice out loud as

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

of the influential forces in the hall immediately stood up and bowed, submitting

face. Her heartbeat quickened as she

was the boss of the Royal Dragon Group. That had

her once he got his hands on the Ginseng King! Due to that, she came to resent Gerald, and was secretly pleased once she found out

of the picture. However, Tulip had told her that he was finally back before the video even began, and

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

young. Pray tell, were you

dyed red

Sven’s imposing aura seemed to amplify as he roared, “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 the last thing

his muscles so hard that his shirt exploded into shreds! Now topless, his bulging muscles made him look

already had plans to begin educating Tucker

it was no wonder why Sven was driven mad. Now looking like a complete maniac, the hulking man

from

mental! Be careful not to get caught up

to retreat to the corners and

away from the two

wasn’t why everyone

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

Gerald’s grasp, no amount of struggling allowed him

terribly wrong mistakes,” said Gerald

however, his eyes were tinged red and his entire body gave

the subordinates who had been standing behind him this entire time

imposing

he was now feeling frightened as he

should’ve kept your

saying that, Gerald placed both

shouldn’t have done things to

terror, Gerald gnashed his teeth viciously before growling, “And thirdly, you shouldn’t ever have

The disgusting sound of skin and flesh being torn apart filled the room and

the room instantly began screaming. Their screams

breakdowns, some

a cruel demon of

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the people within it frantically tried finding ways to cope with what they had just

up into balls near the corners of the room, those who were less lucky ended

already burst into tears by this point. However, due to utter fear, she didn’t even

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,

to the butler form before, he then asked, “Where did you lock

the floor! Though the butler’s body continued twitching for a brief moment, in the end, he stopped moving

tell that the butler must have been so terrified that all his blood went up to his brain, causing a

simply turned to face

“Right away, young master!”

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

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 whenever they heard the Royal Dragon Group’s name being

came up to him before saying, “After being told by the lord to look 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

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

frowned slightly though his expression contrasted how touched he was feeling from Welson’s

Sven, his hatred intensified so much that it was akin to a tiny spark turning into a bush fire. Once a single bush was ignited, it was extremely difficult to stop the flames from spreading to the rest of the forest. In other words, Gerald was well aware that he could potentially lose control

day, a near irresistible urge to kill had constantly

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

“Right away, young master!”

fresh flowers inside—had been placed. As he gently held on to one of the flower’s petals, he muttered to himself, “If I’m not mistaken,

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

incident happened, and he felt his eyelids twitching. As was expected, it was right for the lord to

master was actually even stronger than the lord had been all those years ago when the lord had just completed

if the lord hadn’t been worried about Gerald falling into

something I’d like to say, though I’m not sure whether I should actually say

“Go on, Welson.”

may need a few days to locate the holy fox. Due to that, I’m afraid that there’ll be 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

“What sort of solution?”

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way to better control his temperament. After all, he was fully aware

visiting several monks and other religious people. The lord secretly went to Weston as well to search for a few renowned masters in hopes that he would be able to gain more insight into his issue. However, it wasn’t all that long after his search began when one day, the

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

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 should give it

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 realms