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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1101

Back when he first saw the mural in the Divine Tomb, Gerald had learned that the woman in white was inspired by the old beggar to separate the coffin from the deity. However, nobody knew where the woman in white’s tomb was.

Now that Alice had mentioned an ancient tomb, Gerald couldn’t help but make a connection with that. Had the woman in white’s coffin been carried to the south of the ocean after the separation? Was it currently buried in the king of the ocean’s tomb?

“…Where’s the king of the ocean’s tomb located?” asked Gerald after pondering for a while.

In response, Alice told him everything that she knew.

Gerald himself paid close attention to everything she said. After all, he honestly felt that it was quite necessary for him to head there to investigate for himself.

For all he knew, the woman in white could very possibly be buried within the king of the ocean’s tomb. While Lyra had first dreamed of that woman standing by a river within that miasma-filled forest, Gerald remembered her later telling him that she wasn’t really sure of whether it was a river or an ocean.

What more, the picture of the sun had directly hinted that the jade charms were the main clue to finding the woman in white’s tomb. Based on the current turn of events, Gerald could safely say that the picture truly had given them a massive clue.

Following that, he relayed everything that he had just learned to Daryl.

In response, the surprised Daryl couldn’t help but reply, “…Are you planning to look for the king of the ocean’s tomb? The pledge of the holy water will take place in less than three months, you know?”

While Gerald was well aware that the pledge was just as important as finding the woman in white’s tomb, he knew that he wouldn’t be able to rest easy if he didn’t at least try to get to the bottom of the incident regarding the deity. After all, there was a chance that he would gain another answer once he located the woman in white.

“Indeed I am, grandpa. However, once I’ve completed my investigation, I’ll immediately return. I won’t even think about delaying the pledge of the holy water. Speaking of the pledge, here. It’s the mysterious mirror!” replied Gerald as he handed the mirror to Daryl.

“…What? Didn’t this belong to Christopher?”

“The one and only. If you meet him there, you can order him around as you wish. Trust me when I say he won’t dare to go against you…

Hearing that, Daryl’s eyes widened as he said, “…Gerald, you…”

Seeing his grandfather’s look of disbelief, Gerald then told Daryl everything that had happened back when he was still in the desert.

“…What? Your strength and training has already surpassed that of the realm of legends, my grandson? Is that true?” replied Daryl, feeling extremely delighted as he firmly patted Gerald’s shoulders with great pride.

The next day soon came and Gerald immediately prepared to set off to locate the king of the ocean’s tomb. Before his departure, he watched as his grandfather led all the people from the Soul Palace away.

Gerald himself made sure to order those from the Crawford family’s headquarters to stand by at all times. After all, there was no reason not for him to receive help from his family now that his current situation allowed it.

With that done, he then headed over to a place called Halimark City—which was on a coast located in Plymsend Bay—to have a look around.

By the time Gerald got out of the ship, night had already fallen.

Upon getting off, Gerald was immediately greeted by the sight of several passenger ships tied to the port. There also seemed to be a lot of tourists, mostly consisting of couples and a few groups of three.

Turning around to look at the vast ocean, Gerald squinted his eyes as the ocean breeze blew into his face.

Somewhere out there was a place called the Boundless Depths. According to the murals, the old beggar had separated the woman in white from the deity before burying her in that location.

How could that old man have been so cruel? If she truly was buried there, she was immensely far from the deity.

As Gerald turned to look at the beach next, deep in thought, he suddenly heard the person standing before him shout, “Gerald!”

Looking up, he saw that it was a woman who had probably arrived with the group of tourists who were currently standing in front of him.

Stunned that she knew his name, he brushed his previous thoughts aside while looking at the woman. She looked very much like someone from the city, and the woman—who was also wearing sunglasses and a sun hat—had dressed herself to look young. While Gerald found her to be slightly familiar, he simultaneously also found her to be quite odd.

“…Who are you again?”

“Haha! It’s me, Yasmeen! Yasmeen Linford? I only graduated a year earlier than you! Don’t tell me you’ve already forgotten about me?” said the tall and slim woman while smiling beautifully. She then removed her sunglasses, fully displaying her small face and charming appearance.

Now slowly recalling who she was, Gerald then replied, “Ah, it’s you, Yasmeen!”

As the memories started coming back to him, Gerald remembered that Yasmeen was still a sophomore when he first started learning at Mayberry University. Later on, she would become the president of the university’s student union. Since he was so poor back then, he had to work part-time and be thrifty, resulting in him also having to meet up with her quite a lot. Due to that, he was fairly acquainted with her.

Since she was wearing sunglasses earlier and the makeup she had on was quite exquisite—compared to what she used to wear—he hadn’t been able to realize that it was her at first glance.

Now that he knew who she was, however, he could feel that she had grown to become a strong and independent woman. From the looks of it, she had gotten pretty good at socializing as well.

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Then again, she had always been this way. After all, while it wasn’t uncommon for the students in Mayberry University to date other students there, Yasmeen was on a whole other level. Back then, she had dated the president of one of the companies in Mayberry who had had a divorce.

Due to their relationship, the president arranged for fireworks to be placed at every corner of the university on Yasmeen’s birthday. That night, the entire university was lit by the beautiful glow of fireworks, easily resulting in all the other girls there both admiring and envying her.

However, that wasn’t what Gerald remembered most about the incident. No, what he recalled most about that event was the fact that Yasmeen had told him to clean up all the firework remains around the university—when morning came—for fifteen dollars.

That, however, was a lot to him at the time. Once he got the money, he immediately treated Xavia to a meal at KFC. He even remembered adding another seven dollars of his own to make their feast a little grander.

How the memory played out pretty much summed up how his relationship with Yasmeen used to be. After all, how could someone like the past Gerald even have the right to befriend her?

It was the reason why he was quite surprised that she was willing to greet him now.

“So why did you come over to Halimark City, Yasmeen?” asked Gerald as he looked at all the people—who were dressed like upper-class individuals—standing behind her.

The city itself was a place that had grown quite strong economic-wise throughout the years due to all the natural advantages its geographical features granted.

“Well, my chamber of commerce is holding functions here in the next few days. Because of that, my business partners and I have come over to seek some amusement! I’ve established a cosmetic company, after all! Haha!” replied Yasmeen as she smiled faintly while smoothening her hair.

“How truly impressive!” said Gerald as he watched her business partners begin walking over, one by one.

One of them was a middle-aged man who seemed to have quite an intimate relationship with Yasmeen. Frowning, the man then asked, “Who is this, Yasmeen?”

“Oh, him? He’s just a junior from university! I talked about him before, remember? The particularly poor student while I was studying there? That’s him! You know, he could barely afford to pay for his meals back then! I also remember his clothes being filled with patches, since most of what he earned—from doing part-time jobs daily and also from the many errands he ran for others—went into either his living expenses or his tuition fees! He didn’t have the money for anything else!” jabbered Yasmeen on and on without needing to even stop to take in a single breath.

Her friends, on the other hand, simply widened their eyes as they continued listening to her.

“How could such a poor person even exist!” said one of them as the others exchanged glances of both shock and dismay with each other.

“I know right? But that’s not even the most surprising thing! See, even though he was that poor, he still managed to get himself a girlfriend!”

As the others were filled with even greater surprise, Yasmeen turned to look at Gerald who had been silent for quite a while. Seeing how calm he looked, Yasmeen realized that she may have said a bit too much already.

Smiling rather awkwardly, she then added, “…Regardless, being able to bump into each other again must be the work of fate! Pray tell, are you here to attend Halimark City’s Enchanted Feast, Gerald?”

“Afraid not!” replied Gerald as he shook his head.

“Why are you even asking such an unnecessary question, Yasmeen? Didn’t you already tell us how poor he was back then? How could he even afford to attend the Enchanted Feast?” said a woman as she walked over.

“…That’s true… Since we’re ex-schoolmates, I’d have loved to invite you over to join us for the feast, Gerald… Sadly enough, I don’t have an extra admission ticket! Regardless, there’s an app you should really download on your phone later! You can find all my company’s products there! Speaking of my company, since it’s only recently been established, I’m in need of agents to distribute the products! You could try applying to be an agent! Worry not, one of the makeup sets I’m selling was designed for lower-income people, like yourself! Due to that, I’m sure you can promote it to your less wealthy friends!” suggested Yasmeen.

Following that, she instantly began detailing the steps required to apply to be an agent, leaving no room for Gerald to even say a word.

A little later, she handed him the contact number and business card of the regional manager before saying, “Alright, it’s getting a bit late now and I really should be leaving. After all, I still need to head to the city with my friends! Also, don’t worry about calling the manager, I’ll let him know in advance to take special care of you.”

With that, Yasmeen flashed Gerald a faint smile before leaving while waving her hand with her other friends.

Watching them walk off, Gerald could only look at their backs as he shook his head while smiling bitterly.

Yasmeen truly hadn’t changed in this aspect.

Tossing the card away, Gerald then continued walking by the beach, deep in thought.

He continued doing so for quite a bit, and the next thing he knew, it was already late at night, with very few tourists still walking around.

At that moment, he suddenly saw the faint outlines of five speedboats at the corner of his eye. Turning to get a better look at what was happening, he saw that all five of them were in hot pursuit of another speedboat that currently wasn’t too far off from them.

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Though it was already quite late, Gerald could clearly see that the middle-aged man—who was currently being pursued by over ten gun-wielding individuals who were riding the five speedboats—was drenched in blood. The man was also currently headed right in Gerald’s direction.

When the few remaining people at the beach saw them, they immediately ran away, focusing so much on escaping that none of them even thought about calling the police! Soon enough, the already secluded beach became completely devoid of people, save for Gerald.

Gerald found himself frowning slightly the moment he saw the pursuers. After all, he had already been slightly irked after Yasmeen interrupted his train of thought earlier.

It wasn’t long before the bloodied middle-aged man arrived at shore. Seeing that there was nowhere else to run to, the man began running toward Gerald, the only person he could see! Waving his hands as he ran over, the man then shouted, “T-toss me your phone! Please hurry!”

Since Gerald was already unhappy, he wasn’t about to take orders from some random middle-aged man. As a result, he simply ignored the man’s pleas for help.

Seconds later, a few people suddenly rushed out from the dense forest that led to the beach. Those who were initially pursuing him on their speed boats had now arrived onshore as well. Seeing that he had no place else to run, all of them quickly surrounded him. One of the men—who appeared to be the leader of the operation—noticed that Gerald was still there. Walking up to the youth, he then shouted, “Get lost! The big boss is dealing with some things here!”

In response, however, Gerald simply looked at him coldly without saying a word.

Seeing how indifferently Gerald was treating his leader, one of the youths who were surrounding the middle-aged man immediately lifted his machete and slashed it at Gerald! During that split second, rage-filled Gerald’s eyes. Since they were blindly attacking him just because he refused to move, it was evident that these were no nice people. It was also obvious to Gerald now that these people were definitely courting death!

Taking a step to the side, Gerald easily dodged the attack.

Before the youth could even react to his missed attack, he suddenly heard a buzzing noise. The next thing he knew, he had already been kicked into the air! The moment he collided with the ground, he heard a crack from his legs. Though he wanted to cover his mouth to suppress his screams of pain, he found that he could no longer move his arms! Not only that, he quickly realized that all his teeth had also been smashed! To his horror, he now understood that not only had Gerald’s kicks resulted in all four of his main limbs being broken, but the bones in his right leg and hand had also ended up being completely shattered!

Gerald’s expression was. Now that this had happened, he knew that they had been placed in an extremely difficult situation, even before completing their goal! After all, he hadn’t even been able to see how his subordinate had been taken out despite being so close to the two! The only

everyone else there of how cruel he could be. After seeing how he had broken all the youth’s limbs without a second thought, they all knew that Gerald was even more vicious than their leader. As they continued thinking about how merciless he was, their leader failed to notice that Gerald’s

that youth. After all, Gerald had already killed

cordially at Gerald before saying, “…I apologize, mister. I admit that it was our fault

man from before looked at the leader—who was now ordering his machete-wielding men to leave—he felt blessed to have bumped into Gerald. After all, not only would he now be able to live to see another day,

could leave?” said Gerald, his tone

Gerald, guns raised. They were right to be anxious. After all, they were only retreating now since they knew that Gerald was too powerful for them. To think that he would

practiced Ancient Martial Arts that allowed them to defy the orders of nature. People from these families were allegedly able to fight against dozens or even hundreds of people alone. With that in mind, the leader knew that

can choose whether to break off an arm or a leg. Of course, you’ll each be doing the breaking on your own,” said Gerald as casually as he would’ve asked them for

an exceptional man, but don’t you think you’re pushing it? Humph! How insensible!”

say? Well, then lets up it to

noticed a thin, young man—who looked to be around twenty—standing at the back forcibly breaking

doing?!” roared the leader as he turned to look at the

young man himself had fear in his eyes. After all, while witnessing the terrifying scene earlier, but he had also seen Gerald’s gaze while doing the deed. It was the gaze of a man who

youth a little longer before saying, “I can

you, each of

him with his gun aimed at Gerald! Seeing that, all his other subordinates—except

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snapping of bones filled the night air. It was only a few

and limbs shattered as they lay on the ground, all of them felt like fainting from the immense pain alone. Despite that, they were all still staring wide-eyed at

he…? How could we have offended

on the ground. Clapping the sand off his hands, he then continued his stroll, acting as if nothing

mister! I’m a local of Halimark City and I go by the name of Wagner Yarne! I was lucky that I bumped into you while they were chasing after me, otherwise I would’ve

that he needed to at least

Gerald simply replied, “I wasn’t particularly trying to save you, so there’s no need to

immediately turned around to leave. Looking at Gerald’s back as he walked off, Wagner could already feel how extraordinary

come to Halimark City to attend the Enchanted Feast organized by the Minshall

family? Enchanted Feast?’

for Alice. They were also the family who had previously owned the jade charms that they had dug up from the king of the

first place was to find the Minshalls and negotiate a deal with

mister! If you’re interested in heading to the Enchanted Feast, or anywhere in Halimark City for that matter, I

even finish his sentence, he began

Gerald replied, “Before anything else, you should find someplace to cure

to look at the distant—yet brightly lit—Halimark City next

for Gerald to move a bit further away before running over

immediately!” said Wagner as soon as the

someone over to you from the nearest hospital, right this instant!” replied the person on the other end of

to have come across that person and I’m pretty sure it’s him!” shouted Wagner in return, his anxiety evident in his tone as he continued staring at the direction Gerald had walked

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to walk toward the center of the city, he suddenly stopped moving

no need to follow me around. You’d better leave now while

talking to was none other than

You just seem to resemble someone I know a lot! The person in question is quite important to my family, the Yarnes, you see… Which is why I would like to get to know you a

Said person was said to make an appearance sooner or later, and quite frankly, you fit the

Waiting for ‘someone’?” replied Gerald with a

for my servant to drive a car here. I was wondering if you’d

young man looked slightly familiar. However, he just couldn’t put his

face, however, he instantly understood where the feeling had stemmed

his servant to drive a

that ‘someone’ really resemble me that much?” asked

is almost uncanny, but let’s not talk about this here. Again, please come to the Yarne family manor with me. You’ll

reason for agreeing was because based on Wagner’s expression, the middle-aged man didn’t seem to

and odd incidents had been taking place recently. Since some seemingly random person was now telling him that they had been waiting

came and drove both of them

had a simple chat with Wagner. Through that, he got

established their family properties here all those centuries ago. The family was considered to be one of

their family properties. After an incident took place, however, drastic changes soon happened which eventually led to the current high status of the

that what you plan to show me intrigues me!” warned Gerald

look at it! I truly believe that our meeting wasn’t by mere chance!” replied Wagner who was

he was trying to hide

was only after leading Gerald into a secret room when Wagner finally took

scroll

given a scroll out of the blue. As a result,

mister! Well, to be

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sentence with

scroll. True to Wagner’s words, the opened scroll revealed an extremely vivid and realistic portrait of some sort of

and he looked extremely formidable. Even Gerald couldn’t help but feel slightly

the general in the picture looked exactly like the deity in the

to be the Lightbane! The longsword that Gerald always carried around

him!” shouted Gerald, his eyelids twitching

my actions! My family’s been waiting all this time for a person who resembled the one in the portrait, and

even know how to reply to

definitely no coincidence. Who exactly was this person…? And how did he have such remarkable capabilities? How could he

for me? Where is that person?” asked Gerald after giving it

things could wait for now. After all, as long as he was able to find this mysterious person, all

“I’m afraid that I’m not quite sure who the person who told us to wait for you was, mister… After all, my ancestors had been told to wait from eight hundred years ago… Thanks to Master Ghost’s near-perfect calculations, however, he was

excitement, Gerald himself was left bewildered as

eight hundred years ago had wanted members of the Yarne family to

Gerald told Wagner to detail all that he

the Yarne family had first met the mysterious person. As Wagner had earlier said, the Yarnes

had requested

he refused to leave! Instead, he told Wagner’s ancestor that he was going to

on his face before saying, “As long as you’re willing to fulfill a single promise for me, I’ll allow all of you to lead a wealthy life without worries from now

huge amount of gold from his pocket. Stupefied, Wagner’s ancestors immediately asked what the beggar wanted them

the spot. Once he was done, he told the Yarnes to wait for the

to his word, he soon helped the Yarnes become a rich and powerful family.

to them. In just less than a year, their family had managed to make a fortune in Halimark City, building several family properties

much about it back then, thinking it

was equally as shocked after hearing Wagner’s entire

well! There’s got to be at least a few thousand years in between his

well and was

to relay two sentences to you!” said Wagner

“What are they?”

red spider lily. A defiant dragon will appear near

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the red spider lily…’ And then there was some dragon who would appear near the crossing

The crossing

act of going back and forth between ancient and

he was reborn—would most probably bear the surname of Crawford… While you certainly look like the person in the portrait, I wonder about your surname… If it

then nodded before replying, “…My full name

waiting for! What the old beggar

only felt his stress

was a pair of large, invisible hands controlling everything. Just like pawns on a chessboard, anyone unfortunate enough to be

exactly was this

his spine, Gerald

hand, revealed another secret room—though it was more of a secret compartment—before taking out

the box that the old beggar told us to hand to you. I’ll step aside for the moment for you to

After all, nobody in the world would probably be able to keep any secrets from him!

spreading around the room, Gerald looked at the inch-tall and hard-looking golden amulet inside the

scent!” exclaimed Wagner

Gerald brought the pellet close to his nose and sniffed it, though he didn’t

there for such a long time, is the pellet

pellet, and it’s typically consumed to help one quickly restore their strength and stamina. Should a person take one when

recognize the pellet so quickly since he remembered the strange memory

How very knowledgeable of you,

a pellet is very harsh. Speaking of which, when I first entered your house, I was able to catch the fragrance of medicine. In fact, it’s everywhere. What kind of business does

We have a lot of marine medicine products!” replied

possess herbs that go by the name of wiqerice… It’s the main ingredient needed to refine this kind

even heard about it!” replied Wagner with a slightly

to get it from you then,” said Gerald as he

him an oxyblood pellet, Gerald was pretty sure that the man was well aware that such pellets typically only had a shell life of about a month… Did the person intend for Gerald to refine the

Remember, I’m only the boss so I’m not really proficient with medicinal herbs myself… Regardless, there may be a way for you to get

a brief moment, Wagner looked at Gerald before adding, “I wonder if you’ve heard of

you referring to the underground auction of the Enchanted Feast?” asked Gerald in

herbs from mountains. Many of the herbs there are well over a hundred years old, and they won’t be distributed to the market. The participants consist of wealthy people and businessmen—related to the field—who are invited to

that such an auction belonged to a private

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in the mountains every year, several of the herbs sold there were

and prestigious people head to the Enchanted Feast just for a chance to get their hands on ancient herbs, maybe you’ll be able to find the herb

simply nodded