The Secretly Rich Man

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1151

‘They seemed to have come with a purpose in mind… The master seems to know who they are as well.’

‘The master flew up and entered the flying house to discuss something with them… But none of us know what they’re talking about…’

‘They’ve negotiated for quite some time… Some time while they were negotiating, the flying house submerged below the waves, bringing master along with it…’

‘Night has come… We’re all tossing and turning, barely able to sleep… All we can do now is guard the fairy’s corpse…’

‘It’s late at night now, and it’s my turn to stand guard… Including me, my group had nine people…’

‘…I’m writing this after that terrifying event… The incident that changed my fate forever…’

‘While we were standing guard, the fairy suddenly came alive! Standing in front of us, her expression was livid as she coldly asked us where we were taking her to…’

‘Not daring to play any games, we truthfully told her all that we knew… Upon hearing our explanation, she was infuriated! I still distinctly remember her saying, “So you still wish to burden me even now…? Thank the stars that I regained my consciousness in time!”’

‘Following that, she flew into a deep rage and began attacking us! The moment she made a move, six peoples’ lives were ended… She was terrifying…!’

‘As I attempted to run, she immediately waved one of her long sleeves and tied it around my neck! Before I knew it, I had been thrown up into the air!’

‘If it wasn’t for a tree breaking most of the fall, I would’ve definitely ended up dead from the fall damage alone! I was lucky that I only ended up breaking a leg…’

‘It was in my state of semi-consciousness when I realized something frightening. This was all wrong. I was sure that the fairy was still in the coffin… Then who the hell was this mad beauty? At the time, I didn’t even know what had happened to the rest of my companions. For all I knew, all of them could have already been dead.’

‘Fortunately, the gigantic bronze house flew out of the ocean at that instant, causing an explosive sound! I remember fainting at that exact moment due to all the shock…’

‘When I finally awoke, I was in a kind fisherman’s house… It was only then when I learned that I was the sole survivor of that group of nine. The others who weren’t standing guard, on the other hand, were all saved by the master.’

‘Due to that incident, I was now disabled and I could no longer endure the ocean breeze. It was the reason why I remained on Montholm Island. However, the master was kind enough to compensate me with a lot of money…’

Following that, the epitaph described how the survivor had slowly used the money to become even richer in the coming years. In the end, he even ended up becoming a prestigious person on the island, and that was where the memoir on the stone tablet ended.

“People from ancient times had a tendency to exaggerate, especially those who were successful. They just loved adding extraordinary incidents into their epitaphs, you know? Aside from this example, another story I’ve heard is about a heroic person by the name of Brayden Laban who slaughtered a white snake and created an uprising… Haha! I truly admire the imagination of people back then… It wouldn’t surprise me if the bronze flying house was the inspiration for today’s science fiction movies!” said Tim as he laughed.

“It does sound slightly ridiculous… However, it also makes the epitaphs sound much more special!” chipped in Yume.

Gerald, however, didn’t give any comments on that.

After chatting a little while longer with Tim and more or less getting to know all the facts that he had wanted to investigate, Gerald told someone to send Tim home.

Once he was gone, Gerald casually said, “I’ll be returning to my room first… All of you should turn in early since we’re going to set off tomorrow!”

Before Gerald could get far, however, Yume stopped him before saying, “Hold it. Why didn’t you voice out any of your opinions earlier? In fact, you hardly said anything at all! Is something the matter?”

Being the perceptive woman she was, Yume then added, “I also noticed your eyelids twitching slightly whenever Mr. Yarrow described the flying house earlier… Why was that?”

“Very perceptive of you. Regardless, if I told you that the story that we just heard earlier was true… Would you believe me?” asked Gerald.

“…What? You’re not pulling my leg, are you?” replied Yume, flabbergasted by his question.

“Is there any reason for me to lie? Still, this incident seems to be getting much more troublesome than I initially imagined it to be!” said Gerald before returning to his room.

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Yume herself remained stunned on the spot for quite a while.

It was late at night when Gerald could be seen meditating on his bed, listening to the ocean breeze as he thought about the new discoveries he had made tonight.

According to what the survivor had said, a particularly powerful and wrathful woman had appeared that night, resulting in the death of the other eight people who had been standing guard over the coffin with him.

Who was she? And what did she mean when she said that she had awoken in time?

Whatever the case was, the woman seemed to be filled with immense resentment.

Aside from the woman, the terrible wailing from within the flying house was also something that couldn’t easily be forgotten. Could all those who had been captured by the Sun League be in there? Were Mila and his uncle in there?

The mention of all those wretched wails from within the house had definitely shocked Gerald earlier.

As for the woman in white, she had probably surrendered to the mysterious old beggar in the end. After all, Gerald had already seen the continuation of the story back when Master Ghost had shown him the six stone tablets.

From what he remembered, the old beggar and the remaining men had continued on with their journey quite smoothly. After the old man killed an injured dragon, they all buried the dragon’s corpse together with the fairy’s coffin before making an equally smooth return trip.

After some time, Gerald’s eyes flashed a hint of determination as he quietly muttered, “The ocean king’s palace…”

It was two days later when Gerald and his family’s fleet continued sailing atop the choppy waves. While the extremely high waves from earlier had lessened considerably, the ocean breeze was still very strong.

Looking out at sea, the seemingly endless number of strong waves as far as the eye could see would make anyone feel awe-inspired.

Before Gerald had set off two days ago, he had ordered his bodyguards to send Jasmine and the others to Halimark City first to look for Wagner. Once they were there, they were told to contact the Fendersons to send people over and pick them up.

Once he knew that Jasmine and the others were safe and sound, Gerald could finally rest a bit easier.

While Jasmine herself had initially wanted to head there together with Gerald, it was simply too dangerous. After all, this wasn’t a trip, nor was it an ordinary adventure.

In fact, knowing that there could very well be many unknown dangers down there, even with his current strength, Gerald himself wasn’t sure if he would be able to make it out in one piece.

It was noon when Chester headed to the deck and stood behind Gerald before respectfully saying, “It’s estimated that we aren’t too far off from the king of the ocean’s palace now, sir!”

“I see. Then the place where you ended up drifting off to that year should be nearby,” replied Gerald.

“I’d assume so. I was simply rowing the boat in the direction the ocean breeze was blowing at the time, so the boat was sailing quite fast… While I had prepared food to last me for at least three days back then, I ended up drifting at sea for about ten days… Due to almost a week without food, I remember nearly dying from starvation back then… From the distance we’ve covered, I’d say we should be getting close,” said Chester as he surveyed the area while making estimations in his head.

‘In addition to the clues we found before we set off, I suspect that Angelica could very well be the person we’re looking for…’ Gerald thought to himself.

“Still, I truly think that you’ll be able to find the answers you’ve been seeking once we make it into the king of the ocean’s palace,” added Chester.

“You and me both, Chester. You and me both…” replied Gerald as he looked out into the horizon.

Even with the map that Gerald had obtained from the Minshalls, they were still having slight trouble looking for the exact location of the palace.

All of a sudden, Chester pointed out at sea before saying, “…Huh? Sir, have a look in that direction! It… seems to be a ship of some sort…”

True to Chester’s words, after turning to look at where he was pointing at, Gerald saw a large wooden ship out at sea.

Though its oars seemed to be static, the ship was sailing against the current, and it was headed straight for where Gerald’s ship currently was rather quickly!

At that moment, Yume walked over before asking, “Is something wrong?”

However, the moment she saw the ship that was slowly getting closer to them, even she became slightly stunned.

Recognizing the aura surrounding the ship, the stunned Gerald—whose eyes hadn’t left the sea-faring vehicle—muttered, “…Could that be… force…?”

Quickly snapping out of it, then coldly ordered, “For now, focus on dodging the incoming ship! I’ll be heading aboard that ship to have a look around first!”

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While both Chester and Yume had already been stunned, their jaws truly dropped the moment they saw Gerald leap toward the other ship!

The moment Gerald’s foot touched the wooden ship’s surface, it instantly caused a huge wave to form as the ship bobbed up and down due to the impact of Gerald’s landing!

Eventually, the ripples slowed down and Gerald took the chance to begin looking around.

From what he could see, it seemed to be an average-sized wooden ship that could accommodate about forty to fifty people. It also seemed to have a bit of history to it.

Stepping into the cabin, there seemed to be an old and torn curtain hanging outside the cabin’s windows. As a result, though it was quite sunny outside, the inside of the cabin remained quite dark.

After looking around for a while, Gerald began trying to feel his surroundings. The force he had sensed surrounding the ship earlier was now nowhere to be found… It was odd, to say the least.

With that, Gerald slowly drew the curtains before making his way deeper into the cabin.

With partitions separating the rooms within the cabin, the corridor in the middle led to small guest rooms on either side of it.

All of a sudden, the faint sound of footsteps could be heard coming from the control cabin that was located at the ships’ bottom level. Someone was walking upstairs!

With that in mind, Gerald stood motionless, looking around attentively until he finally saw who was making their way up the stairs.

Gerald watched as a white-haired old woman with a stooped posture slowly swayed her body while ascending the steps. Aside from the fact that her clothes were old and torn and her hair was particularly messy, the woman’s most defining feature was the many scars that covered her face.

In the dimly lit area, Gerald couldn’t help but admit that she seemed rather spooky.

Regardless, he took the initiative by asking, “Good day, madam. May I know your name?”

“Dead Annie!” replied the woman with a subtle smile. Despite her friendly gesture, Gerald found himself growing slightly nervous. After all, anyone who smiled with such a scar-filled face would definitely create slight feelings of unnerve among those who saw it.

“…Come again? You said your name was Dead Annie, madam?” asked Gerald for confirmation.

“Dead Annie! Two petals bloom and each petal represents a world!” replied the old woman in a rather mysterious manner.

Gerald found himself raising a slight brow as he heard her talking about some mysterious plant. A flower that only bloomed two petals… Why did that sound so familiar? Thinking about it, he knew he had come across such a plant before. After all, natural flowers with only two petals were rare, so he would definitely remember if he had seen one before. But where?

The more Gerald stared at the woman, the odder he felt.

At that moment, he heard someone shouting, “Sir! Here you are!”

Turning around to look, Gerald saw that both Chester and Yume had boarded the ship as well.

“Why did both of you come here?” asked Gerald.

“Well, since you’ve been gone for quite some time and we heard nothing from you, we got slightly worried!” replied Chester as he and Yume immediately began scanning the old woman—who was now staring at the end of the corridor—from head to toe.

While Chester immediately let out a frown, Yume began smoothening her hair, though Gerald could tell that her breathing had grown slightly more rapid.

“There’s nothing to worry about. For now, head back first!” ordered Gerald.

hadn’t been able to see through the extremely weird old woman, he was worried

she heard him say that, however, the old woman suddenly began laughing coldly. Her laugh sounded almost raven-like, making it

extremely anxious of her laugh, Gerald’s unease peaked the moment he realized that several extremely weird-looking flowers had begun appearing—out of thin

flowers themselves each only had two petals, with each petal

when Gerald finally remembered where

a garden back when he was

his grandfather’s island had been specifically made to plant that breed of flower. Gerald remembered

of the flower were found in the Western Regions, and they seemed to date back to ancient times. After attempting to plant it, they

flowers naturally only blooming to have two petals, Gerald’s grandfather had decided to plant them in a garden, treating them as a living work

out, the flowers

realized that fine pollen was starting to emerge from

it, they instantly began feeling dizzy.

“The pollen’s poisonous!”

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look at the

to take a step forward, Gerald suddenly felt all four of his limbs weaken as a dizzy

immune to all poisons!’ Gerald thought to himself as

slowly began walking toward him while saying, “I can see that your physique is quite different compared to ordinary people… However, do know that the Dead Annies here were initially something different! Let’s just say that

do anything quickly, Gerald placed all his remaining focus on using

the Dawnbreaker instantly shot out

sleeve. By the time she noticed the blade flying right for her, however, she was already too

ended up stabbing her right in her left arm, sending the old woman toppling to

down, the intense dizziness that Gerald had been

dizzy spell!’ Gerald thought to himself as he quickly regained his

old woman had launched a mental attack at him instead of using actual poison, and that she had only used the pollen as some sort of medium. To think that his mental power had been controlled by that old woman

woman certainly appeared surprised, she quickly snapped out of

greeted by the sound of shattering glass as the old woman crashed through the room’s

time he got to the window, the old woman was nowhere

Yume slowly began regaining consciousness. Not

ordered, “Take Chester and Yume back to the ship… Also, begin a search around the area to locate an old

Gerald’s guards immediately obeyed and began

we bumped into her so close to where the king of the

ocean’s palace… Then there’s her weapon of choice as well. While I could already tell that the flower was special

as Gerald’s thought ended, the alarm in the cabin of one the

had earlier been searching for the old woman around the area. With the blaring of the alarm, it was apparent that they had

bodyguard came running over to Gerald before excitedly saying, “The moment we saw her, that old woman instantly dived deep into the ocean, Mr. Crawford! While we haven’t been able to capture her, our sonar detector found that she was quickly swimming toward what seemed to be a large metal building

to assume that the place she’s currently headed to is the king of the ocean’s palace. I’m placing you in charge of providing support for us while a few of us head down

replied Chester though Yume simply

Place the water repellent stones in your mouths and follow me below the

all three of them then dived into the sea, swimming into its

old woman’s location. With the help of the water repellent stones, the trio was able to make their way deeper into the ocean

short while later, the three people arrived before a dark cave that had a rather small and narrow opening, about half the size of

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the gourd-shaped entrance was rather narrow, Gerald swam in just fine and the other two followed swiftly

swimming through it, the trio found themselves in an area that felt almost alien. Soon enough, they came to yet another cave entrance, though there was one stark

was Dead Annie pollen floating around

he looked at the dashboard of the tracking device. While the old woman was nowhere to be seen on it, she had last been spotted right where they currently

cunning of her… If he had been any less cautious, then he would’ve definitely fallen straight

that moment when both Yume and Chester began feeling slightly uncomfortable. Gerald figured

trying to retain control over himself, Gerald still found himself being unable to resist the strong mental impact caused by the Dead

old woman must be

and Yume ended up blacking out again while Gerald continued persevering

Gerald failed to endure through it. As his surroundings became distorted, Gerald saw a strange and ugly face appearing before him before he finally passed

period of time,

the pain from the mental assault was no different from the time he had received the memories of that deity or

thankful that he had the water repellent stone with him, otherwise, they would’ve all drowned by now, seeing

to his side, Gerald saw that the now extremely pale-faced Chester was

turned to his other side to see how

was nowhere to be found. What could’ve

sobering him up quite a bit, Gerald then supported Chester over his shoulder

searched, there was simply

to himself, feeling slightly guilty. However,

still alive and the king of the ocean’s palace was now extremely close

truly hoped that Yume had just gone deeper into the cave

both of them

hit by a massive surge of water that seemed to be pulling both of them forward! As Chester and Gerald attempted to hold their

still ended up losing to the immensely strong

now being flung deeper into the cave, Gerald noticed that it

Bone crush!” shouted Gerald as the space continued getting smaller and

began performing the skill to actively adapt their bodies to their

to the size of a toddler—and rapidly continuing to get even smaller—Gerald knew that if they had performed the bone crush skill any later, even he would’ve ended up getting crushed to death despite having such a frightening

out of the other end

that Gerald found surprising about where they had just landed was

saw how injured Chester looked,

being

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before saying, “It’s

for a while, utterly stunned by what he

moment he did, and he found his mouth gaping as he stared

the structure, was an enormous high platform. What stupefied Gerald most, however, was the fact that hovering

thought to himself

white truly had been buried within an eternal coffin

far away from each other… What could the old man’s intention have been by

said, “…There are murals all over the place, sir…

time at the woman in white’s eternal coffin, Gerald turned to look

palace in the desert, this place was also filled to the brim

of the woman in white’s burial. More specifically, they talked about the burial process and the origins of the woman in white’s corpse.

be found. Gerald, for one, had no idea what they meant. After all, they were vastly different from the words he had seen in

a sudden, he heard

saw that he was also staring at a few abstract words that had

asked Gerald as

sir. You see, the language was used exclusively by an ancient tribe who were cave dwellers. My family had a collection of animal skin rolls belonging to said cave dwellers, and my grandma had forced me to learn the meaning

Gerald then replied, “Does that mean that

of his head as he said, “…At most, I feel that I’ll only be able to understand a little over half of it… The rest will mostly

tails of it. Either way, do tell me what you think the words are trying to say,”

that, Chester immediately began trying to decipher

to be talking about

then began pointing at a few words, guiding his finger along each word

bloom and each petal represents a world. The

world… That’s what it truly

sir!” replied Chester

old woman, Gerald had earlier used his mind to search his surroundings, yet he

we fainted…? But that doesn’t make any sense! With the currents

thoughts off. That wasn’t the main thing he should be focusing on at the

While Gerald was definitely sure that it was referring to the Dead

Also, which part of that made you feel that it

reunited with her lover after being separated throughout that period of time… Once they’ve been reunited, the person who

while he was able to discern most of the words, he still needed a great deal of effort to properly translate

to carry away the eternal coffin…

“A key?”

very similar to a

about it for a while, Gerald then said, “…Could it perhaps be

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asked Chester rather curiously as he watched Gerald carefully take a square, wooden box out from his

head to the king of the ocean’s palace centuries later, but he had also

it be that the old beggar truly had foreseen what would happen in ten thousand years? Had the old man actually managed to predict that Gerald would find the eternal coffin and transport the woman

that old beggar from ten thousand years ago actually be the same person

dwell too much on it. Just thinking about it was enough to make him filled with

discern one thing from all of this. In the message the old beggar had left for Gerald, he had said that Gerald would gain the answer he sought for as long as reunited the woman in white with his other-self. Did that mean that once he did that, the incident regarding the Sun League

Please do your best and try to understand as much as you can, Chester!” said Gerald after

because of that event… Nobody will be able to prevent the calamity from happening, and the prophecies

would die? What event could that

no matter how he looked at the words, why did he have a

stone tablet. After all, even though he wasn’t able to read the words now, that didn’t mean that that would remain the same

that, he then brought Chester toward the other

they found that the last mural seemed to state that as long as someone was able to get the key to open the life gate, they would be able to

inside the box, the ‘key’ on the mural was drawn in the shape of

this as well before finally walking over to the eternal coffin—with Chester following

heard Lyra describing the woman in white—from her dreams—as a person with the temperament

a proper look at her. After all, he kept hearing that she was a beauty that

effort, both of them managed to push the coffin’s lid open halfway.

woman in the coffin could now

His tone, however, hinted at simultaneous feelings of shock and

true. The person who had saved Chester from before really was the woman in white! However, a new question was now posed. How had

into the coffin, Gerald saw that the person inside appeared to be a cold-looking beauty

beauty, Gerald had to admit that she was probably the

aura. From what Gerald could tell, the aura seemed to help her heal any flaws on her the moment they

Gerald thought to

once I’m done with my task, I hope you’ll help me as well. Even if it’s just the tiniest of hints, I’ll gladly accept it as long as it truly leads

said, he then re-sealed the lid of the coffin before jumping off the high platform

looking around for a bit, Gerald finally saw an indentation in the middle of the high platform. The indentation itself matched the shape of the fish tail

exit this place the moment I

as he was about to slide it in, however, he suddenly heard Chester shout, “S-sir!

Chester was pointing at, Gerald soon

tied shut with a number of sturdy-looking chains. The way the chains were tied, it was almost as though they were actively

it really was no wonder why Chester

show the origins of this coffin?” muttered

upon arriving here. After all, where was the small coffin that had turned over from the ship? And though there was also supposed to be a gigantic dragon buried here, it was nowhere in