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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1311

The owner of King Valley went by the name of Rupert Yateman.

While that name didn’t usually stand out among ordinary people, it was one that was extremely well-known among world-class powerhouse circles. This was made evident to Gerald since—as he continued following Myles—all sorts of signs could be seen on display around the valley. The signs themselves were of celebrities from all over the world.

From what Gerald could guess, those who had their signs here had once come here to ask for medicine.

Regardless, as they walked on, Myles further elaborated on how that man had gotten to know the master of the valley in the first place. As Myles had earlier said, he was once the personal driver of the master of the valley, and back then, both of them had traveled together a lot.

One day, however, both of them came across enemies who were intent on killing them! Things got so bad that Myles even had to carry the master on his back as they fled for their dear lives!

Thankfully, they eventually came across that man while they were still trying to shake off their pursuers. The man himself had been on his way home, and seeing that they were in trouble, he brought both of them back with him.

Thanks to that, the duo were finally able to escape their pursuers after days of running from them.

To express his gratitude, Rupert had told the man that if he had anything he wished for in the future, he would definitely attempt to fulfill it.

Hearing that, Gerald figured that Rupert had only assumed that the man was a simple farmer. In turn, that probably led him to think that whatever the man would eventually request for wouldn’t be that hard to fulfill.

Regardless, since the pursuers let the duo off that easily, Gerald had a feeling that the man had dealt with them prior to meeting up with the duo.

Whatever the case was, this seemed to be the full story between the man and Rupert.

From what Gerald could see, Myles didn’t seem to be a bad person. After all, he took his debts rather seriously.

As they walked on, Myles turned to look at Gerald with a smile before asking, “Speaking of which, what’s your name, mister?”

“Just call me Crawford,” replied Gerald, figuring that his real name was now a sensitive word, especially around this area.

Understanding that he didn’t wish to give his name, Myles simply smiled back and didn’t try to pry any further.

A little while later, both of them arrived at a pavilion in the valley.

As soon as they sat down, Myles began saying in an apologetic tone, “Mr. Crawford, I’m afraid that while you wouldn’t have needed to notify the master of the valley for the three medicinal herbs and I could’ve instantly gathered them for you in the past, things are quite different now. All the disciples in the valley are currently very busy, you see, so all the herbs here are under the supervision of the second elder of the valley. Sadly, I’m currently at extreme odds with the second elder, and I’m not really ranked that high here either. Adding that to the fact that the herbs you requested are quite rare, there’s a possibility that I may not be able to fulfill your request!”

From the way he looked, Gerald could tell that he truly was rather helpless in this situation. Gerald had also been able to tell that Myles wasn’t really someone with a high position from the way the guards at the entrance had looked at him earlier.

Also, the way Myles had explained the situation earlier suggested that while Myles himself still remembered the man’s act of kindness to him, Rupert, on the other hand, could have potentially already forgotten all about it. With that in mind, there was a chance that the man’s ‘friend’ wasn’t actually going to be willing to hand the herbs over.

“Still, since my benefactor has given me a chance to finally repay his favor, I’ll definitely use whatever power I have to fulfill his request! If you don’t mind staying here for a few days, I’m willing to try my very best to get those three herbs for you!” declared Myles.

Though Gerald wanted to tell him that it had better not take more than three days—since obtaining the herbs beyond that time frame would render them useless to him—after seeing how determined Myles looked, Gerald couldn’t bring himself to say it. With that in mind, the only thing he could do now was wait and see what would happen.

“Since I’ll need at least a few days, I can clean up a small room for you to stay in for the time being. I’ll notify you once it’s ready. In the meantime, I’ll be looking for the master of the valley in hopes of obtaining the herbs for you!” said Myles, making sure that the letter was still with him before hurrying off to get the appropriate arrangements done.

In the meantime, Gerald was free to do as he pleased in the King Valley.

As Myles led him to the pavilion earlier, Gerald had noticed several pill-making methods carved onto the low cliffs that surrounded the area. Remembering that there were quite a few secret pill-making methods embedded in his memory, he recalled how he had previously been keen on understanding the pill-making process on a deeper level, though he never actually found the time to look deeper into it.

Since he now had free time anyway, Gerald decided to take a walk and have a look around.

Upon arriving at the low cliffs again, Gerald saw that most of the secret methods of pill-making in the King Valley were mainly focused on refining manual labor. From what he could see, the extraction methods of the medicine seemed even more troublesome.

This was honestly far too different from what had been implanted into his memories.

To show how different his memories and the carvings on the cliffs were, while the cliffs stated that herbs needed to be distilled before being purified with a special potion to properly be extracted, his implanted memories simply told him that he could just stimulate his inner strength for the extraction and purification process.

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As for the refining and heating process, Gerald had memories of a skill called fire control that—while was more profound than the process carved on the cliffs—was also much easier to do.

However, since Gerald hadn’t even practiced the art of pill-making before, it was hard for him to pinpoint the more minor differences.

Regardless, just as Gerald was about to head back—now that he was done looking at the carvings—he suddenly heard a sweet voice from behind him saying, “Hello there, handsome! Could you please help me out? My kite’s gotten stuck in a tree and I’d appreciate it greatly if you gave me a hand!”

Turning around to see who the owner of the voice was, Gerald was immediately greeted by the sight of an extremely beautiful and pure-looking girl—who was wearing white sportswear and had her hair tied up in a ponytail—looking at him from under a tree, her expression rather anxious.

Due to how distressed she looked, Gerald found it rather hard to refuse her request, so he simply headed over to her.

True to her word, the kite could be seen lodged atop a tree, and though Gerald could’ve easily gotten it for her—through the use of his skills—under normal circumstances, the incident that had happened back at the Gunter mansion had taught him not to display his skills so openly.

With that in mind, not wanting to put his life at risk just to make things a little easier, Gerald then headed over to the tree to begin climbing it.

Just as he was about to start climbing, however, he noticed the girl taking a step back… before a large net sprang up from the ground!

The next thing Gerald knew, he was already hanging under the tree!

Since the net was made of gold wire, Gerald knew that he needed to use his inner strength to break free. Not wanting to resort to that just yet, he then glared at the girl before coldly asking, “What do you think you’re doing?”

At that moment, several young men and women—donning traditional clothing—began revealing themselves as they walked toward the scene from multiple directions.

“Hahaha! We’ve caught one~! We’ve caught one~! Go call Sister Fleur over and tell her we’ve caught some bait!” cheered the girl from before in glee.

After someone ran off to notify that ‘Sister Fleur’ person, it wasn’t long before they returned together with a woman who looked to be around the age of twenty-three.

The moment the boys in the group saw her, their eyes instantly lit up with excitement as they nodded respectfully toward her before greeting, “Sister Fleur!”

“Sister Fleur, look! I remember you saying something along the lines of being short of bait, right? Well, I’ve caught one for you!”

“Yenna, do you even know who this is…? And why have you hung him up like that?” asked Fleur as she walked over with her arms crossed, studying Gerald the entire time.

As Fleur looked at her younger sister with a bitter smile, Yenny Yateman then replied, “Beats me! While I was initially planning to capture one of the lower-ranking people here, none of them dared to come over despite my excellent acting! Just when I thought all hope was lost, I saw this stinking guy wandering casually around our valley! Who could’ve guessed that I would be successful in capturing him! Haha!”

“Yenny, what if he’s the son of one of the wealthy businessmen here who’ve come to ask for medicine? If that’s really the case, then we’ll surely be in a lot of trouble!” reasoned one of the youths there as Fleur waited for her younger sister’s response as well.

“I doubt it! After all, I’ve observed this guy for quite a while before actually capturing him! Also, I really don’t think that he’s a big shot since he’s dressed so ordinarily. Since he just came over to help without even questioning my motives, he’s clearly an idiot as well! Haha! Though, if you need confirmation, I’ll just ask him now!” replied Yenny triumphantly.

With that, she picked a branch off the ground before pointing it at Gerald and demanding, “Hey! Brat! Tell us, are you the son of some rich businessman or something?”

Gerald wasn’t even sure how to reply. After all, he didn’t really have a clear grasp of the situation yet. From what he could tell, these youths were all from the valley, though he still had no idea what they were planning.

Not knowing what to do, he simply shook his head.

“Hah! See? I told you he wasn’t anyone important! Also, since he was acting pretty sneakily in those ordinary clothes of his, I have a hunch that he actually snuck in! With that in mind, it’s only right for us to use him as bait!” declared Yenny.

After giving one final glance at Gerald, Fleur finally gave in and instructed, “…Alright then. Hold onto him and take him away!”

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“Could I at least know where you’re taking me?” asked Gerald.

“Humph! You’d better shut your mouth if you know what’s good for you, you stinking brat! If everything goes smoothly and you follow all of Sister Fleur’s orders, we guarantee that you’ll be fine! However, make one mistake too many and you could very well lose your life!” sneered Yenny.

With that, a few guards—belonging to Yenny—quickly held Gerald down the second the net was lowered. After tying Gerald’s wrists and legs tightly with iron chains, they then shoved him into a car.

‘What the hell is even with these kids? If it wasn’t for the fact that I came over to ask for medicine, I would’ve already beaten them up by now just for pulling that trick on me earlier!’ Gerald thought to himself.

Though dissatisfied, he quickly calmed himself and simply went along with what they were doing. Gerald then watched as the line of cars drove out of the valley…

Eventually, they arrived at a large stadium-like building. At the building’s entrance, several luxury cars could be seen gathered there. Quite a number of well-dressed men and women could be seen entering and leaving the building as well.

Looking at the two guards Yenny had brought along, Gerald then asked in a hushed voice, “What is this place?”

“Humph. It’s a colosseum, of course! You’ve never seen one before, have you? It’s no surprise since only young masters from secret societies or young ladies from international rich families are allowed to enter! With that in mind, you should be blessed to even be able to be here!” snorted the guard in response.

“…Alright then. Also, I heard something about me being used as bait… What’s up with that?” asked Gerald as he furrowed his brows.

Rich internal families his a*s… Gerald was the second generation of the richest family on the planet! He had already witnessed scenes like these on multiple occasions before!

“…Well, the master of Fairleigh Valley caught a savage quite some time ago, and the savage in question is just way too strong, you know? While the savage was successfully escorted to the colosseum by the valley master’s son—Seamus Fairleigh—his brutality hasn’t lessened in the least. He’s already taken down countless masters in the month that he’s been here!” replied the bodyguard who seemed rather excited when it came to the savage, even though he wasn’t really all that keen on paying attention on Gerald earlier.

Following that, he continued, “Due to how strong that savage is, it’s been quite difficult to tame him. With that in mind, Master Fairleigh had to keep using electric shocks to corner him into a room. Unfortunately, once he was inside, the savage had utterly refused to leave that room! Now, since we knew that the savage was a bloodthirsty cannibal, we had been hoping to get someone to be used as bait and lure him out! Once he’s finally out of that room, the masters from our valley will be able to beat him up and, once the savage has been defeated, we’ll gain the right to bring him back to our valley! Of course, once that happens, Miss Fleur will have also won the bet, and Young Master Fairleigh will have to start greeting her with the title ‘sister’ whenever he bumps into her after that! Haha!”

As the bodyguard yapped on in his excitement—at the thought of the upcoming battle—Gerald himself felt like he could finally piece together the gist of the situation.

Essentially, Fleur had made a bet with that Young Master Fairleigh to take down that undefeated savage. In order to do so, they first needed to get him out of that room, which was where Gerald came in. Once Gerald successfully baited the savage out, then Fleur would have her valley’s masters brawl against him.

Regardless, if what the guard had said was true—about the savage being a cannibal—then any regular person would definitely get eaten up by him. How utterly cruel!

brows, Gerald then coldly asked, “The masters you spoke of… Are you sure they’re capable enough

Each of them were

anything further and he was pulled out of the car—by the two guards—shortly

was the one

pocket, he then smiled at her

calmly replied, “There were just some

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here I was thinking you weren’t coming over since you were afraid you’d end up losing!” replied the

Seamus Fairleigh, I hope you realize that you aren’t invincible just because you’ve managed to capture some ugly savage! We’ll definitely be showing you the power

Speaking of which, I hope you don’t end up regretting what you promised me,

Fleur without even sparing him a glance as she led her group toward the VIP area. Naturally, Gerald

around, the place was a near-perfect replica of a real ancient colosseum, with a massive space in the middle and all.

that the savage

estimate that the colosseum could easily accommodate up to five hundred people, and of the many decorated

the guard had previously mentioned, the audience consisted of rich young masters and ladies who had come over for some excitement. Drinking wine and shouting in their excitement,

Valley—who had been present this entire time—before saying, “I’m saying this now, seven masters, but that savage doesn’t seem easy to handle… I heard that though the Fairleigh family had sent out several masters of their own, none of them were able to handle that savage, even when he was severely outnumbered! With that in mind, I do hope that none of you get too complacent or

from the deep mountains, are we not? The way I see it, Seventh brother alone is sufficient in killing him! Sending all of us out

the seven, the oldest member was around the age of sixty, whereas the youngest was only

in there together. To ease the process of luring that cannibal out, I even prepared this

that, Fleur turned to look at her guards before pointing at Gerald and ordering,

servant headed over to Seamus’s side before whispering, “Young Master Seamus, are you truly sure that those from King Valley won’t be able to take down the undefeated God of War…? I know those seven masters, you see, and from what I’ve seen, each of their

he won’t get defeated that easily! Regardless, I’ve been waiting to devour

I can’t help but be worried!” replied the

Everything’s been prepared nicely, and once they enter, they’ll never come out again!” declared Seamus as he glanced both coldly and lustfully at

and the seven masters were already standing in the coliseum’s open area, prompting several from within the crowd to

crowd was, all seven of the masters took turns looking at Gerald as they shook their heads

we’ll definitely avenge you! Now go ahead and

as he

from the

even up against? How could a savage have this

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Both of you take him in and bait that savage out!” ordered the eldest among the

the duo as they instantly grabbed Gerald by his arms and began walking toward the darkened area’s

secretly channeling his inner strength so that if things turned ugly, he would at least have a higher

other words, they were at the same level as those whom he had beheaded back at the Gunter Manor. While he was sure he could take them on—if he eventually needed to—he still didn’t

The roaring alone was comparable to continuous thunder strikes, and two masters couldn’t help but feel

and nothing I do seems to make it go away… I don’t think this is an ordinary savage… I don’t think we should proceed any further. After all, if we accidentally bump into it in this darkness, we’ll certainly end up in a lot of trouble!” proposed

second, the sixth brother then nodded before replying in a hushed voice, “…I agree. Let’s just toss that kid

looked at Gerald with a cold smile on

Do be tactful and walk yourself

the two brothers exchanged grins with each other. It was obvious that they weren’t expecting him to make

to that man, he still wasn’t anywhere close to being the strongest. With that in mind, if he were to bump into someone like Hogan again, he was definitely going to suffer

as stupid as walking straight into the

you walking, boy? Do you need us to force you forward

cooperate, boy! Otherwise, we’ll just kill you now and toss your body in!” threatened the seventh

why don’t both of you head in first?” replied Gerald with

did you say?” asked both of

even retort, Gerald instantly used his bone crush skill to release himself from his restraints. In one fluid motion, Gerald was able to accurately poke their acupoints,

Gerald to actually possess this level of strength. From what they could tell, he was already nearing the

wanted to yell that out, not a single word

their necks extremely quickly, with each hit producing a distinct snap… The next thing they knew, they had gone fully limp as their consciousness left their bodies

had broken their necks! Not wanting to waste any more

to vaguely see a massive black figure—that stood at around six feet tall and one and a half feet wide—walking

he was even

but wonder, ‘…Isn’t this a bit too powerful…?

before digging his hands into the ground. By the time Gerald realized what

Gerald could instantly tell that he was as

book it, his eyes widened in shock as he suddenly saw a massive and powerful-looking hand reaching out to him! By god! That hand was as big as

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knew for a fact that he wasn’t going to

Gerald found himself flying backward! The sheer force of the impact alone had

other Spirit Earth Realm masters. From what Gerald could tell, killing them off must have been as easy as pounding garlic

the fact that Gerald had recently sharply increased his strength—by learning and utilizing the art of Thunder Eruption—then there was a good chance that he would’ve already

wasn’t the time to stop and think about all this. Using all the strength remaining in him, Gerald instantly activated his lightness skill to

to know where he had gone. Gerald further confirmed this when the savage began running around the area to

thankful that he could at least catch his breath for the moment… Or at least that was

have expected for the jade pendant—that had been hanging around his neck—to slip out of his now-tattered clothes due

was already worrying enough, it certainly didn’t

to turning on an extremely bright light in the middle of a pitch-black room out of the blue, everything within the area could now be

me!’ Gerald thought to himself as the giant man slowly raised

silence between the two felt

has a shaggy beard that covers most of his face! As for his eyes, they’re an unusually bright blue, and his muscles… They’re like piles upon piles of reinforced steel that plate his

to register before the

Gerald truly wished he could just

was confident in his speed, he knew that there was always a chance that the savage would

he could even execute his plan, however, the savage suddenly leaped off the ground! Unable to even block the attack, Gerald found his neck being clenched before instantly losing his grip on the ceiling… and being

struggling in his pathetic attempt of escaping

twisted, just like he had done to the sixth and

wasn’t finishing him outright. Surprised, he slowly turned to see what

at the jade pendant that was lying on his chest! What more, his grip

neck. Since the pendant itself was only the size of a newborn’s

massive man used the light of the

a few steps back in fright. If Gerald had to describe the look on the savage’s face, it was as though he had

savage quickly knelt before him with a loud ‘thud’ before

startled, Gerald quickly regained his wits and—after tucking the pendant back into

Leo, and I greet you with

it, the savage seemed to be somewhat similar to Queena. After all, both of them were acknowledging him as some sort of deity. Could Leo and Queena have originated from the same place…? If that was the case, how that meant that Leo had to be at

again now, of all times. The warm sensation that had last appeared a few days ago was now

be that the jade pendant had sensed that those from this place were nearby and would eventually

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man could speak, that meant that he was definitely no savage. Seeing that the killing intent from earlier had

actually be able to be within your honorable presence, Master Deity! With that in mind, I hope that you’ll forgive me for my recklessness earlier!” replied

easy for him to meet someone who

to start shooting questions at him, however, he suddenly heard footsteps entering the area. From what he could guess, it was most probably the five

in confusion. In a way, it seemed like he was asking what

do wonder. Since you’re far stronger than even I am, how did you manage to

produce blue light! Those tools are able to mimic lightning in the sky, and being hit by them slightly stuns my body! While I did attempt to escape before, they then created a heavenly lightning formation! In the

only laugh

what he could tell, Leo had mistaken stun guns as magical tools. As for the ‘heavenly lightning

meant nothing to Leo. Gerald would know since such weak charges definitely wouldn’t be able to even come close to harming

‘heavenly’ and how he ‘didn’t dare to go against such heavenly powers’, however, it seemed evident that he was only refusing to leave out of sheer respect

getting the gist of the situation, Gerald then looked at Leo

this lowly one manages to leave this d*mned place, then I’m willing to

reached out to stop him as he said, “There’s no need for that. Regardless, get to your feet, Leo. Now listen carefully and just do as I say. If

Leo off the ground, Gerald then leaned closer to his ear before whispering his

Shortly after, Leo nodded.

going on? Sixth and

duo weren’t able to draw him out, there should

fighting him inside…? Is that why they’re taking such a long time? Do you think that’s why

I feel that something just isn’t right… I mean look at Seamus! He’s been sneering this entire time! I’m sure

crowd’s anxiety reached its peak, a deafening roar could suddenly be heard coming from

taking everyone’s breath away as the entire coliseum almost seemed to tremble from how powerful

wind began violently blowing outward from within the darkened area,

was simultaneously stunned and amazed by what they were

they saw all this.

out of the darkened area, sending the audience into an excited uproar as several people

the darkened area’s entrance, they watched as the seven-foot tall Leo dashed into the open area! Despite how large his build was, his speed was

in the air, Leo rushed toward one of the masters and, with a seemingly effortless smack to the master’s shoulder, he was

now clearly dislodged, the master ended up colliding against the open area’s stone

of blood, the master then lost consciousness and flopped feebly

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Leo hadn’t hit any of his vital organs—there was no way in hell that he was going to

deafening roar, everyone was forced to cover their ears this

register what was happening, however, Leo was already on the move again. By the time the audience opened their eyes again, Leo was already standing before the four remaining