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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!

“The masters you spoke of… Are you

brat! How dare you question the masters from King Valley! Each of them were carefully selected by our mistress, you

say anything further and he was pulled out

the one to

hand in his pocket, he then smiled at her before saying, “Here you are, Fleur! We’ve been waiting quite a while for

simply calmly replied, “There were just some delays

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weren’t coming over since you were afraid you’d end up losing!” replied

that you aren’t invincible just because you’ve managed to capture some ugly savage! We’ll definitely be showing you the power of King Valley today! To hell with your undefeatable God of War

alright, calm down… We’ll just have to wait and see what happens in the end. Speaking of which, I hope you don’t end up regretting what you promised me, Fleur!” replied Seamus with a sly

one regretting it. Get ready to call me ‘sister’ soon!” said Fleur without even sparing him a glance as she led her group toward the VIP area. Naturally, Gerald

real ancient colosseum, with a massive space

had a feeling that the savage was currently hiding

that the colosseum could easily accommodate up to five hundred people, and of the many decorated seats around the circular area, around three hundred of

the audience consisted of rich young masters and ladies who had come over for some excitement.

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 careless! Though

respect, mistress, we’re just dealing with a savage from the deep mountains, are we not? The way I see it, Seventh brother

member was around the age of sixty, whereas the youngest was

To ease the process of luring that cannibal out, I even prepared this

at her guards before pointing at Gerald and ordering, “Bring him

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 strengths can be quite unpredictable. Just so you know, even Master would consider them to be significant people

you even afraid of? The savage is so powerful that his strength was well beyond Father’s expectations when we first met him! Besides, even you’ve seen how cruel that savage is in battle! With that in mind, I’m sure he won’t get defeated that easily! Regardless, I’ve been waiting to devour Fleur for the longest time… Every time I see her dangling before me, I can feel my soul dissipating from how dazzling she looks alone! How lucky I

but be worried!”

been prepared nicely, and once they enter, they’ll never come out again!” declared Seamus as he glanced

standing in the coliseum’s open area, prompting several from within the

of the masters took

bait, you truly are unlucky, boy… Worry not, for we’ll definitely avenge you! Now

simply ignored them as he stared tentatively at the darkened

from where he stood, he could feel massive killing intent exuding from the mouth of the area. Beast-like roars could also be heard exiting the

How could a savage have this much power…?’ Gerald thought to himself as he furrowed his

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brother! Both of you take him in and bait that savage out!”

they instantly grabbed Gerald by his arms

himself was already secretly channeling his inner strength so that if things turned ugly, he

were simply at the first stage of the Spirit Earth Realm. In 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

louder than ever. The roaring alone was comparable to continuous thunder strikes, and

an ordinary savage… I don’t think we should proceed any further. After all, if we

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

agreement, the seventh brother then looked at

walk yourself in!

grins with each other. It was

while it was true that he was strong, according to that man, he still wasn’t anywhere close to being the strongest. With that in mind, if he

as stupid as

a short while, the sixth brother sneered, “…Hey, why aren’t you walking, boy? Do you need us to force you forward

just kill you now and toss your body in!” threatened the seventh

both of you head in first?” replied Gerald

did you say?” asked both of

them could 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, and just like

this level of strength. From what

wanted to yell that out, not a single word came

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

wasn’t obvious enough, Gerald had broken their necks! Not wanting to waste

a massive black figure—that

he was even that close, his shadow had already fully

this a bit too powerful…? Is the one

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

savage was alone, Gerald could instantly tell that he was as fast as Hogan had been. In other words, this

suddenly saw a massive and powerful-looking hand reaching out to

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that point, all of Gerald’s hairs had stood on end, and he knew for a fact that he wasn’t going to be able to dodge the attack. With that in

white smoke to form as Gerald found himself flying backward! The sheer force of the impact alone had caused Gerald’s

out blood, Gerald no longer had to wonder how the savage had killed the other Spirit Earth Realm masters. From what Gerald could tell, killing them off must have been as easy as pounding garlic with the savage’s immense

the fact that Gerald had recently sharply increased his strength—by learning and utilizing the art of

skill to dodge around the hulking man before silently—and quickly—climbing to the area’s rock ceiling. Once he gripped

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

least catch his breath for the moment… Or at least that was what

neck—to slip out of his now-tattered clothes due to the awkward

certainly didn’t help that the

turning on an extremely bright light in the middle of a pitch-black room out of

you don’t wish to help me, there’s no reason for you to harm me!’ Gerald thought to himself

moment of silence between the two felt like an eternity as Gerald

most of his face! As for his

last thing Gerald was able to register

truly wished he could just fly

in his speed, he knew that there was always a chance that the savage would be faster. However, he was

even execute his plan, however, the savage suddenly leaped off the ground! Unable to even block the attack, Gerald found his neck being

definitely hurt, Gerald immediately began struggling in his pathetic attempt

to be twisted, just like he had

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

was lying on his chest! What more,

the pendant itself was only the size of a newborn’s palm, in the massive man’s hand, it looked more

massive man used the light of

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

him with a loud ‘thud’ before declaring in a deep and hoarse

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

Leo, and I greet you with the

some sort of deity. Could Leo and Queena have originated from the same place…? If that was the case, how that meant that Leo

pendant had chosen to light up again now, of all times. The

that

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meant that he was definitely no savage. Seeing that the killing intent from earlier had been

my life, I never thought that I’d actually be able to be within your

with questions that he wanted to ask Leo. After all, it wasn’t easy for him to meet someone who came from the same place as Queena and the woman in white

he could guess, it was most probably the five brothers who were heading closer to investigate why

confusion. In a way, it

nobody special, though I do wonder. Since you’re far

them slightly stuns my body! While I did attempt to escape before, they then

could only

tools. As for the

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

from how Leo had used the terms, ‘heavenly’ and how he ‘didn’t dare to go against such heavenly powers’, however, it seemed evident that he was only refusing to

the gist of the situation, Gerald then looked at Leo before asking, “Do you wish to

nodding in response, Leo then replied, “Are you willing to save me, Master Deity? If this lowly one manages to leave this d*mned place, then I’m willing to follow you by your side and be anything you

head again, Gerald quickly reached out to stop him as he said, “There’s no need for that. Regardless, get to

the ground, Gerald then

Shortly after, Leo nodded.

anxious as she muttered, “What on earth is going on? Sixth and Seventh brother have entered for quite a while… Why aren’t they out

even if the duo weren’t able to draw him

taking such a long time? Do you think that’s why the five other masters went in to help? Because they couldn’t detect any signs of movement from the duo

mean look at Seamus! He’s been sneering this entire time! I’m sure he’s up to

even the crowd’s anxiety reached its peak, a deafening roar could suddenly be

away as the entire coliseum almost seemed

later, a massive gale of wind began violently blowing outward from within the darkened

was simultaneously stunned and amazed by

saw all this. Just from that roar alone, they were more than

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

entrance, they watched as the seven-foot tall

the air, Leo rushed toward one of the masters and, with a seemingly effortless smack to the master’s shoulder, he was sent flying a good few dozen

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

then lost consciousness and flopped

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

ears this time due to how close Leo

the move again. By the time the audience opened