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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1321

Myles had initially thought that Gerald was just some ordinary young man who just so happened to become the disciple of his benefactor, a clinic doctor.

He would’ve never imagined for Gerald to hold such strength. People could usually tell a real expert from a fake when the ‘expert’ made their move, and from what Myles had seen, Gerald was a hundred percent the real deal. In fact, he was so strong that he was possibly even stronger than some of the masters in King Valley! That fact alone made Myles momentarily stunned speechless.

Eventually, however, he snapped out of it and immediately began sincerely praising, “M-Mr. Crawford! To think you had such immense skill!”

Myles was so overjoyed that it almost seemed like he had forgotten that Gerald had just heavily injured the steward of King Valley!

“You flatter me too much, Mr. Myles. I was simply upset with the way he was treating you!” replied Gerald with a wry smile.

“Speaking of which, Mr. Myles, is the master of the valley aware that I need the three herbs? Regardless of whether he has or hasn’t, I’d like to meet up with him!” added Gerald rather bluntly.

After his absurd encounter with those King Valley siblings who treated other peoples’ lives like they were mere playthings, Gerald’s initial respect for those in the valley had long plummeted.

As if that wasn’t enough, the master of King Valley was obviously being ungrateful since he had clearly forgotten about the man who had rescued him back then. The man in the shantytown hadn’t even thought twice about saving Myles and the master of King Valley at the time, so getting such a cold response in return now certainly irked Gerald.

“I’ll be honest and say that had I attempted to introduce you to him before this, not only would he have declined, but you most certainly wouldn’t have been able to get the three herbs you wanted either. Now that I know that you have such skill, however, that changes things entirely. You should know that the master admires martial artists the most! Also, while the King Valley may appear to be peaceful on the surface level, it’s actually in the middle of a crisis now. With that in mind, the master is currently busy recruiting masters from all over the world! Regardless, let’s go, Mr. Crawford! I’ll take you to the master of the valley right this instant!” explained Myles with a laugh.

Choosing not to say anything in response, Gerald simply followed after Myles. Quite honestly, he was curious as to what sort of deity-like person Rupert Yateman—the master of King Valley—was.

As they made their way there, Myles started talking about some of his bitter experiences here with Gerald. Essentially, after being Rupert’s personal driver for quite some time back then, he ended up getting promoted to the position of steward.

At the time, he had treated Sam like his very own brother, constantly praising him. However, things took a turn for the worst when the previous master’s wife fell seriously ill.

Sam had been placed in charge of taking care of her at the time, but due to his negligence, he ended up mixing the wrong medicines and almost caused the master’s wife to lose her life! To avoid punishment, Sam abused his trust with Myles and framed him for being the one responsible for all that!

Due to that incident, Myles was immediately demoted to a low-ranking handyman, whereas Sam was given the role of steward instead.

By the time Myles got to that part of the story, both he and Gerald had arrived at the conference hall, the place where the master of the valley usually received his guests.

Upon entering, both of them saw that there was already a crowd of people inside. From what Myles could tell, there was a rather important meeting going on, seeing that a number of core members of the King Valley were present.

All of them were seemingly too engrossed in some girl’s story that nobody even noticed Gerald and Myles’s presence.

“Dad, I’m serious! That savage is way too powerful! He killed over a hundred people there, you know? Thank god sis and I were rather well-trained in martial arts, otherwise, we wouldn’t have been able to escape!” explained the girl, hints of fear in her voice.

Finding the voice to be somewhat familiar, Gerald squinted his eyes at the girl, and sure enough, it truly was Yenny Yateman.

“I didn’t expect the Fairleighs to have such a master in Fairleigh Valley. Thankfully he appears to be on the run. If he were to obey their bidding, King Valley would definitely be in for a world of trouble!” replied a middle-aged man—from where he sat on a sofa—calmly as he turned to look at Fleur.

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“As for you. How many times have I told you not to get involved with any of the Fairleighs? Knowing Seamus, who knows what he had in mind when you made that bet with him? It should’ve been clear as day that he wanted to cheat you! Had it not been for the savage running wild, you would’ve definitely lost the bet!” reprimanded the middle-aged man.

To those who knew him, he was none other than the master of King Valley, Rupert Yateman. He was a father to two daughters, them being Yenny and Fleur Yateman.

Being the younger daughter, Yenny had quite the bizarre attitude, and her personality was flippant as it was insincere. Fleur, on the other hand, was much more mature and stable-minded.

Regardless, Rupert couldn’t help but feel irked this time. After all, the bet his daughter had made had cost the lives of seven of the King Valley’s most highly ranked masters.

“All of you should know how covetously the Fairleighs have been eyeing us this entire time! With that in mind, everyone should be extra careful whenever they decide things! None of you should get involved with the Fairleighs, is that clear?” instructed Rupert.

Following that, he then turned to look at his daughters before angrily adding, “As for you two, go back to your rooms! You’re grounded until further notice!”

After the slightly pouting duo walked off to enter their rooms, Myles took a step forward and bowed before saying, “Greetings, master! This lowly one has a request!”

Frowning slightly, Rupert then asked, “Go on, what is it?”

“Well, I know you’ve been recruiting martial arts masters from all over the world, master. With that in mind, allow me to introduce you to Mr. Crawford here! He’s the disciple of our benefactor back then!” introduced Myles.

Upon hearing that, Rupert turned to look at Gerald before replying in an indifferent tone, “What benefactor?”

“…You know, the one who… Well, back in the shantytown…” mumbled Myles.

“Ah, so that’s what you’re talking about. So you’re telling me that he accepted some disciple who just so happens to be proficient in martial arts?” replied Rupert while shaking his head.

As someone who had been through a lot, Rupert could tell from a single glance that this young man was simply here to collect the grace from that year. Thinking about it, Rupert remembered wanting to offer the farmer money back then, though that man had declined. At the time, Rupert had wondered what kind of airs that farmer was putting on. To think that that man had been saving that request all this time till he eventually figured out what he wanted from Rupert.

“Whatever the case is, just go tell the accountant and hand this boy fifty thousand- no, actually, give him a hundred thousand! With that, I hope the matter will be done and over with!” ordered Rupert as he furrowed his brows while waving for them to leave.

‘Hah! Martial artist… It’s obvious that he’s just some naïve kid!’

“To think that we came all the way here just to see a liar! Do you think you can just waltz into King Valley all willy-nilly? What do you think this place is, boy?” said one of the rather extraordinary-looking elderly men in the room as the other old men present took turns shaking their heads with wry smiles on their faces.

Raising a slight brow, Gerald could feel murderous intent building in his heart. If things were really going to proceed this way, then he wasn’t against taking the medicine by force.

Seeing how displeased Gerald was, Myles quickly replied, “B-but master, Mr. Crawford isn’t here for money! Instead, he’s here in hopes of obtaining three rare medicinal herbs!”

Now sighing in irritation, Rupert then responded, “Three rare medicinal herbs you say? What favor did that man even do for us to deserve that! Look, I’m getting really annoyed right now, so if you don’t leave with the money already, you’ll be going home empty-handed!”

At that moment, a young servant fumbled into the room while shouting, “N-not good! Things aren’t looking good!”

Watching as the boy fell to the ground, Rupert’s frown deepened as he asked, “What is it that’s gotten you into such a panic?”

“I-it’s the master of Fairleigh Valley, master! He’s leading lots of people over, saying that it was our peoples’ fault for letting some undefeatable God of War on the loose! I’m not sure what they meant by that, but they’re claiming that those from our valley caused the Fairleighs to suffer massive losses! They want us to compensate them now, and if we don’t, they’re planning on barging in!” explained the servant.

“…What?! Those utter b*stards!” roared Rupert in fury as he slammed both hands onto his table.

“Gather our men immediately! I’m the dignified master of King Valley! Who do those Fairleighs think they are just doing as they please here?!”

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“The master of the valley is coming!” shouted one of the King Valley’s bodyguards excitedly. Hearing that, the other guards—who had been facing off with those from the Fairleigh family—felt like a massive weight had just been lifted off their chests.

Over sixty bodyguards from the King Valley had been groaning and howling in pain as they laid on the ground. Upon realizing that Rupert was coming, however, all of them instantly began supporting each other up—albeit all of them being a little wobbly—before staggering over to hide behind Rupert’s back.

Rupert himself was frowning deeply, his fists clenched tightly as he shouted, “Hershel! Bradley!”

Hershel was the master of Fairleigh Valley, and Bradley was Hershel’s younger brother.

While the present-day King Valley specialized in the art of pill-making and the Fairleighs were known for their expertise in martial arts, there was once a time when those from the Fairleigh Valley also specialized in pill-making. After all, the founder of Fairleigh Valley was actually a subordinate from the King Valley who managed to escape!

With that in mind, it was already pretty clear that the two families had a long history of grievances.

Regardless, despite the fact that Bradley was the younger brother, he was extremely powerful. If Rupert had to pick between whom he was more worried about, the answer would most definitely always be Bradley. If the rumors were true, Bradley’s level of strength was already nearing the advanced stage of the Spirit Earth Realm! That was honestly the reason why Rupert had begun gathering so many masters in the first place.

Even with that precaution, however, it was now evident that none of them were even a match for Bradley. After all, Bradley had simply taken the opportunity to go wild today, as seen by the sixty-over injured guards now cowering behind Rupert. He had truly underestimated how strong Bradley truly was…

Gerald himself—who had followed everyone out—was now observing the man donning black clothes and shoes who was standing in front of the other Fairleighs. Looking to be around the age of forty, a large scar on that man’s face only served to make him appear even more ferocious than he already was.

“What’s wrong, Master of King Valley? From the looks of it, you’ve invited quite a number of masters to deal with the Fairleighs! Is my guess correct?” asked Bradley as he took a step forward while looking straight into Rupert’s eyes with a smile.

Being a big boss, Rupert repressed his shock before replying, “How presumptions both of you are today! To think that you’ve brought so many of your men over on such short notice! You’ve even injured so many of our valley’s men!”

“An eye for an eye, Master Rupert! Don’t you remember how you gave my brother that scar on his face? Back when you used the King Valley’s medicine to hire a master to ambush us? If my brother hadn’t risked his life back then, I wouldn’t have even been able to escape in the first place! Mind you, I won’t ever forget how that scar came to be!” replied Hershel with a cold laugh.

The two families had been at odds for far too long, and Bradley had been particularly vengeful about it.

Following that, Bradley then added, “It’s high time we ended this nonsense, Rupert Yateman! Not only do we still have old unsettled scores, but to think that your daughter would actually free the undefeatable God of War that we so painstakingly captured! Have you any idea how many men we lost just to capture him? Our families have already been fighting for a long time, Rupert! We’ve come today to settle our hatred, both old and new! Let’s put an end to all this today!”

Not only were Bradley’s words intimidating, but whenever he opened his mouth, the scar on his face seemed like it was executing some ferocious tribal dance.

Regardless, Rupert remained momentarily silent. It was true that he had previously sent someone to assassinate the brothers. What more, those from the King Valley had had increased conflicts with the Fairleighs quite recently. Now that the Fairleighs were even blaming his daughter for releasing their savage, Rupert could already tell that they had been waiting for an excuse to do all this. To think that they were finally going to actually do it!

However, even though it was clear that the Fairleighs were looking for a fight, given the current situation, Rupert feared that not even all the masters that he had gathered and trained over the past six years would be able to take on Bradley!

you’ve reached the advanced stage of the Spirit Earth Realm… I’ll have you know that we here in the King

‘masters’ have even been able to withstand a single blow from Bradley! With that in mind, stop wasting our time and offer yourselves to us already! Of course, if you

hearing that, the elders from before—who had mocked Gerald—instantly

were being taken so lightly now! As if that wasn’t already humiliating enough, the Fairleighs were just

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them, however, Rupert seemed to be the most humiliated. Taking in a deep breath, he then nodded before shouting, “Master Croft,

then nodded in unison before turning to look at a

said one of the three masters, prompting the young man—who was donning

under me, and he’s been training with me for over ten years. He’s already at the final stage of the Nebula Realm, so dealing with this young master shouldn’t be

they’re sending you out to your death, huh? To think that a mere child

courting

and day out, Peter wasn’t about to let himself get

Peter then dashed toward the sneering Seamus who had

already been flung backward! Upon the person’s collision, the impact of it

shouted all three of the masters in unison, their eyes now fully

everyone could now see that it truly was Peter who had been punched backward. Anyone paying close attention

is still a bit soft-hearted. Rest assured that your disciple isn’t dead yet. Regardless, it’s now your turn…”

single hit,

the case was, in the end, all three of them knew that

everyone’s expectant gazes, the three masters then slowly walked over to face Seamus before one of them shouted, “Cease this madness at

for me to fear you three pretentious old things? Just come

of the three masters. Though the trio knew that together,

them then began gathering their inner strength… And a split second later, both sides

all they could see were black shadows jumping about in the open space, causing destruction wherever they landed. To make matters more intense, each blow was so fast that it caused the air

but break out in cold sweat as he thought, ‘…How… How terrifying…! To think that

been a textbook example of being a frog in the well. After occupying Sunhill Rise for over ten years, he had assumed that he was second in the world, bested only by the heavens itself.

least the same amount of strength that Bradley has. Otherwise, nobody would even find out if I were to suddenly be assassinated!’ Rupert thought to

four people hopped back to opposing sides of the field. While one of them stood in the

eyes were now fully widened as chills

staggering trio who had retreated were

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to have achieved such immense inner strength!” said one of the masters. All three of them had looks of disbelief and

second uncle had meant! Just surrender already so that lives can be spared! Let this be a warning that if I have to continue fighting, I won’t be holding back anymore!

in them, they were well aware that if they were unable

else from the King Valley felt as though they had hit rock bottom. Understanding that there was no longer

them had been hired with massive sums of money, and they had each claimed to be gods of marksmanship. With that in mind, Rupert had placed them as his

just as both of them were about to open fire, Bradley suddenly used his inner strength to lift two stones off the ground before launching them directly at the two

still had about a hundred and fifty bodyguards at his command, Rupert knew better than to increase the casualties for the sake of it. From what he could tell, the only ones left who were capable of momentarily holding their ground were himself and a few other elders. However,

shouted, “Step back, Seamus. I’ll be taking

then

ran up to the square—utterly panicked and

he then slowly turned to look at his two beautiful daughters… Though he

ancestors managed to learn the art of pill-making from our King Valley. After all, it eventually led to the creation of Fairleigh Valley! Regardless, I’ve always had a hunch that Seamus was interested in our Fleur… What say you to

Once that’s done, I’ll just take your daughter so that my nephew can satisfy his urges!” scoffed Bradley, not even worried about filtering his words anymore as

moment, Myles rushed over to stand before Rupert while shouting,

simply smacked his hand against Myles’s shoulder, causing him to crumble to the

once you’re out of the picture, Rupert, Fairleigh Valley will finally be able to take what we’ve always wanted. With that in mind, did you honestly think that we would even need to covet to

so please forgive me…! Before you do anything rash, please remember that your ancestors were only able to make their fortune because of the King Valley! With

second later, Rupert’s right cheek was

worthy to call yourself that! I’ll say it now that to me, killing you is as easy as squashing a bug! Regardless,

spare my life, Brother Bradley!” begged Rupert who simply couldn’t bear the pressure of death anymore. He was so terrified, in fact, that he immediately knelt before his daughters and everyone else with

still feared death. He had only persevered for so long since he had tasted

his former enemy knelt and begged like a dog, Bradley instantly laughed triumphantly, his dissatisfaction—that he had

hold onto their chests, unable to advance nor retreat. Sighing internally, all three of them simultaneously thought, ‘Today

how pitiful the once majestic boss of Sunhill Rise currently was, everyone’s hearts felt extremely bitter. After all,

you mustn’t do this…! Kneeling today will only make you the joke of the

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fight it out with all of you!” shouted

intent on piercing it right into his chest! Since she had always liked martial arts and had been practicing several forms of them

Seamus for him to disarm her.

to the ground, Seamus grabbed Fleur by

Yenny then rushed forward, hoping to rescue

Valley simply stepped in and grabbed her wrist before hugging her tightly in his arms, just

tonight, then I’ll tell my father and second uncle to

as she turned to face the hundred and fifty King

you even doing? Stop

on fighting till the very end! However, the second Bradley

years—were, everyone knew for a fact that they weren’t going to even come close

listen to Mr. Fairleigh! Please agree to whatever he wants and save

today, Rupert!” scoffed Bradley as he knocked Rupert to the

time we got rid of him and all his people from King Valley! The sooner you do it, the quicker we’ll finally be able to take over this place!” said Hershel with a

clear! Well then, Rupert! I’ll be handing you your one-way ticket to

was so frightened that he ended up closing

finishing blow, however, Myles—who had finally managed to struggle to his feet—suddenly shouted,

apology on his behalf! I, Myles Mateman, am willing to offer my life in exchange for another, so please, please save the master of the valley! I’ll repay his debt with

his forehead was all bloodied, Hershel shouted, “What are

it and raised his palm again, this time

his eyes! Quickly looking in the direction the object had flown toward, Bradley was just in time to see it colliding against one of the courtyard’s many

rock exploding thunderously

people there were able to break free

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horrified and incredulous expression on his

someone who possessed immense strength. With that in mind, how could an

sudden attack just seconds ago, he wouldn’t have believed how capable the youth truly was!

Bradley—in his shock and horror—continued trying to make sense of the situation, Hershel could simply frown as he turned to look at

like they had finally been graced with hope after being pushed into such a desperate

had been able to discern how

arguably even stronger than

herself had already wiggled free when everyone was still dumbfounded earlier, and she had just

Valley guards were, Yenny panted before saying, “S-sister! It’s him! I hadn’t noticed his presence earlier, but it turns out that

first!” replied Fleur who was equally as surprised as Yenny

extremely cold and solemn, Bradley eventually frowned

really paid much attention to him, especially since he looked so young. Instead, his attention was fully

this kid possessed truly extraordinary strength. With that in mind, it was obvious that he had something to

was because he had always been extremely careful. Even if he was facing a seemingly ordinary man, he knew better than to

a bit too rash and impetuous just now… If I remember correctly, Myles had said that you wished to collect three Cherish Herbs, correct?

only saved you earlier due to how sincerely Myles was begging me to! Are you honestly attempting to use those simple terms, thinking you can just dismiss me after I deal with them? When

said was no exaggeration. Had he not felt Myles’s immense loyalty, Gerald wouldn’t even have considered saving Rupert’s life. After all, he could’ve

instantly

who hadn’t seen much of the world, Rupert had assumed that Gerald would definitely be surprised by his sudden offer. In the end, however, Rupert was the

is good enough, young lad? What do you wish for then? Just say the word and I’ll give it

to own a fifth of the King

pardon…?” replied

hadn’t expected Gerald to be

just wish to own a fourth of the King Valley!”

realized how seriously he had underestimated the kid. To think that this young country bumpkin would even dare to ask for a fifth of the King Valley! As

heard you said a fifth earlier… Regardless, I won’t lie that it’s exceedingly difficult for me to just hand over a fifth of my valley to you! How about this? Should you be willing to help me deal with them, I’ll give you a tenth of this place! It’ll certainly be more than sufficient for you to lead

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he was going to be reluctant to part with his assents, and since he was still alive, he was definitely going

his gaze on Rupert, Gerald

bargain with Gerald. With how things were currently going, the elders knew for a fact

in a deep breath, Rupert—who was still unwilling to just agree like that—then said, “Please don’t take advantage of us knowing that we’re already at our weakest, young lad! So be it! I’ll hand you a fifth of the valley, just as

less if you still want me to help you!” replied Gerald with

was caught in a dilemma since it wouldn’t be right for him to simply accept Gerald’s condition like