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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1441

The darkness quickly spread across the entire private room, deeply scaring all of the other rich heirs to the point of screaming. After all, anyone caught in a similar situation would surely be filled with desperation.

“I-I’m sorry, Gerald…! It’s entirely my fault…!” whimpered Jasmine.

Pulling her to stand behind him, Gerald simply consoled, “It’s fine, just stay behind me!”

Soon enough, the darkness dispersed, leaving three orbs of light in its place… Everyone then watched as lights began increasing in size till they eventually formed human silhouettes.

By the time the lights dimmed down, two men and a woman stood face to face with Gerald.

One of the men gave off a particularly imposing aura, and his entire body was plated with black armor. The other man, on the other hand, had a tailcoat draped around his slim figure.

As for the sharp-chinned woman who had an extremely graceful-looking figure, a strange charm seemed to exude from every orifice of her body. Adding that to her long, wavy, and red hair, she looked very much like a serpentine demon.

The trio was part of the Judgement Portal, and together, they made up the Squad of Judgement Portal.

Gerald had already met one of them before this, that being the burly man with black armor on… It was Hogan, the person who had almost ended Gerald’s life back then!

Even to the King of Judgment Portal, all three of them were considered to be quite powerful and capable people. With that said, knowing that he was able to rely on the extraordinarily talented trio was the reason why Quigley—Mr. Sime—had been so confident earlier.

What more, he was positive that Gerald would have no escape from this perfect trap that both the Gunters and those from the Judgement Portal had set up to deal with Gerald.

Laughing mockingly, Quigley then sneered, “Well, Gerald? What do you think? I’m sure you’ve guessed that with my three friends here, things are going to end rather simply, but also extremely violently for you! Heh, even sprouting wings to escape won’t save you now!”

Murderous intent reflected in his eyes, Quigley then added, “You know, once you’re out of the picture, the Simes will be able to legitimately inherit all your family’s wealth and assets! That’s over half of the world’s wealth! Hahaha! I really don’t know how to thank you enough, Gerald! After all, in a way, everything the Crawfords have done up till this point has been for the Sime family’s sake! Heh. I’m guessing you’re in a bad mood now, right? Though with how smug I’m being, of course you’d be annoyed!”

As Quigley sneered again before lighting a cigarette—his legs still crossed—, Gerald simply smiled calmly before replying, “On the contrary, I’m rather elated now that all three of them are here!”

“…Oh? Could you already have gone mad with fright? Do share why you’re feeling so happy!” asked Quigley as he returned a smile.

“Well, let’s just say I have a grudge against one of these three people… I had initially been wondering how I’d be able to get my revenge, but lo and behold! Here he is, standing right before me! You truly saved me a lot of time and effort to find you!” replied Gerald as he pointed at Hogan.

‘You broke all my tendons, causing me to suffer terribly… Now that you’re standing before me…’ Gerald thought to himself, fully ready to have his revenge.

“Heh, he’s talking about you, Hogan!” said the sole woman of the trip as she stuck her tongue out before turning to look at the big man.

“He’s just a small fry! I’ve already ruined him once, and I have no problem with doing it again! Since the master instructed us to keep him alive, I’ll just make sure he’s constantly just a few breaths away from dying!” declared Hogan coldly as he slowly raised his palms…

Within seconds, his iron palms darkened, and by the end of the transformation, they looked similar to steel forks!

Turning to look at Quigley, Hogan then said, “You’ve truly made a great contribution this time around, Young Master Sime! I’m sure the master will reward you greatly!”

Hearing that, Quigley simply smiled before excitedly replying, “That’s for sure! Also, after the Simes inherit all the Crawford family’s properties, I promise that each of you will be able to enjoy all the wealth and glory in the world!”

Laughing aloud, the serpent-like demoness of a woman then smiled before saying, “I’d like a lot of men then, Young Master Sime!”

“Not a problem! I’ll be sure to satisfy every one of your wishes!” said Quigley as he burst out laughing.

Watching as the group chatted among themselves, Gerald simply shook his head with a bitter smile on his face before saying, “Ladies and gentlemen, I’m still here you know? Not only did you fail to greet me, but to think that you’re even discussing how to share my family’s properties among yourselves, right in my face!”

“Haha! You don’t seem to understand how dire your situation truly is at the moment, Gerald! Just to remind you, you’ve fallen into my trap, and I’m more than willing to take responsibility for ordering the trio to kill you! I guess it’s just fate! While your martial art skills are greater than mine, in the end, I still come up on top due to my intelligence!” retorted Quigley with a smug smile.

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“There’s no need to say anything more to him, Young Master Sime. Allow me to capture and break all his limbs first before we continue our little chat!” said Hogan as his imposing aura seemed to amplify by the second!

Lifting his steel claws, he then dashed toward Gerald incredibly quickly, creating a force so massive that it caused all the surrounding furniture to be smashed into pieces! It wasn’t hard to determine that Hogan was now much stronger compared to when he had first encountered Gerald!

As Hogan’s palm came inches before Gerald’s body, an explosive sound was heard…!

However, Gerald was still standing. In fact, Hogan hadn’t even been able to touch him!

Now completely paralyzed in place, the deeply shocked Hogan found himself saying, “…What?”

It was obvious that Hogan was being held down by an immense force, and this caused the woman in black and the man with the tailcoat’s eyelids to begin twitching rapidly.

“While I wasn’t a match for you at the time, you’re but an ant to me now!” replied Gerald as a strong beam of light suddenly shot out from one of his fingers!

Both rapid and strong, the light sliced through Hogan as though it were a sword… And a second later, disgusting sounds could be heard as Hogan was split clean in half!

Watching as Hogan’s purplish-black flesh seared open extremely bloodily, desperation began filling everyone’s eyes again. Even the remaining duo—from the Squad of Judgment Portal—found themselves tensing up considerably!

“…H-how powerful…! Ariana, detain him here! I’ll be calling for reinforcements!” instructed the man in the tailcoat.

Drawing in a cold breath, the man—who was particularly good at the lightness skill— felt his body sway slightly…

Anyone looking at him at that moment then stared wide-eyed as the man disappeared out the window!

Now all alone, Ariana’s fear instantly doubled! Though her immediate thought was to escape, she knew that it simply wasn’t going to happen.

Gerald himself simply waved his hand in a slashing moment, and soon enough, pieces of Ariana’s diced-up body flopped to the ground.

Seeing that it had only taken Gerald a few minutes to completely turn the tables, Quigley found himself gulping as he stuttered, “T-this… This…!”

Not even realizing that he had wet himself, Quigley instantly knelt before shouting, “M-Mr. Crawford…!”

“You said you were extremely intelligent, no? Do you have any idea how many people have told me the same thing? I do wonder what goes on in those brains of yours… To be able to so confidently boast about your intellect… Compared to all of you, I barely have any confidence most of the time!” replied Gerald as he looked into Quigley’s eyes.

“P-please spare my life, Mr. Crawford…! I… I was forced to do all this…! L-look, since that man’s headed off to call for reinforcements, I’m sure the King of Judgment Portal and Yreth will be rushing over soon…! With that in mind, please give me a chance to redeem myself! If you spare my life, I’ll show you an excellent escape route…!” pleaded Quigley as he continuously bumped his forehead against the ground.

“…Gerald, about that person…” muttered Jasmine, clearly worried about the main in the tailcoat who had escaped.

Hearing that, Gerald casually walked toward the window before saying, “Close your eyes, Jasmine!”

“…H-huh? I… Alright!” replied Jasmine as she instantly did as she was told.

Once he was sure she had done so, Gerald closed his own eyes… And at that moment, a golden eye appeared on his forehead!

The second his third eye opened, an explosive sound was heard as the entire private room was engulfed in a blinding, golden light!

Upon seeing the light, several people instantly began screaming in pain as they covered their eyes. Some of them were even convulsing on the floor at this point, foaming from their mouths as they continued suffering.

Not long after, a shockwave aimed at the sky was launched out of the golden eye…

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Meanwhile, the man in the tailcoat was still soaring in the sky, his heart beating wildly as he thought, ‘That was way too terrifying…! I need to get as far away as possible from him…! I truly hadn’t expected that guy’s training to be even more vicious than my master’s! Thank god I retreated quickly!’

The second his thought ended, however, he immediately felt himself being tugged! Turning to look at what was holding him back, he was shocked to find out that not only had a lasso of searing light caught onto him—preventing him from going any further—, but a shockwave with immense power was now shooting toward him at high speed!

His eyes now fully widened, the man immediately began screaming as he desperately tried to free himself. Unfortunately, that wasn’t about to happen, and with an explosive sound, the shockwave shot through his body, leaving only fine dust behind…!

It was then when Gerald finally reopened his eyes back at the house. Upon closing his golden eye, everything else returned to normal.

While that was the case, Quigley—who was now suffering from a terrible headache and extremely pained eyes—found himself sweating profusely as he thought, ‘This… This person’s a demon without a doubt…! His frighteningly pressuring aura alone is enough to make people find it hard to breathe…!’

quickly cried out, “P-please… Please

kill anyone who hurt my friends,

thing Quigley knew, he had

out in his agony, Quigley was eventually put to rest, though only when he was nothing

everyone—including Jasmine—found themselves gulping

at the man before her. The man whom she had missed and loved this entire time… Somehow… He felt quite unfamiliar

she had met him two years ago… Back then, his soul was pure

having all the prestige in the world with the title of ‘Mr. Crawford’, the Gerald back then didn’t have

he was slightly cowardly and easily grew awkward

about it, Gerald was still quite cute at the time… Before I knew it, I found myself growing attracted

nowhere to be seen…

Quigley and all the others Gerald had killed certainly deserved to die, Gerald could’ve easily ended them without having them suffer… Despite that, he had killed each

reflected in his eyes, Jasmine found herself feeling afraid

go,” muttered Gerald in a

are we headed to Gerald…?” asked Jasmine as she snapped

of the Gunters!” declared Gerald as he slowly walked

the Gunters, the Simes, and those from Judgment Portal —the Gunters were busy planning on how to rebuild their family there. After all, the island was pretty spacious

the Crawford family’s square could suddenly be heard shouting, “You dirty b*stards! And here I thought the Gunters were a cryptic and prestigious family! Looking

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voice belonged to Peter, and he was currently being hung up at the square

humiliation, one of the Gunter family’s disciples icily sneered, “To think you’d still say such crap when you’re in such a state… I’ve decided! I’m breaking all your teeth right this instant! Let’s see you try

to make his move, however, he froze in place when a sudden,

declared the other disciples—who were present

now walking toward Peter with a group of people behind

I heard that a mysterious and extremely exceptional man made his appearance a few years back… He was said to have exceptional archery skills, and was a top-notch marksman… While I was compelled to think that the person came from a new cryptic family, I truly hadn’t

withstand a single blow from the King of Judgment Portal back

witch! If you wish to end me, then just do it already and spare me the

you’ll die a little later! Haha! Still, now that I think about it, you resemble a person I used to know quite a bit… Could you be

that, Peter’s eyelids

he then asked,

you know? Regardless, it truly hadn’t occurred to me that the descendant of

fathers, Peter simply

So you truly don’t know! I see, I see… Well, I suppose it’s not unexpected from him. After all, he’s a person who’s able to do just about anything! He probably only sees you, his biological son, as nothing but a pawn! I’m saying it now that

finally be able to see what kind of person Daryl really is! First off, I need you to understand that your family is nothing but a preposterous joke! Once you’re done listening to my part of the story, let’s see if you still think that we’re

slightly, Peter said nothing though he

b*stard, that’s what he is! In case you haven’t noticed, the Crawford

After all, your family was capable of using a multitude of extraordinary and remarkable secret techniques. Truth be told, there

clearly surprised. If that were truly the case, then there was a possibility that some of the mysteries that

was only sixteen, you know? He was the only survivor who managed to escape with his life intact. Regardless,

our family! You have no idea how many times he attempted to take revenge on the Gunters. There was

in the surrounding villages as a means to force us out! In the end, we surrounded and attacked him, understanding that he had simply gone too far. Following that, he was seriously injured though he did

is that though he clearly knew that he was unable to go against the Gunters, he still tried to use all sorts of ways to launch surprise attacks against your family? Also, he, of all people, should’ve definitely known that your family would have no real way of exterminating ours… With that in mind, why had he continuously pestered your family

was pretty much impossible for him not to know that the Gunters didn’t have the power to even

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“…A secret?” asked Peter.

the longest time, I was only aware of the existence of your family’s most valuable treasure, that being the

their families to hunt him down, we never found him again. It was about twenty years later when the Crawford family suddenly reappeared, and when it did,

Daryl was still missing, and after a bit of research, we found out that the leader at the time was Dylan. As was expected, we also found out that nobody knew a thing about Dylan’s father. Speaking of

getting fooled by him! He’s an expert at lying and making up stories, that’s for sure! Either way, I’m also sure he was well

point, Peter was already frowning slightly. After all, if Yreth wasn’t lying, then all his worries had just been

been stalking him for who knows how long, Peter hadn’t told Gerald

successfully torn off the man’s veil, and though the man managed to instantly cover his face, all Peter needed was a simple glance for

the time, feeling as though he had just

be a mistake… I must have made a

thought about it, he recalled how strong his father’s martial arts skills

definitely increased by leaps and bounds… However, if that person truly is dad, then how could

his identity to investigate more in secret. He wanted to find out whether his father’s intentions toward Gerald were

across earlier on. At the time, not only had his father stunned Gerald, but he had even snuck into Gerald’s body! Following that, he had

to figure out his father’s true intentions, and the vagueness continued up till the

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dead bodies, Peter was finally able

puzzled him. Why was his father being this cruel? What had prompted him

person your father is actually like! Though from your expression, I’m assuming that you had

quite get. The Gunters themselves have plotted many schemes. What were all those for? Also, let’s not forget that several innocents have ended up dying as your grand scheme played out! How

part where you said that you didn’t know about the secrets within Gerald too well… I wonder how true that statement is… After all, I heard from Miss Lockland that you’re quite aware

reincarnation of a powerful deity, both of them only know about that through a rumor from Jaellatra. From what the King of Judgment Portal told me, the rumor definitely attracted no shortage of people. Even so, nobody—the King of Judgment Portal included—has been able to confirm the authenticity of that rumor. Whatever the case is, deity or not, Gerald still possesses a frightening amount of power, and whoever manages to get their hands on it will surely be able to rule the three divisions of the world! Many from Jaellatra call the power the Herculean Primordial Spirit, and you know even they find it powerful since they’ve

of it, Daryl already knew about the secret for quite some time. After all, he had already taken action long before all this! Knowing that he wouldn’t be able to deal with so many

once told me that our family would be annihilated according to the picture of the sun’s prophecy… Could that have been referring to these incidents?” asked Peter, feeling

actually established two Crawford families! If you’re wondering how, he’s conceived many, many children at the same time by sleeping with countless women! If you’re still feeling doubtful then let me ask you this. If the Crawfords truly are such a grand family that hands down its properties from one generation to the next, tell me, have you ever met your second or third uncle? Have you even heard about your grandpa before? In fact, I’m pretty sure that you’ve never even met your mother before, right? I’ll say it right now that though the Crawford family has a large family tree, most of them

felt like he had just been struck by

her up till this point…! Even so, that’s the least

all, we only managed to find out about the other Crawford family a few years ago. His diversion truly was a success… You know, while everyone was busy paying attention to Gerald and your half of the Crawford family, the other Crawfords have long developed. Upon finding out about that, the Gunters

also trying to ruin Daryl’s plans. After all, the Gunters will truly end up losing the ability to protect ourselves should this incident continue to develop… He’s such a terrifying man that we

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forces earlier… What forces are they?” asked Peter. As was expected, this incident

not stepped in. I do know, however, that the other Crawfords are

yours! I was fortunate enough to meet several powerful people in the world, and I’m sure there are many others out there who are equally as powerful! Regardless, the ones I’ve come across are undoubtedly stronger than those from cryptic families like yours. Hell, they’re even more powerful than those from warrior families who have special blood

true. For your information, my family truly is at the top in selected areas. However, just as you’ve said, if we’re looking at things on a global scale, the true order is controlled by extremely powerful forces. Even so, we’re protected by the thought

my ancestor’s soul was ruined by Gerald before he was even able to recover the primary part of his soul! Due to that, Gerald has to pay!” declared Yreth before

as she glared sternly at him, Peter then asked, “Is the

by them, so they’re the person you should be hating! Regardless, once the Gunter family acquires Gerald and gains control over the world, who knows, maybe the situation will end up becoming better!” replied Yreth, a hint

straightforward, but you’re far from capable of fighting against Gerald at your current strength… Are you not afraid?” asked Peter as he looked

that Gerald owns mysterious powers… After all, the strength of his soul alone was sufficient in ruining the thought of my ancestor’s soul…! However, you should know that he’s way weaker than me. Even if he has gotten slightly stronger, what do you think this

it’s activated, it’ll be impossible for him to escape! I

Peter with a

between heaven and earth… Back then, I had used it as a sure-fire way to suppress Gerald, and though I planned to continue dealing with him using the same method, to think that in the end, he actually managed to snatch the Dead Annie Mother away! With that in mind, I feel that Dead

family doesn’t come to regret

too many times by this point. Do allow me to

breathing by the time you’re done, you’re free to do whatever you want!” replied Yreth with

least afraid of the Gunters, and it made Yreth seethe with anger. It was the reason

an attack! However, the second he made his move, a beam of light

the person’s arm had exploded! Not only that, but the disciple had been flung to the side with such force, that he was now nothing but a lump of dead

was. Even Yreth—whose eyelids were now twitching extremely rapidly—did

was a tight slap to her face! She

other cheek, sending several of

also amplified as

the assailant, all the other Gunters found themselves looking around in fear as well. As immense terror peaked among those currently in the square, everyone heard a soft ‘thud’ behind them, prompting them

free from his restraints! The thud had come from the fallen ropes that had been cut clean in half… And the one who

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her eyes bloodshot as she glared at

How is this even possible…?! To think I’d actually be unable to take him on!’

me to show myself, Yreth! Well, here I

That’s more than enough proof to show how frightening the power in

bead in her hand, Gerald! That’s a formation!” shouted Peter just as Yreth began