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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…!’

that in mind, he quickly cried out, “P-please… Please

can do. I’ve sworn to myself that I’d kill anyone who hurt my friends, you know?” replied Gerald

knew, he had been set

sounds while attempting to cry out in his agony, Quigley was eventually put to rest, though only when he was nothing more than a

everyone—including Jasmine—found themselves gulping

herself turning to look at the man before her. The man whom she had

met him two years ago… Back then, his soul was pure and his heart,

Crawford’, the Gerald back then didn’t have an arrogant or

very well that the past Gerald had still felt rather inferior… Due to that, he was slightly cowardly

the

Gerald she used to know was nowhere to be seen… He was way too cold and cruel

them without having them suffer… Despite that,

still traces of murderous intent reflected in

go,” muttered Gerald in

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

exterminate the rest of the Gunters!” declared Gerald

and those from Judgment Portal —the Gunters were

happening, a voice from 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 at you now, you’re

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Peter, and he was currently being hung up at the square as several Gunters—who had been listening to his

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

as the disciple was about to make his move, however, he froze in place when

Gunter!” declared the other disciples—who were present at the square— extremely

walking toward Peter with a group

was said to have exceptional archery skills, and was a top-notch marksman… While I was compelled to think that the person came from

even he was unable to withstand a single

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

you resemble a person I used to know quite a bit… Could you be Daryl’s second son?” asked Yreth

Peter’s

he then asked,

occurred to me that the

a norm for others to get angered whenever they heard others bad-mouthing their fathers, Peter simply took in a

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 you’ve been

sharing what I know. Maybe you’ll 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

though he

assuming that to you, Daryl’s a responsible father who’s good at business and has several other strong capabilities, correct? Well, he’s none of that. He’s nothing but a true b*stard, that’s what he is! In case you haven’t noticed, the Crawford family’s history isn’t as simple as merely being a rich and powerful family that’s lasted for

multitude of extraordinary and remarkable secret techniques. Truth be told, there was such a huge gap between your family’s secret techniques compared to the other cryptic families that it wouldn’t

Were initially a cryptic family…?” replied Peter, clearly surprised. If that were truly the case, then there was a

was only sixteen, you know? He was the only survivor who managed to escape with his life intact. Regardless, since the Crawfords were no longer in the picture, the Gunters naturally

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

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

against the Gunters, he still tried to use all sorts of ways to launch surprise attacks against your family? Also, he, of all

are Daryl’s son… Regardless, you’re absolutely correct. Even though he was a fool, it was pretty much impossible for him not to know that the Gunters didn’t have the power to even come close to exterminating your family back then, especially since that was the Crawford family’s most glorious and prosperous period. The truth is, he had been constantly pestering us

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“…A secret?” asked Peter.

valuable treasure, that being the picture of the sun. Not only is it capable of foretelling things, but it’s also rich with training techniques!

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

found out that the leader at the time was Dylan. As was expected, we also found out that nobody knew

Judgment Portal, we’d surely have continued getting fooled by him! He’s an expert at lying and making up stories, that’s for sure! Either way,

already frowning slightly. After all, if Yreth wasn’t

had been stalking him for

that process, Peter had 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 him to recognize the man’s eyes and

the time, feeling as though he had just been struck

mistake… I must have made a mistake, right…?’ wondered Peter at the time, trying his best

how strong his father’s martial arts skills were when Peter

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

his identity to investigate more

the time, not only had his father stunned

ruined. After all, he was still unable to figure out his father’s true intentions, and the vagueness

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among the other dead bodies, Peter was finally able to see

being this cruel?

father is actually like! Though from your expression,

I was aware that something was amiss. Even so, there’s something else I don’t 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

statement is… After all, I heard from Miss Lockland that you’re quite aware that Gerald seems to be a reincarnation of some kind of powerful deity!” added

Zyla and the King of Judgment Portal may have said that Gerald is a 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

the looks 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

according to the picture of the sun’s prophecy… Could that have been referring to these

your cunning old Daryl already knows about this. After all, he’s extremely competent when it comes to planning ahead. You know, in order to divert our attention, he 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

hearing all that, Peter felt like he had

could that be…?! Though, she does have a point… I’ve never met my mother before… Hell, I’ve never even heard anything about her up till this point…! Even so, that’s the least of my

After 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 were

only are we trying to get hold of Gerald to acquire all the secrets of his body, but we’re 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 have a feeling that Daryl had already established communication with

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Crawford family…? Also, you mentioned something about other forces earlier… What forces are they?” asked Peter. As was expected, this incident

King of Judgment Portal not stepped in. I do know, however, that the other Crawfords are exceedingly strong… Even beyond your wildest imagination…! And as for the forces… Tell me, who do you think stands at the peak of the world?” replied Yreth as she turned

come across are undoubtedly stronger than those from cryptic families like yours. Hell, they’re

Though what you just said is easily enough reason for me to kill you a hundred times over, only half of what you said was 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 of the King of Judgment Portal’s soul. With that in mind, nobody is daring enough to shake that till the primary part of his soul is released by Gerald. Following that, his strength will greatly

was ruined by Gerald before he was even able to recover the

then asked, “Is the Crawford family one of those

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

at your current strength… Are you not afraid?” asked

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 is?” asked Yreth as she

is a formation specially made to deal with Gerald… Once it’s activated, it’ll be impossible for him to escape! I made sure to have this made since I’ve already

asked Peter with a

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

your family doesn’t come

too many times by this point. Do allow me

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

to be the least afraid of the Gunters, and it made Yreth seethe with anger. It was the reason why she wasn’t completely

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

to realize that the person’s arm had exploded! Not only that, but the disciple

who the culprit was. Even Yreth—whose eyelids were now twitching extremely rapidly—did the same as she

was a tight slap to her face! She wasn’t

Yreth felt another hard slap on her other cheek, sending several of her

now extremely dizzy, her anger had also amplified as

well. As immense terror

clean in half… And the one who had cut them, was none other than Gerald! The youth who was currently slowly descending onto the rockery

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bloodshot as she glared

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

show myself, Yreth! Well, here I am!” replied

how frightening the power in your body is…!” added Yreth as she laughed out loud despite still seething with

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