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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…

that I’d kill anyone who hurt my friends, you know?” replied Gerald

next thing Quigley knew, he had been set

man made disgusting gurgling sounds while attempting to cry out in his agony, Quigley was eventually put to rest, though only when

witnessing all that, everyone—including

before her. The man whom she had missed and loved this entire

soul was pure and his heart, kind… He also seemed to just exude an aura

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

very well that the past Gerald had still felt rather inferior… Due to that, he was slightly cowardly and easily grew awkward when he had to deal with multiple affairs

at the time… Before I knew it, I found myself growing attracted

was nowhere to

die, Gerald could’ve easily ended them without

still traces of murderous intent reflected in his eyes, Jasmine

let’s go,” muttered

asked Jasmine as she

off to exterminate the rest of the

being used as the base for 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 and their manor had been razed to the ground

And here I thought the Gunters were a cryptic and prestigious family! Looking at you now, you’re all just a bunch of

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up at the square as several Gunters—who had been listening

sneered, “To think you’d still say such crap when you’re in such a state… I’ve

his move, however, he froze in place when a sudden, distinct voice shouted, “Stop right

disciples—who were

Yreth who was now walking toward Peter

appearance a few years back… He was said to have exceptional archery skills,

was unable to withstand a single blow from the King of Judgment Portal back when they bumped into each

to end me, then just

about it, you resemble a person I used to know quite

Peter’s eyelids

then asked, “…You know my

Regardless, it truly hadn’t occurred to me that the descendant

others to get angered whenever they heard others bad-mouthing their fathers,

anything! He probably only sees you, his biological son, as nothing but a pawn! I’m saying it now that you’ve been constantly lied

really is! First off, I need you to understand that your family is nothing but a preposterous joke! Once you’re

Peter said nothing though he kept his ears

I’m 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

Truth be told, there was

there was a possibility that some of the mysteries that he had been unable to solve in his

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

blame—of the Crawford family’s mass slaughter—on our family! You have no idea how many times he attempted to take revenge on the Gunters. There was seemingly

to know that he didn’t even hesitate to kill the innocent people living 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

while, he then replied, “…So what you’re saying is that though he clearly knew that he was unable to go against

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

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“…A secret?” asked Peter.

I didn’t know about it either in the beginning… Before moving any further, however, I’ll have you know that for the longest time, I was only aware of the existence of your family’s most valuable treasure, that being the picture of the sun. Not only

him up, we were surprised to find out that he managed to escape right under our noses! Though 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, and when it did, it shockingly already owned over half the wealth on the planet! The

reappeared were established by Daryl. After all, 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 which, there’s something else you need to know! Your father’s

getting fooled by him! He’s an expert at lying and making up stories, that’s for sure! Either way,

frowning slightly. After all, if Yreth wasn’t lying, then all his

the mysterious man who had been stalking him for who knows how long, Peter hadn’t told Gerald that he had once exposed his whereabouts, and was completely ready to fight

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

called out Peter at the time, feeling as though he had

dad this entire time…?! No, there’s got to be a mistake… I must have made a mistake, right…?’ wondered Peter at the time, trying his best to think of

father’s martial arts skills were

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

more in secret. He wanted

earlier on. At the time, not only had his father stunned Gerald, but he had

still unable to figure out his father’s true intentions, and the

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that his father’s corpse wasn’t among the other dead bodies, Peter was finally able to see

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

person your father is actually like! Though from your expression, I’m assuming that you had already felt that something was amiss some

have ended up dying as your grand scheme played out! How could you have just played around with and manipulated the lives of so many people?” retorted Peter with strong indignation. After all, he, too, was one

the 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 that Gerald

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 get their hands on it will surely be able to rule the three divisions

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 forces alone, he had made sure to remain in hiding for all those years, only

my father once told me that our family would be annihilated according to the picture of the sun’s

to be exterminated without question! Even so, I’m sure that 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,

like he had just been

my mother before… Hell, I’ve never even heard anything about her up till this

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

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 the forces of Jaellatra,

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this other Crawford family…? Also, you mentioned something about other forces earlier… What forces are they?” asked

the other Crawfords are exceedingly strong… Even beyond your wildest

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 types! I

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 increase, and with the additional help from the ancestor of my family, we’ll certainly

ancestor’s soul was ruined by Gerald before he was even able to recover the primary part of his

at him, Peter then asked, “Is the Crawford

the

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

soul…! However, you should know that he’s way weaker than

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

asked Peter with

Dead Annie, of course. The strange plant that exists 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

see. Regardless, suit yourselves. I hope your family doesn’t come to regret your final choice!” replied Peter with a

many times by this point. Do allow me to teach him a

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

true. Even under such circumstances, Peter didn’t seem to be the least afraid of the Gunters, and it made Yreth seethe with anger. It was the reason why she wasn’t completely against teaching him

then took a step forward, ready to launch an attack! However, the second he made his move, a beam

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

the Gunters slowly turned around to see who the culprit was. Even Yreth—whose eyelids were now twitching extremely rapidly—did the same as she roared, “Who the

response she got, however, was a tight slap to her face! She wasn’t even able to

around in panic, Yreth felt another hard slap on her other cheek, sending several of her broken teeth scattering across

had also

Yreth was against the assailant, all the other Gunters found themselves looking around in fear as well. As immense terror peaked among those currently in the square,

had been cut clean in half… And the

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eyes bloodshot as

actually be unable to take him on!’ Yreth thought to herself in

heard you’ve been waiting for me to show myself, Yreth! Well,

grown stronger, have you, Gerald… That’s good…! That’s more than enough proof to show how frightening the power in your body is…!” added

hand, Gerald! That’s a formation!”