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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…!’

in mind, he quickly cried out,

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

next thing Quigley knew, he had

the burning man made disgusting gurgling sounds while attempting to cry out in his agony, Quigley was eventually put

everyone—including Jasmine—found

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

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

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

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

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

used to know was nowhere to be seen… He

easily ended them without

there were still traces of murderous intent reflected in his eyes, Jasmine found herself feeling afraid to even

go,” muttered Gerald in a casual

Gerald…?” asked Jasmine as

exterminate the rest of the Gunters!” declared

owned by the Crawfords—that was currently being used as the base for the Gunters, the Simes, and those from Judgment Portal —the Gunters were

“You dirty b*stards! And here I thought the Gunters were a cryptic and prestigious family!

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being hung up at the square as several

still say such crap when you’re in such a state… I’ve decided! I’m breaking all your teeth right this

he froze in place when a sudden, distinct

disciples—who were present

walking toward Peter with a group

mysterious and extremely exceptional man made his appearance a few years back… He was said to have exceptional archery skills, and was

extremely strong, even he was unable to withstand a single blow from the King of Judgment Portal back when they bumped into

me, then just do it already and spare

Still, now that I think about it, you resemble

Peter’s

asked, “…You

course I do. The Gunters and the Crawfords have had certain relationships before, you know? Regardless, it truly hadn’t occurred to me that the descendant of that cunning old man could actually be

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

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

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 the

said nothing though

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

Crawfords began as a cryptic family as well! In fact, you were the strongest cryptic family on the planet for the longest time! After all, your family was capable of using a multitude of extraordinary and remarkable secret techniques. Truth be told, there was such a huge gap between your family’s secret

were truly the case, then there was a possibility that some of the mysteries that he had been unable to solve in

his life intact. Regardless, since

mind, that cunning old man made sure to place the entire 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 no end to his cunning schemes! Unfortunately for him, however, he was nowhere as strong as the

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

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

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 since

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“…A secret?” asked Peter.

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 is it capable

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

time was Dylan. As was expected, we also found out that nobody knew a thing about Dylan’s father. Speaking of

gotten acquainted with the King of 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, I’m also sure he was well aware that Gerald’s body held many secrets! Secrets of which few in

wasn’t lying, then all his

mysterious man who had been stalking him for who knows how long, Peter hadn’t told Gerald that he had once exposed his whereabouts,

man managed to instantly cover his face, all Peter needed was a simple glance for

Peter at the time, feeling as though he had just been struck

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

about it, he recalled how strong his father’s martial arts skills were when Peter was

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

in mind, Peter had decided to continue concealing his identity to investigate more in secret. He wanted to find out

had stemmed from an incident that he had come across earlier on. At the time, not only had his father stunned Gerald, but he had

Peter had concealed the fact—from Jasmine—that his face wasn’t actually ruined. After all, he was still unable to figure out his father’s true intentions, and the vagueness continued up till the point he found out that several people had died

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father’s corpse wasn’t among the other dead bodies,

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

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

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 as your grand scheme played out!

about 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 seems to be

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

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

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

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, 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 are adopted children who were taken in by your father! Only your family is his direct

that, Peter felt like he had just been

never even heard anything about her up till this point…! Even so, that’s the

to Gerald and your half of the Crawford family, the other Crawfords have long developed. Upon finding out about that, the Gunters were utterly devastated! Had the King of Judgment Portal not decided to step in, my family would

that said, not 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

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this other Crawford family…? Also, you mentioned something about other forces earlier… What forces

that my family would’ve been exterminated ages ago had the 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

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 types! I do find it funny, though. After all, while all of you are nothing compared to them, all of

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

ruined by Gerald before he was even able to recover the

glared sternly at him, Peter then asked, “Is the Crawford

they’re the person you should be hating! Regardless, once the

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

thought of my ancestor’s soul…! However, you should know that he’s

it’s activated, it’ll be impossible for him to escape! I made sure to have this made since I’ve

‘It’…?” asked Peter with a

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 Annies will

family doesn’t come

due respect, Lady Gunter, this person’s been putting our family down far too many times by

the time you’re done, you’re free to do

to be the least afraid of the Gunters, and it made

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

it took everyone a second to realize that the person’s arm had exploded! Not only that, but the disciple had been

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

tight slap to her face! She wasn’t even

her other cheek, sending several of

also

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 to

from his restraints! The thud had come from the fallen ropes that had been cut clean in half… And the one who had cut them, was none other than Gerald! The youth who was

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her eyes bloodshot as she

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

for me to show myself, Yreth! Well,

more than enough proof to show how frightening the power in your body is…!” added Yreth as she laughed

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