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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1611

It was late that night—within a secret manor in Yanam—when Gerald and his family could be seen cheerfully eating while talking with each other.

Even Yoel—whom Gerald’s mother was currently supporting—found himself smiling due to how joyous the reunion was. It truly had been ages since they had last gotten together like this…

Even so, Gerald couldn’t seem to feel truly happy about all this. After all, in the end, poor Yoel still had his eyes gouged out and his tongue snipped! His parents no longer had functioning legs either, and as for his sister… He couldn’t even imagine all the suffering she had gone through while waiting for him…

To Gerald, all this had only happened due to him not doing his best to keep his family protected. With that in mind, he blamed himself for all their suffering, and all that guilt prevented him from enjoying himself at the moment…

If only he had made a few more precautions, Yoel would’ve surely been able to live both normally and happily like any regular person… However, Yoel had actively tried to defend his family, and as a result, he ended up in such a pitiful state… It truly made Gerald feel like he had failed his brother…

With all these thoughts plaguing his mind, Gerald knew that he would only be able to rest easy once he took down the Quantocks. That was the only way Gerald was going to be able to fully avenge his family…

Gerald’s train of thought was cut short when his smiling mother turned to look at him before saying, “Gerald… You seem a little quiet tonight…”

“She’s right! Our family’s finally reunited again, you know? Be a bit more joyous!” added Dylan.

Upon hearing that, Gerald instantly forced a smile to hide his troubles.

A short while later, however, he took in a deep breath before turning to look at his family with determined eyes…

“…Mom, Dad, Jessica, and Yoel… From today onward, I’ll never allow any of you to suffer any more pain…! I’ll protect each and every one of you no matter the costs!”

“Well said! We believe in you, Gerald!” replied Dylan as he nodded with a smile.

With that said, the laughing and talking continued late into the night…

Eventually, Gerald’s parents and Yoel headed off first to retire for the night. Watching as his parents led Yoel away, Gerald then sat in the garden with Jessica to continue talking for a bit.

“I wonder if you remember the time when you first realized that you were a rich heir, Gerald…” asked Jessica with a smile as she stared at the shining stars in the night sky.

Smiling subtly, Gerald then replied, “Of course I do! Thinking back, all of you were truly experts at hiding all that from me! Do you even have any idea how long I suffered from how poor I was?”

“We did all that for a reason though! By making you experience all that, we had hoped that it would make you strong enough to eventually be able to continue carrying our family’s torch! And lo and behold, look at you now! With you to rely on, dad can finally retire from being our family’s backbone… Honestly, by this point, I don’t really care that much about you making a huge impact on society… Instead, I just wish that our family can live together cozily!” said Jessica with words that came from her heart.

Turning to look at his sister, Gerald then lowered his head before replying in an apologetic tone, “…You must have suffered terribly while you were captured, sister… I’m sorry for being so careless! Had I made more precautions, neither of you would have ended up in such pitiful states!”

Upon hearing that, Jessica gently patted Gerald’s head before saying, “None of us blame you for all this, Gerald… After all, you couldn’t have possibly anticipated all this to happen! I understand that you badly wish to protect us since we kept protecting you back then, but understand that you’re already doing a good job! After all, we’re all together again now, aren’t we? With that said, let bygones be bygones and let’s enjoy our time together as a family to the fullest!”

“…I understand, sister…” muttered Gerald as he nodded in response…

At that very moment, a dark silhouette suddenly dashed past the forest right outside the manor…

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Though the silhouette was extremely quick, Gerald was still able to see it through the corner of his eye… Realizing that they weren’t alone, Gerald had a gut feeling that the person or thing dashing about was up to no good.

Not wanting Jessica or his parents to know about the figure’s presence—and potentially get worried or scared—, Gerald then quickly said, “You know, it’s getting a bit late, wouldn’t you say? You should go ahead and get some rest first, sis!”

“I guess… Don’t stay up for too much longer yourself, Gerald!” replied Jessica as she smiled warmly before returning into the manor.

Once he was sure that she had entered, Gerald instantly leaped out of the manor and headed to the spot where he had last been able to sense the shadowy figure’s presence. Upon arriving at the spot, Gerald stopped in his tracts before activating his holy sense to scan the area…

After standing there in silence for a while, Gerald eventually looked up at the trees surrounding him before shouting, “Come out already! I know you’re close by!”

Almost immediately after, the rapid rustling of leaves could be heard as the silhouette from before dashed out from one of the trees!

Noticing that it was charging toward him with a blade that glinted coldly in the moonlight, Gerald instantly stepped aside to dodge the attack before attacking his assailant with his right palm!

By the end of it all, both of them managed to successfully launch their attacks, though neither of them got hurt…

“Who are you?” asked Gerald in a frigid tone.

“To think that someone at your age would be able to enter the Sage realm… What a promising future you show! Regardless, at the rate of how fast your strength is growing, I have little doubt that you’ll be able to destroy the Quantocks with ease!” replied the slightly surprised person in a rather devilish tone.

Squinting his eyes, Gerald then glared at the man in black as he said, “Again, who are you? If you’re worthy enough then you should identify yourself as well as your intentions outright!”

“Hah! The truth is, you’re the one who isn’t worthy enough to know my identity yet! Regardless, I’ll at least let you know that I was sent here under the orders of God Lord!” replied the man with a snicker.

Before Gerald could even ask him about any more details, the man in black bolted off! And just like that, his presence was completely undetectable, gone in the dark of night…

Shortly after, Gerald heard Jade Infused Blade say from within his body, “Master, that man was strong…! He had to at least have entered the Second-soul-rank of the Sage Realm!”

“…I see. Tell me, Jade Infused Blade, do you have any idea who that ‘God Lord’ that mysterious man mentioned is…?” asked Gerald rather curiously.

“I haven’t heard of him before, though from what I can guess, he must be from Jaellatra!”

So, it was just as Gerald had predicted… Quite a stir must have taken place following the death of the Quartermains… The fact that this man had come all the way from Jaellatra to meet him was already a clear sign that more trouble was imminent.

“Still, I could sense that that man wasn’t trying to fight you, master… From what I could see, it seemed like he was just trying to test your abilities!” added Jade Infused Blade.

Gerald had assumed that as well. After all, the man hadn’t tried to do anything particularly fatal to him.

Understanding that there was a possibility that he was simply being tested, Gerald had made sure not to show too much of his capabilities earlier. Due to that, hopefully the man didn’t manage to gather too much data.

“Well, if I want to know more about this, I guess I’ll just have to look for this ‘God Lord’ and ask him myself!” muttered Gerald to himself as he casually looked in the direction where the man in black had run off to…

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Meanwhile, the sound of a cup shattering to pieces could be heard within a manor in the far-off city of Sunniva…

The one who had furiously done the deed was Zaki Quantock, the head of the Quantock family…

Despite there being several other Quantocks who had witnessed the scene, all of them simply lowered their heads, not even daring to say a word or look Zaki in the eye out of fear that he would take his anger out on them…

“That utter b*stard…! I’ll definitely shred you to pieces, Gerald Crawford…!” roared the enraged Zaki, immense fury reflected in his eyes.

The extermination of the Quartermains in Jaellatra had caused a massive stir among his family here. To think that Gerald would actually be bold enough to do such a thing!

“…Father, what… should we do now…?” asked Shawn Quantock—a middle-aged man who was Zaki’s eldest son—in a careful tone as he walked up to Zaki.

“Come again? What do you mean what should we do? We’re definitely making Gerald pay for all he’s done!” retorted Zaki, his eyes glinting icily. From his look alone, it was obvious that he already had something in mind to deal with Gerald…

It was sometime later in the dead of night when Zaki could be seen discussing something with three elders who were all donning grey suits.

Standing within the hall, Zaki turned to look at one of the elders before saying in a heavy tone, “Yamazon, I’m sure you realize that the Quartermains being wiped off the face of the earth is something extremely serious. With that said, I have no choice but to ask for your help to avenge the Quantocks!”

Yamazon was from the holy mountain of Jaellatra, and he was strong enough to have attained the Second-soul-rank in the Sage Realm. With that in mind, it was no wonder why he was given the title of second master of the holy mountain. Aside from that, he was also the main backbone of the Quartermains. Due to that, he was definitely involved with the protection of the Quantocks as well.

“Indeed, leader Quantock. It shames me that the Quartermains were eliminated despite being under my holy mountain’s protection within Jaellatra. With that said, I’ll surely avenge them!” replied Yamazon in a casual but domineering tone.

“I’m glad to hear that! With the help of all three of you, that b*stard will surely end up dead in no time!” declared Zaki, a satisfied smile on his face. Gerald would surely die this time!

Yonda and Jones Curie—were also guardians of the holy mountain, and

second soul ranks within the Sage Realm, Zaki was confident that Gerald would be

trio where to find Gerald. Upon getting that information, all three of them nodded before leaping at the same time, disappearing into thin air as they

the garden. Waking early and meditating had become a habit for Gerald since it allowed him to better concentrate on the power of the Herculean Primordial Spirit, hence allowing his control over it to

his daily meditation when he suddenly sensed murderous intent in the vicinity! He could also sense that it was now rapidly approaching him with such power that it couldn’t

come flying toward him grew dangerously close, Gerald opened

had momentarily frozen in place mid-air—snapped right in

the manor! Landing

with a raised brow and a darkened expression for a while, Gerald then casually asked,

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retorted, “Even if the Quantocks themselves don’t come for you after you destroyed the Quartermains, we sure as hell will! Cutting straight to the chase, we’re here today to end

furious aura he released was nothing short

do the deed?” asked Gerald rather disdainfully as he alternated his gaze among the

us are more than enough to finish you off!” retorted Yamazon with a snicker

for Yamazon—who had been quite a distance away—to appear right in front of

Sage Realm as well, so he wasn’t going to get caught by Yamazon that easily. Still, he knew he had

in mind, he decided to lead the trip to a more spacious area to

if you can even catch up to me first, old man!” scoffed Gerald as he leaped out of the

immediately began chasing after him. They weren’t

he saw

of them arrived at a spacious area. Thankfully, Gerald managed to find someplace remote so that outsiders wouldn’t be able to bump into them mid-fight and

I’ve attained the strength of a Second-soul-rank master in the Sage Realm!” scoffed Yamazon

the way out here

arrogant…! I’m crushing you to bits if it’s the last thing I do!” roared Yamazon as he charged straight

so, then!” retorted Gerald, not wanting to show

sure to intensify

a single kick! As Yamazon found himself momentarily soaring in the air, the elder eventually crashed onto the ground, prompting his entire body to produce

single bone

on me when you’re that weak! What a joke!” scoffed Gerald as he

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well, Gerald began thinking of his

he had to head off to Sunniva City as soon as possible to destroy the

more, Gerald then fished his phone out and dialed the number of Hubert Younger from the Dragon Squad… Whatever his next move was, he still needed someone to deal with

didn’t have any objections to Gerald’s request, and about half an hour later, Hubert’s

that out of the way, Gerald couldn’t help but sigh rather unhappily. After all, he had been enjoying a rather good morning before Yamazon and his goons came

was settled, Gerald hurried back to

to take care of all the necessary tasks within the manor,

as good as any to discuss things with them, Gerald looked at each of them before saying, “Dad, mom, sis, and Yoel! There’s something important I need to talk to you about and I

his son, Dylan then replied, “We’re

in Sacrasolis Palace. Not only is that place much safer than

this place was much quieter, the fact that Yamazon and his men were still able to locate them made Gerald increasingly worried about his family’s safety. After a bit of thought, Gerald eventually concluded that the Sacrasolis Palace truly was the safest place

had any objections with the idea, so Dylan simply replied, “That sounds good, Gerald! Let’s go

as long as they could make Gerald worry less, they had no problem with following whatever Gerald arranged for them.

you to the Sacrasolis Palace later then!” said Gerald

set off in a

nobody from the Sage Realm tried

embraced her husband, overjoyed to see him back in one piece. Her joy was warranted since every time Gerald headed

after things settled down a bit, Gerald turned to hand a few sound talismans to Mila before saying, “I’ll be leaving Yoel and my parents in your care for the moment, Mila. I still have some things to attend to, and

directly, she could at least fulfill any requests he asked from her. In order to prevent Gerald

then quickly left for Jaellatra again with two

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was returning there was to find out more about the God Lord that the man in black had previously

he wanted to buy a few secret

Jaellatra, they were all generally rather pricey. It definitely didn’t help that the ones Gerald wanted were

make talismans. In doing so, he would surely be able to save

barely any time or energy to spare for that, Gerald simply put the thought aside

for about an hour, Gerald arrived at Jaellatra without a hitch. Now that this was his second time here, Gerald no longer found the place to be unfamiliar. In fact, he was able to gather his bearings rather easily, and he could get to the places he wanted to—within

didn’t take long for Gerald to arrive at the Zahn family’s residence. Naturally, he

the Zahn family as her backer in Jaellatra, and the Zahns were a considerably prestigious family here. As for why he came looking for it, it was only the natural choice since Nori was the only person he knew

Gerald was promptly stopped by two guards—who were standing guard in front of the Zahn manor—when they saw him approaching the

I know who you’re looking for?” asked one of

If she’s home, could you

gone out!” said the same

out? Do you have any idea

and the same probably goes for him… In the end, we’re just guards of the family! We have

nodded. There was no reason for the guards to lie to him, so he may as well just head off into the city to try looking for her. With any luck, he’d manage to bump into

had the worst of timing… To think that she wouldn’t be home when he finally found the

along the busy streets of Earth

had to admit that this place was far more magnificent compared to any place on

of thought was cut short when he suddenly heard someone saying, “Please, Nori! I’m being

suit walked out of a luxurious restaurant while desperately

and after closer inspection, Gerald was able to discern that she truly was the Nori that he was looking

she was currently in a pickle now, Gerald hesitated for a

Upon realizing that it really was Gerald, her eyes instantly glinted with

she quickly ran toward him before embracing

was completely caught off guard by this. After all, this was the last thing that he could have expected Nori

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in mind, Gerald quickly got the

asked, “Why have you returned, Gerald? And why didn’t you tell me that you were

that you had gone out! Due to that, I came over here to see if I

dearly ever since they parted ways. She had also been bored out of

the young man in white furiously stomped

in white, Nori then said in a cold tone, “He’s my boyfriend,

could only frown when he heard Nori’s claim. This woman was far too proficient in using others as her

boyfriend!” denied Gerald, not wanting to be taken advantage

After all, wasn’t it obvious that she was just

he had been pursuing Nori for the longest time. To his dismay, Nori didn’t seem to like him at all, and she seemed reluctant to even look at him! Though it made him deeply upset, her actions only served to fuel his need

you have some things to attend to at the moment, Nori. With that in mind, we can

walk away, however, the now nervous

he had come

that you still owe me a favor, Gerald! Look, this man is extremely troublesome! If you pretend to be my boyfriend and help me get rid of him,

put it that way, Gerald could only silently agree. After

approval, Nori then turned to face Johnie before putting on a stern expression as she warned, “Look, Johnie, I’m busy at the moment, so please

hearing that, Johnie instantly felt humiliated. He was the young master of the Lager family… The fact that the woman he loved was being snatched away from him right before his eyes was nothing short

short pause, Johnie pointed at Gerald before growling, “…You there! What’s your

response, Gerald couldn’t help but feel that Johnie was rather ignorant. After all, he was still unwilling to let go

boyfriend to a duel, Johnie? With how weak you

him too much? In

accept my challenge today, I definitely won’t be allowing you to

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already seeing Gerald as his target, Johnie no

man in the first place, after hearing Johnie’s threats, Gerald found that this was as good a time as any to teach the youth