The Secretly Rich Man

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!

the names of Xander Yonda and Jones Curie—were also guardians of the holy mountain, and both of them had managed to enter

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

Zaki told the 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 readied themselves to finish Gerald off, once and for

it allowed him to better concentrate on the power of the Herculean Primordial Spirit, hence allowing his control over

suddenly sensed murderous intent in the vicinity! He could also sense that it was now rapidly

toward him grew dangerously close, Gerald opened his eyes before quickly extending his essential qi-filled

gesture, the sword—that had momentarily frozen in

it clattered to the ground, three figures instantly flew in from outside the manor! Landing quite a distance before Gerald, the three people were—as

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

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after you destroyed the Quartermains, we sure as hell will! Cutting straight to the chase, we’re here today to end your life as revenge for the extermination of

tone was frigid, and the furious aura he

do the deed?” asked Gerald rather

prize, lad! The three of us are more than enough to finish you off!” retorted Yamazon

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

so he wasn’t going to get caught by Yamazon that easily. Still, he knew he had to distract the trio away from the manor

in mind, he decided to lead the

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

Yamazon and the other two guardians immediately began

was now quite far from the mansion—snuck a few glances back and was relieved when he saw that the trio were taking

them arrived at a spacious area. Thankfully, Gerald managed to find someplace remote so

for long! After all, I’ve attained the strength of a Second-soul-rank

stared at Yamazon before casually replying, “Outrun? Look, I only came all the way out here so that you wouldn’t ruin my house! After all, you won’t be able to compensate me once

Yamazon as he charged

break all your bones before you can do so, then!” retorted Gerald, not wanting to show any signs

hearing that, Yamazon was so enraged that he made sure to intensify his force as he got dangerously

soaring in the air, the elder eventually crashed onto the ground, prompting his entire body to produce several

like that, with every single bone in his body

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

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taking the other two out as well, Gerald began thinking of his next

head off

Hubert Younger from the Dragon Squad… Whatever his next move was, he still

to Gerald’s request, and about half an hour later, Hubert’s men

the way, Gerald couldn’t help but sigh rather unhappily. After all, he had been enjoying a rather good

the issue was settled, Gerald hurried

of designated servants to take care of

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

Dylan then replied,

I’m thinking of arranging for all of you to stay in Sacrasolis Palace. Not only is that place much safer than out here, but Mila will also be there to take

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 for them to live in. Mila would be there to take care of

idea, so Dylan simply replied, “That

of them understood that they were merely sitting ducks in the eyes of Gerald’s enemies. With that in mind, as long as they could make Gerald worry less, they had no problem with following whatever Gerald arranged

you to the

noon, all of them set off

as nobody from the Sage Realm tried to trespass into his base, he believed that his family would remain relatively safe from harm… People who hadn’t entered the sage realm wouldn’t be stupid enough to

one piece. Her joy was warranted since every time Gerald headed off, Mila would get

moment, Mila. I still have some

nodded. Though she couldn’t help him directly, she could at least fulfill any requests he asked from her. In order to prevent Gerald from bearing any more worries than he had to, Mila understood that she had to be the strongest woman

for

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find out more about the God Lord that the man

to buy a few secret technique

rather pricey. It definitely didn’t help that the ones Gerald wanted were of the rarer

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

master. With barely

here, Gerald no longer found the place to be unfamiliar. In fact, he was able to gather his bearings

Gerald to arrive at the Zahn family’s residence. Naturally, he was here to

for why he came

was promptly stopped by two guards—who were standing guard in front of the

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

If she’s home, could you tell her that Gerald Crawford is here to meet her?” replied

lady has gone out!”

Do you have any idea where she

the end, we’re just guards of the family! We have no right to know the affairs of

that, Gerald simply nodded. There was no reason for the guards to lie to him, so he may as well just head

she wouldn’t be home when he finally found the time

along the busy streets of Earth

was far more magnificent compared to any place on earth. With that said, it really was no mystery

he suddenly heard someone

walked out of a luxurious restaurant while desperately

inspection, Gerald was able to discern that she truly was the Nori that he was looking for! To think that he would actually

currently in a pickle now, Gerald hesitated for a moment before

Upon realizing that it really was Gerald, her eyes

she quickly ran toward him before embracing

After all, this was the last thing that he could have expected Nori to do! Whatever the case was,

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quickly

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

gone out! Due to that, I came

ever since

Nori was being with Gerald, the young man in white furiously stomped over to them before asking, “Who is he,

cold tone, “He’s my boyfriend, Johnie

when he heard Nori’s claim. This woman

not her boyfriend!” denied Gerald, not wanting to

his insensitivity. After all, wasn’t it obvious that

by the name of Johnie Lager, and he had been pursuing Nori for the longest time. To his dismay, Nori didn’t seem to like him at all, and she

is, it appears that you have some things to attend to at the moment, Nori. With that in

about to walk away, however, the now nervous Nori instantly reached out to wrap her arms around

that easily when he had come with the specific intent to

whispered, “Don’t forget that you still owe me a favor, Gerald! Look, this man is extremely troublesome! If you pretend to be my boyfriend and

could only silently agree. After all,

that Gerald’s silence signified his 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 stop pestering me! I already have a boyfriend, as you can see, so know

hearing that, Johnie instantly felt humiliated. He was the young master of the Lager family… The fact that the woman he loved was being

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

that Johnie was rather ignorant. After all, he was still unwilling to let go of Nori even though she had explicitly rejected

as she retorted, “Are you seriously challenging my boyfriend to a duel, Johnie? With how weak you are, a single pinch from him is enough to

was instantly infuriated! Wasn’t Nori looking down on him too much? In the end, he was still a Ninth-rank

accept my challenge today, I definitely won’t be

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as his target, Johnie no longer cared about

in the first place, after hearing Johnie’s threats, Gerald found that this was as