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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1661

Now sitting by the riverside, Nori couldn’t help but ask, “…It’s strange that we haven’t come across any others even after walking around for so long, right…?”

“It truly is… It makes me wonder if we’re a little too far off from the others,” muttered Gerald—who was also finding the entire experience to be rather perplexing—in response.

The second his sentence ended, a blast of water suddenly shot out from the river… and the duo found themselves staring wide-eyed at the green dragon that had just leaped out of the water!

Now hovering in the air, the dragon glared at Nori and Gerald before releasing a mighty roar that resonated across the area!

Neither of them could have anticipated that such a creature was living in that river!

However, now wasn’t the time to ponder about that. After all, the green dragon suddenly began diving toward Gerald and Nori without warning!

“Watch yourself!” shouted Gerald as both he and Nori leaped to the side to avoid the attack!

While they were fortunate enough to dodge the attack, the fact that the area they had been sitting on had completely crumbled proved just how powerful the dragon was. Had they failed to avoid the attack, they would’ve surely died on the spot…

“Why the hell is there a dragon all of a sudden?! Aren’t we supposed to only be fighting against other people?!” asked the shocked Nori.

Based on the current turn of events, Gerald felt that the dragon was just another kind of magical challenge within this illusory space…

With that in mind, Gerald then shouted, “Go hide first, Nori! I’ll deal with the dragon!”

Following that, he summoned Jade Infused Blade and turned it into a sword. After tightening his stance, Gerald then began charging toward the dragon!

For a moment, the dragon almost appeared excited as it began diving toward Gerald as well!

“Slaying Surge of Turmoil!” roared Gerald as his aurablade flared red and flew toward the dragon, piercing right through it!

Roaring in pain, the dragon attempted to struggle for a while… until its eyes eventually turned grey and its massive body came crashing down into the river…

With the dragon now slaughtered, Gerald raised a brow when he saw that two shining items had appeared on the surface of the river.

Heading over to inspect them, the items stopped glowing once he got close enough. The first item was a jade charm whereas the second appeared to be a dragon egg…

After taking the two items for himself, Gerald then returned to Nori.

Now that things had calmed down, both of them began inspecting the two curious items. Neither of them had expected to be rewarded for slaying that dragon, and that only served to prove how magical this illusory space was…

A while later, Gerald slipped the jade charm into his pocket and carefully placed the dragon egg in his backpack.

Both of them had been unable to guess what those two items could be used for, so Gerald made a mental note to study them properly once the challenge was over. Whatever the case was, Gerald was sure that both of the items had to be extremely valuable, either in terms of usage or the fact that they could be hiding secrets within them…

Gerald’s train of thought was cut short when he suddenly heard Nori asking, “Come to think of it, what was that move you used earlier? It was super powerful!”

Nori could still remember how amazed she had felt when she saw Gerald’s red aurablade earlier…

“Well… Quite frankly, I have no idea either! It just sort of happened!” replied Gerald as he shrugged. He wasn’t bluffing when he said that.

After all, the one who had earlier launched the attack was Jade Infused Blade. With that in mind, it explained why Gerald wasn’t able to answer Nori’s question.

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Regardless, both of them soon packed up and left the riverside…

It was about ten minutes later when both of them heard the clashes of a fierce battle…

Turning to look at Gerald, Nori then said, “It appears that there’s an intense fight happening up front! Let’s hurry over and have a look!”

Gerald agreed with Nori’s statement. After all, if the fighters were already battered, then there was definitely a chance that both of them could obtain something without any effort. What more, if the fighters were taking on something particularly dangerous, Gerald and Nori could always step in once they were taken out.

With that in mind, both of them then swiftly proceeded forward before masterfully concealing themselves behind a large rock.

Staring ahead at the small forest before them, both of them were greeted by the sight of several black-robed men attacking a youth in white clothes. Since the shoulder areas of his clothes were dyed red, it was only fair to assume that he had been injured there.

Despite his injuries and being severely outnumbered, the youth still fought vigilantly.

Even so, Gerald knew for a fact that the youth was fighting a losing battle. Then again, why were those four people so insistent on taking him down? There had to be a reason for their actions…

“Those four men are clearly bullying that poor youth, Gerald! Let’s step in and give him a hand!” grumbled Nori as she glared at the situation with resentful eyes.

Of course, Gerald saw no issue with that. It was a virtue to play the white knight, after all.

Meanwhile, in the forest itself, one of the black-robed men found himself sneering, “Come on Zelig! Stop playing so hard to get and give us your divine stone already!”

“Over my dead body!” scoffed Zelig in response, clearly still having quite a bit of fight left in him.

“If you insist!” roared the man in anger as he gestured for the other three to attack Zelig at the same time!

Seconds before Zelig was hit, a ray of golden light suddenly engulfed Zelig, shocking the other four men enough to momentarily retreat!

Following that, slight rustling could be heard, and the next thing everyone knew, two people were already standing guard before Zelig!

“How villainous for four of you to take on a single person!” scoffed Gerald as he stared at the four people with contemptuous eyes.

Hearing that, all four of them took turns exchanging glances with each other. They hadn’t expected to be interfered with halfway through what they were doing.

Shortly after, what seemed to be the leader of the group then glared at Gerald before warning, “Look, buddy. Beat it and leave us to our affairs. Otherwise, don’t blame me for killing you too!”

“Hah! I’d like to see you try!” retorted Gerald as his eyes suddenly began glinting murderously.

Before any of the black-robed men were even able to reply, Gerald tossed two secret technique talismans—that he had earlier hidden inside his sleeves—toward the men!

Appearing to burn up just inches away from the talismans’ targets, the duo that Gerald had attacked found themselves being engulfed in flames before they were even able to react! And just like that, the two black-robed men had been burned to death…

“…W-what…?!” shouted the two remaining men, momentarily unable to process what had just happened.

Quickly snapping out of it, the shocked leader of that group then shouted, “You… You’re a Talisman Master!”

To think that they would actually bump into a Talisman Master here of all places! With that in mind, the two men instantly attempted to bolt off.

‘Bold of you to even attempt escape!’ Gerald thought to himself. It was evident that they weren’t going to be leaving alive!

With that, Gerald then tossed another two secret technique talismans! Upon collision with the escaping duo’s bodies, were instantly ensnared by vines that appeared out of nowhere!

Fully bound, the duo flopped to the ground, utterly terrified as they watched Gerald slowly walk toward them.

Staring back at them, Gerald then casually said in a frigid tone, “Well then, thanks for giving us your divine stones!”

With that, Gerald summoned his sword before swiftly ending the remaining two men…

There was no mercy in his attack since Gerald was well aware that not being cruel to his enemies would mean that he was being cruel to himself…

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Regardless, Gerald then took all four of their divine stones before slipping them into his pocket. Gerald now had five of them.

Either way, he then turned to look at Zelig before asking, “Are you alright?”

Shaking his head, Zelig then replied in a gratuitous voice, “I’m fine, thanks to you saving me! Also, where are my manners! My name is Zelig Lear!”

Upon hearing that, Nori found herself momentarily stunned.

master of the Lears

know who he was—found himself raising

into the second young master of the Lear family here! What an honor!” said Nori as she

Lears were an extremely strong family in Jaellatra, and many of its members were so strong that some had even managed to enter the Avatar

well. With that in mind, to think that he had been caught in the process of failing to defend himself against only four assailants… It was rather embarrassing,

“You’re exaggerating it, Young Lady Zahn! I’m just a good-for-nothing who’s

family, his training was honestly rather low in comparison. After all, he had only managed to enter the Ninth-rank in the Rune Realm. The fact that he couldn’t even breach the Sage Realm had caused his family to collectively label him as being useless. With that in mind, Zelig wasn’t exaggerating either when he said that the rest of

a while Gerald frowned slightly as he said, “…I can sense that due to some odd reasons, you haven’t been

to be a strange aura within my

is incurable. You just haven’t been

instantly surprised though joy quickly overtook that feeling. The fact that Gerald was able to say that definitely meant that Gerald

my manners indeed! How should

just call me Gerald.

in exchange! I’ll be there for you at your every beck and call!” replied Zelig. With how excited he looked, Zelig barely had the temperament of a young master of

fact that Zelig wasn’t even close to feeling like a villainous character, Gerald decided that he wasn’t against

gathering five divine stones first. We can talk about this in more detail once we leave this illusory space!”

managed to gather a single stone. With that in mind, they

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as he instantly began tending to his

done, he then set off together with Gerald

people they bumped into were rather weak, so in no time at all, the

get themselves authenticated. Once that was successfully

each given a wooden token. The tokens were proof that they had passed the challenge and served as ‘passes’ of sorts that granted them entry

they had been waiting to enter the Leicom Continent for quite a while now, the trio then—rather impatiently—went through the initial

from bright rays of white light, they eventually made it into the Leicom Continent without

by how beautiful this place was. Not only did everything look marveling, but the

suddenly heard someone jeering, “Well, well, well! If it isn’t

the trio was greeted by the sight of a youth—who had a dark green robe on—walking toward

Zelig as

family in Jaellatra, and he had managed to enter the First-soul-rank within

Lear family would be able to make it past that challenge! Someone must’ve helped you, right?” scoffed Lev as he looked at Zelig mockingly before turning to size up Gerald, a glint of interest

for having to rely on others to fight for him, but before Zelig could even reply, Lev

witnessed it first-hand, I can

she had said, it was clear that though she hadn’t met Lev before, she had definitely heard of

from theirs! Since they weren’t going to

They also came to realize that there was a famous auction house here that went by the name of the Aurum Auction House. That was definitely going to be their best shot of quickly obtaining

three people then swiftly headed off for the auction

almost everyone trying to auction things there came from Jaellatra. With that in mind, the crowd was massive, to say the

a local too due to how different the two cultures looked. If that wasn’t already enough, many of the

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Gerald and the other two finally got their chance to reveal their

trio watched as the appraiser’s

it for a while, the appraiser then said,

followed him

soon greeted by the sight of an old man who had a golden

the jade charm to the old man, he then whispered something into his ear, prompting the elderly man to

old man then asked, “How did you obtain the jade

eventually replied, “I obtained it after I slaughtered a green dragon that I came across

the old man’s initial surprise quickly turned

green dragon! Just so you know, this jade charm is incredibly valuable since the only way to obtain it is by defeating that dragon! Nobody else has been able to do it but you! How exceedingly powerful you must be!” praised

Gerald couldn’t help

old man then replied, “How do I even say this… I can say for sure that even if you auction it for a few million gold coins, you’d

the jade charm was worth that much, Gerald and the other two instantly found themselves getting excited. After thinking about it for

money was still the priority since without

Aurum Auction House will get a share of thirty

to look at Nori and Zelig, they didn’t appear to object to the idea. With that, Gerald

area! We’ll be auctioning the jade charm of the green dragon very soon!” said the auctioneer as he led the trio to an area where the other sellers were. With how the area

and the two others sat side by side

saw the crowned old man walk up the stage. The auction

then declared “Ladies and gentlemen! We have a wonderful array of valuable auction

item, revealing a golden fan! Since the feathers on the fan were supposedly phoenix feathers, the item

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hundred thousand gold coins! As a reminder, each bid’s increment has to exceed

begun, the

hundred thousand gold coins right off the bat, it was only fair to assume that he

that, a fat man—who was sitting opposite of the previous bidder—stood up before shouting, “Three

Gerald and the other two felt that the old hand fan wasn’t really worth that much. Even so, who were

was sold—to the businessman from before who had started the bid—for a whopping six

that, it took about two more hours for the next two

Gerald’s jade charm of the green dragon was the fourth and last item to be auctioned

began focusing on the auction again as

green dragon! I’m sure I don’t need to elaborate on how rare this treasure is! With that said, the bid starts with three million gold

someone immediately shouted, “Five million gold

I’m paying six

million gold coins! It’s

of the jade charm, it wasn’t long before

to a whopping twenty million gold coins! By that point, the crowd had quieted down, and nobody dared to further increase the already outrageous bid amount. After all, twenty million gold coins

on the podium before looking at the final bidder—a young man wearing a royal-looking outfit who was seated at the front-most row—and declaring, “Prince Severin has bid twenty million gold coins! Even if anyone else wishes to compete against that, I’ve decided that Prince Severin will be the rightful owner of the jade charm! With that said, congratulations, Prince Severin! The jade

Prince Severin was the prince of the Leicom Continent’s royal

it was as though they had

that she couldn’t hold herself back from exclaiming, “By god! Twenty million gold coins! You’re definitely made a

high price. If the jade charm of the green dragon alone could be sold for this

the egg yet. Besides, it wasn’t as though

the auction ended, the trio watched as the crowned old man ordered his men

Gerald himself had never seen so many gold coins at once! Due to that, all three of them found themselves momentarily

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at Gerald before asking, “…That’s… quite a lot.

it was going to be far too much of a hassle in the long term. What more, once people saw all that gold, they would surely be

that money around, the crowned old man

suddenly be given a ring, Gerald couldn’t help but ask, “…I’m

can keep your gold in that so you won’t have to fret about carrying it

this ring off you for a million gold coins! Is that acceptable?” asked Gerald who simply wasn’t the kind of person to willingly take a free

how sensible Gerald was, the old man chose not to refuse. And just like that, the money was

it, prompting a pocket space

quickly placed the remaining money within that space, making sure to put

couldn’t help but consider it to

leave with Nori and Zelig when the old man suddenly called out, “Please wait for a

all, they had just arrived at the Leicom Continent. Who on earth could be wanting to

the old man then led them to a guest

see that the one who had wanted to meet up with them

buyer of the jade charm of the green dragon, Prince Severin had been keen on meeting the person

before the prince before saying, “Lady and gents, this young man goes by the name of Prince Severin, and he comes from the royal family of the Leicom

while. Though he didn’t really know how

in mind, Gerald then greeted, “It’s an honor to meet you,

at Gerald with a curious gaze, the prince then replied, “…You’re the

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right. My companions and I came from Jaellatra, you see, and since we had no money,

you not know how precious the jade charm of the green dragon is…?” muttered

honestly had

he not in dire need of money, he wouldn’t have sold off the jade charm. After all, he hadn’t even studied it yet. Even so, Prince Severin’s tone alone was enough to tell Gerald how extraordinary a treasure