The Secretly Rich Man

Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 1821

Looking at the crystal skull that Mario was holding onto, everyone below stage couldn’t help but cheer in awe, including Gerald and his party. After all, the four individuals hadn’t expected to find such a precious treasure out here of all places.

With the skull being so clear and dazzling, it was no wonder why it was capable of making everyone experience a special, indescribable feeling…

Whatever the case was, everyone snapped out of it when Mario cleared his throat before declaring, “Let’s start the bidding at four million! To make things clear, each bid increment shouldn’t be less than a million! With that out of the way, let the bidding begin!”

“Five million!” yelled a man as he immediately raised his hand.

“Six million!” shouted another man as he further increased the bid.

The way these people were shouting such massive numbers so eagerly could only be compared to water flowing off a waterfall. It was almost as though bidding by the million didn’t hurt them at all!

“Seven million! It’s mine!” declared a bespectacled man, almost as though he was sure that nobody would be able to top that.

Even so, this was an auction. As long as one had the money, it was a free for all. With that in mind, nobody even gave a rat’s arse about his statement.

“Can it and scram! I’m paying eight million!” scoffed a fat man as he glared at the bespectacled bidder from before.

With how quickly the numbers were rising, the crystal skull soon exceeded the ten million point. Had these people gone insane?!

“It’s… just a skull, right…? Have these people gone nuts? Do they even understand the value of money…?” exclaimed the astonished Rey.

“Heh. The rich live in a world we can never understand!” replied Gerald with a subtle smile.

While Gerald was certainly rich, he wasn’t interested in just throwing millions of dollars away just for some stupid skull. Money shouldn’t be spent that way!

By the end of it, the crystal skull ended up getting bought by the same bespectacled man at a whopping price of fifteen million!

“Congratulations, mister! With a bid of fifteen million, the crystal skull now belongs to you!” declared Mario.

The bespectacled man himself immediately began indulging himself in the admiration from the crowd. Seeing how proud and mighty the man now felt, one could say that this was what most rich people strived to feel.

Regardless, with the auction now over, Gerald turned to look at his party before saying, “Let’s go, there’s nothing else to see here!”

With that, the four then left the black market to continue wandering about the rest of the town…

Not long after, however, they came across the man—who had bought the crystal skull—again.

“Say… isn’t that the person who had bought the skull earlier, brother Gerald?” asked Rey, recognizing the bespectacled man.

Nodding in response, Gerald then watched as the man walked right past them, appearing somewhat nervous… Now why was that…?

Having a gut feeling that something interesting would happen if they followed him, Gerald then said, “…Hey, let’s sneakily follow him!”

Seeing no reason to object, the trio then began tailing after Gerald who was already ahead of them…

It wasn’t too long after before they managed to tail him all the way to a house of sorts…

After scanning his surroundings, the bespectacled man hurriedly entered the house, making sure to lock the door behind him…

“Stay here. I’m going ahead to have a look at what he’s up to!” whispered Gerald as he made a giant leap… before landing right on the house’s roof!

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Lying on his stomach, Gerald—who was careful to be quiet as he did all this on the roof—then stared into the yard… Only to see that the bespectacled man was now standing right before Mario! How unexpected!

From the looks of it, they seemed to be discussing something important…

While their meeting was already astonishing enough, what happened next truly shocked Gerald.

Eyes widened, Gerald could only stare as Mario took a dagger from his jacket and stabbed the bespectacled man right in the chest! Mario seemed to have stabbed the man right in the heart too, since the bespectacled man died almost immediately after…

As the bespectacled man flopped lifelessly to the ground, Gerald saw that his eyes were wide open, an evident sign that he wasn’t able to die in peace…

Regardless, with the man now dead, Mario then wiped it clean with a cloth that he had brought along before sliding the dagger back into his jacket…

Following that, Mario then shouted toward the house, prompting two men to come out shortly after.

“Take care of the corpse!” ordered Mario as the two men quickly nodded before stuffing the now dead bespectacled man into a sack and carrying him away…

Of course, Gerald had witnessed all this. Truth be told, he hadn’t expected Mario to be such a ruthless person. To think that he would just murder his own client right after obtaining the money… What more, the crystal skull was now his to have again! How cruel!

After seeing all this take place, Gerald was prompted to think, ‘What is even wrong with the world today… How heartless… He’s already paid for the item, just let him have it! At the very least, you could have spared his life even if you took the item by force!’

Whatever the case was, Gerald felt lucky that he hadn’t bid on the crystal skull back when he was still in the black market. After all, who knows if he could’ve potentially ended up dying like the bespectacled man…

Either way, Gerald then shook his head before returning to his party.

“Anything interesting happened…?” asked Juno curiously.

“Indeed. The bespectacled man is now dead!” replied Gerald without mincing his words.

“…Huh? But why? And how?” exclaimed Rey, astonished.

“Remember that auctioneer back at the black market? That Mario guy? He killed him!” explained Gerald as he further elaborated what he had earlier saw.

By the time Gerald was done, Rey and the others were momentarily stunned speechless. To think that Mario was actually such an evil person!

“…Since he committed the murder so efficiently… He must have done the same to all the previous clients!” said Juno.

Nodding in response, Gerald then replied, “I believe so as well. These people are making quick bucks without having any losses!”

“How obnoxious!” growled Rey.

Even so, there wasn’t really anything the four people could do. After all, the bespectacled man was already dead.

“…Regardless, let’s leave this place as soon as possible. Lingering around here is bad news!” said Gerald after a brief pause, now well aware of how evil people could get in this town.

With that, the party of four then began leaving the area…

Unfortunately, since it was already getting dark, Gerald and his party had no choice but to stay the night in town… Interestingly enough, all the accommodation places here resembled ancient inns.

After locating a rather inconspicuous inn, the four then decided to stay the night there…

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Upon entering the inn, Gerald saw the innkeeper and called out, “Evening! Any available rooms, boss? We have four people and we require two rooms!”

Looking at them, the innkeeper then asked, “Before that, where do all of you come from?”

While Gerald and his party were rightfully startled, Gerald simply smiled before replying, “We’re… From Swindawn City! We’re just here for leisure!”

Hearing that, the innkeeper then nodded before saying, “Very well, then. Here are your two room keys! Your rooms are at the end of the corridor on the second floor!”

“Appreciate it, boss!” replied Gerald as he took the keys and began leading his party upstairs.

Following the innkeeper’s directions, the group then made their way to the end of the corridor. The ladies were to sleep in the room on the left while Gerald and Rey would sleep in the right one.

Regardless, Gerald quickly locked the door behind him once he and Rey had entered.

you’ve noticed this, but people in this town seem to give outsiders like us strange looks… The

turns sleeping and keeping watch over the

replied Rey, feeling much safer now

knocking could suddenly be heard coming from Gerald’s

Gerald then asked,

replied the innkeeper as Gerald and Rey exchanged glances with each

to open the door, Rey

innkeeper then entered with a kettle of

smiled at both of them, Gerald then faked a smile as he said, “My, my! How thoughtful of you to deliver hot water

the innkeeper then replied, “It’s only right for me to do so for my customers! Regardless, I’m here to tell you not to head out the inn at night… It’s not too

and Rey exchanged glances again, wondering what the innkeeper was on

“Boss-”

the warning!” said Gerald as he cut Rey’s

Also, if there’s anything you need in the night, don’t hesitate to call

saying that, the duo then watched as the

the innkeeper had gone downstairs, the confirmation that he was

did earlier…”

aren’t meant to be asked so bluntly, Rey. Remember that,”

nodding, Rey then asked, “Got it, brother Gerald. Either way… After what just happened,

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he simply couldn’t pinpoint what it was, and quite

certain that there’s a problem with him. After all, I saw him constantly

them not to leave their rooms tonight only served to make them more suspicious of him. With that in mind, the curious duo was now keen on unraveling

room for the moment!”

them then walked out and

asked Juno in a similar fashion to how Gerald had asked

as Juno opened the

there as well, Juno was prompted

entered her room, only to see that Yrsa herself had been

she locked the door behind them, Juno then got straight to the point as she asked, “So… What

I feel that the innkeeper is a little off. With that in mind, we’d like you two

bait to test the innkeeper for foul play…?” asked Juno who was quick to

said it better myself,” replied Gerald

wash up first then! We’ll head to your

settled, Gerald and Rey then went back to

ten minutes later when Juno and Yrsa came over as

things much safer. After all, if the innkeeper truly was a despicable and lusty person, then having the two girls sleep in their own room

of them could say for sure that the innkeeper didn’t

them were here, Gerald then said, “Alright, you girls sleep on the bed while Rey and I sleep on the table. In case you’re worrying about a midnight attack, Rey and I will be taking turns keeping watch the entire night. If anything happens, we’ll

and Rey

themselves got into bed and promptly fell asleep… This was going to be

few hours later, it was late into the night, and not a single sound could

gave away the tapping of approaching footsteps that stopped right before

door, Gerald and Rey were now

or

the peephole… and almost immediately after, his eyes widened when he realized that the innkeeper was

kind of incense out from his pocket, Gerald watched as the innkeeper then lit it before placing it by Juno’s door… From the looks of it, he was doing so, so that the smoke would

realized that the innkeeper was now walking toward

point, Juno and the

Gerald’s reactions, Juno couldn’t help but whisper,

over his mouth, Gerald then took a towel before cupping his

towels and did the same

watched as white smoke began seeping into the room through the bottom of the door… Had Gerald not opened the window,

did have vile intentions… After all, why else would he do something this

him. Otherwise, they would’ve surely gone fully

peephole again after a short while to see if

why he

before lying down… and right after that, he freed his soul from

out-of-body experience, causing him to instantly widen

to check on Gerald, Juno

Rey realized that Gerald was doing this on purpose. With that in mind, he then

get to the bottom of what vile things the innkeeper had

followed the trio all the way to Juno’s initial room! Of course, none of the men could see or even detect Gerald’s

out with my bewitching incense!” said the innkeeper with a sinister smile as he looked at the sturdy-looking

he nodded in satisfaction, prompting the innkeeper to

room was open,

they realized that the

asked

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That’s impossible! I’m sure they were in this room

the clearly pissed off Mr. Panther as he

I swear on my life

even retort, he was suddenly flung out of the room by what appeared to be a sudden strong gust of wind! In truth, the ‘wind’ was, in fact, Gerald, who had just

form, the duo could only stare in confusion, completely unaware of what was really

sickening snap could be heard… Gerald had just

dirty thoughts on Juno and Yrsa, there was no way he was ever going to show mercy

began panicking as they attempted to run for their lives! Sadly for them, Gerald wasn’t about to spare

Gerald then easily kicked

died from the

frightened that he barely registered that

for mercy as he knelt on the ground. To be quite frank,

mind, Gerald then stood before the innkeeper before suddenly making himself

you… I’m glad I trusted my gut! Regardless,

form, he looked downright terrifying, so much

help but snicker. Still, he wasn’t about to let the innkeeper

unconscious man up before tying him to a

tightly as possible to ensure that nobody would find out about what had

to his physical body… causing Rey to almost die of shock when the previously ‘unconscious’ Gerald suddenly

Gerald…! You’re awake! What happened just now? Why did you end up passing out all

about his out-of-body capabilities, Gerald simply said, “You’ll find out about it

only made Rey feel even more confused about all this. Even so, since Gerald wasn’t willing to tell him about it

us to go out and have a look around now!” said Gerald as he opened the

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arriving downstairs, all four of them were greeted by the sight of the innkeeper tied to a chair, his lowered head making it evident that he had fallen

to him, brother

then smiled faintly as he replied, “He’s just passed out from

water before splashing it

waking up, the innkeeper’s expression turned fearful as he

before he could scream any further, he received a tight

done so to calm the innkeeper down, and as he had predicted, it worked. Now pacified, the

innkeeper wasn’t able to realize that Gerald had done the deed earlier. With that in mind, the innkeeper

fact that the innkeeper didn’t know that he was the culprit of the earlier incidents meant that

him. With that, he glared at the innkeeper before asking, “Before that… Tell us, boss. What exactly is your relationship with

innkeeper instantly lowered his head, clearly not daring to say a

to cooperate? I don’t mind. Just so you know, I’m skilled in the art of torture! Mark my words, you’ll talk sooner or later!” sneered Gerald rather excitedly as he summoned his Astrabyss Sword. He had honestly been waiting for a chance to finally use

I’m responsible for managing it! Every time someone stays at the inn, I’ve to inform him about it! With that done, what usually follows is that I’ll use my bewitching incense to make the customers fall into a deep slumber… And when they wake up, they’ll find themselves under his control! By that point, Mr. Panther can

some kind of gangster who extorted his customer’s money! Unfortunately for Mr. Panther and the innkeeper, they hadn’t anticipated having to deal with Gerald and his party… As a result, Mr. Panther ended

case was, Rey then stepped forward, glaring at the innkeeper as he angrily asked, “Tell me… Just how