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.

was prompted to ask, “…I’m not sure if you’ve noticed this, but people in this town seem to give outsiders like

the innkeeper isn’t a good person either. With that in mind, let’s take turns sleeping and keeping watch over the situation. I’ll be first to keep watch, and we can switch places later in

feeling much safer now that Gerald

could suddenly

Gerald then asked,

here delivering some warm water!” replied the

to open the door, Rey

now open, the innkeeper then entered with a kettle

at both of them, Gerald then faked a smile as he said, “My, my! How thoughtful of

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 safe out

and Rey exchanged glances

“Boss-”

appreciate the warning!” said

hear! Also, if there’s anything you need in the night,

watched

was really gone made Gerald breathe a sigh of relief as he closed

did earlier…” muttered

asked so bluntly, Rey.

Either way… After what just happened, do you still think that the innkeeper is a

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innkeeper, he simply couldn’t pinpoint what it was, and quite frankly, that was driving him

too sure where he’s bad or not, I’m at least certain that there’s a problem with him. After all, I saw him constantly looking around

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 his true

room for the

same thing, and with that, both of them then walked out and

Juno in a similar fashion to how Gerald had asked earlier. It was a clear sign that

Gerald!” replied the youth as Juno

there as well, Juno was prompted to ask, “Is… something

talk inside,” replied Gerald as he and Rey entered her room, only to see that Yrsa herself had been watching television

she locked the door behind them, Juno then got straight to the point

I feel that the innkeeper is a little off. With that in mind, we’d like you two to come sleep in our room later. We’ll just leave this room empty for the night,”

room as bait to test the innkeeper

better myself,” replied Gerald with a firm

first then! We’ll head to your room once we’re done!” said Juno,

and Rey then went

ten minutes later when Juno and Yrsa came over as

cramped, the four of them sharing a room would certainly make 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

them could say for sure that

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

that, Gerald and Rey then

Yrsa themselves got into bed and promptly fell asleep… This was going to be a long night for the

forward to a few hours later, it was late into the night, and not a single sound could be heard… It was honestly

so, the silence was what eventually gave away the tapping of approaching footsteps that

door, Gerald and

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the peephole… and almost immediately after, his eyes widened when he

what appeared to be some 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 seep

backed away when he realized that

and

Juno couldn’t help but whisper,

his mouth, Gerald then took a towel before cupping his mouth and nose with

towels and did the same as Gerald

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

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

lucky that they suspected him. Otherwise,

after a short while to see

confused Gerald as to why he just left like that. After all, he had already gone through the trouble of doing

about it for a while, Gerald then headed to the bed before lying down…

Rey didn’t know that Gerald was having an out-of-body experience, causing him to instantly widen his eyes in shock when Gerald suddenly appeared

Gerald, Juno raised her hand, signaling for

this on purpose. With

what vile things the innkeeper had planned if

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

room, Mr. Panther! They’ve both been knocked clean out with my bewitching incense!” said the

satisfaction, prompting the innkeeper to retrieve the room’s spare

open, all three of the

quickly found themselves stunned when they

asked

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they were in this room not too long ago!”

of me?” growled the clearly pissed off Mr. Panther as he grabbed the

swear on my life that they really were here earlier!” explained the terrified

what appeared to be a sudden strong gust of wind! In truth, the ‘wind’ was, in fact, Gerald, who had just rushed toward Mr. Panther

the duo could

with one strong squeeze, a sickening snap could

Juno and Yrsa, there was no way he was ever going to

innkeeper and the other man instantly began panicking as they attempted to run

Gerald then easily

from the

so frightened that he barely registered

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

before the innkeeper before

Gerald then said, “I knew something was wrong with you… I’m glad I trusted my

in his ghost form, he looked downright terrifying, so much so, in fact, that the innkeeper quickly found himself

but snicker. Still, he wasn’t

up before tying

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

physical body… causing Rey to almost die

passing out all of a sudden?” asked the bewildered Rey once he snapped out

Rey didn’t know about his out-of-body capabilities, Gerald

more confused about all this. Even so, since Gerald wasn’t willing to tell him about it now, he believed that there was a reason for that. Due to

a look around now!” said Gerald as he

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of them were greeted by the sight of the innkeeper tied to a chair, his

happened to him, brother Gerald…?” asked the surprised

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

Gerald got a glass of water before splashing it all over the

the innkeeper’s expression turned fearful

received a tight slap

down, and as he had predicted, it worked. Now pacified, the dazed innkeeper couldn’t help but stare at the four

to realize that Gerald had done the deed earlier. With that in mind,

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

too much time with him. With that, he glared at the innkeeper before asking, “Before that… Tell us, boss.

hearing that, the innkeeper instantly lowered his head,

talk sooner or later!” sneered Gerald rather excitedly as he summoned his Astrabyss Sword. He had honestly been waiting for a chance

are partners! He started this inn and 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

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,

as he angrily asked, “Tell me… Just how