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.

not sure if you’ve noticed this, but people in this town

let’s take turns sleeping and keeping watch over

safer now that

knocking could suddenly be

slight brow, Gerald then asked, “Who is

replied the innkeeper as Gerald and

Rey to open the door, Rey then did as he

entered with a kettle of hot water before placing it on

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

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

exchanged glances again, wondering what the innkeeper was on

“Boss-”

appreciate the warning!” said Gerald as he

in response, the innkeeper then replied, “Good to hear! Also, if there’s anything you need in the night, don’t hesitate

duo then watched as the innkeeper

that he was really gone made

what you did

to be asked so

Rey then asked, “Got it, brother Gerald. Either way… After what just happened, do you still think that the innkeeper is a

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something was off about the innkeeper, he simply couldn’t

I’m not 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 our room earlier, almost as though he was searching for something. My guess is that he must have some secret

their rooms tonight only served to make them more suspicious of him. With

Zorn’s room

the same thing, and with that, both of them then walked out and began knocking on

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

Gerald!” replied the youth as Juno opened the

there as well, Juno was prompted to

Rey entered her room, only to see that Yrsa herself

locked the door behind them, Juno then got

off. With that in mind, we’d like you two to come sleep in

test the innkeeper

have said it better myself,” replied Gerald with a firm

us some time to wash up first then! We’ll head to your room

then

was about ten minutes later when Juno

if the innkeeper truly

strong cultivator, none of them could say for sure that

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

that, Gerald and Rey then sat on the

bed and promptly fell asleep… This was going to be a long

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

gave away the tapping

Gerald and

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

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

away when he realized that the innkeeper

and

seeing Gerald’s reactions, Juno couldn’t help but whisper, “…What’s wrong,

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

was trying to relay, the others got their own towels and did the same as Gerald made sure to open the

began seeping into the room through the bottom of the door… Had

and Rey’s hunch had apparently been correct. The innkeeper really did have vile intentions… After all,

that they suspected him. Otherwise, they

the peephole again after a short while

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

headed to the bed before lying down… and

causing him to instantly widen

Gerald, Juno raised her hand, signaling for Rey not

this on purpose. With that in mind, he then

get to the bottom of what vile things the innkeeper had planned if it was the last thing he did! Soon after, he found the innkeeper leading

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

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

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

was open, all three of the men

when they realized

are they?” asked the

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they were in this room

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

Panther! I swear on my life that they really

appeared to be a sudden strong gust of wind! In truth, the

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

the case was, with one strong squeeze, a sickening snap could be heard… Gerald had just

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

Panther was now dead, the terrified innkeeper and the other man instantly began panicking as they attempted to run for their lives! Sadly for them, Gerald wasn’t about

easily kicked

man instantaneously died from the kick, the terror-stricken innkeeper was still

that he barely registered that his bladder had just

knelt on the ground. To be quite frank, Gerald found the man’s pitiful crying and

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

straight into the confused and terrified innkeeper’s eyes, Gerald then said, “I knew something was wrong with you… I’m glad I trusted my gut! Regardless,

form, he looked downright terrifying, so

but snicker. Still, he wasn’t about to

up before tying him to a

tightly as possible to ensure that nobody would find out about what had happened inside the building. With that done,

he then bolted back to his physical body… causing Rey to almost die of shock when the previously ‘unconscious’ Gerald suddenly sat

now? Why did you end up passing out all of a sudden?” asked the bewildered Rey once he snapped out of his

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

him about it now, he believed that there was a reason for that.

go out and have a look around now!” said Gerald as

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four of them were greeted by the sight of the innkeeper tied to a

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

in response, Gerald then smiled faintly as he replied, “He’s just passed out

water before splashing it all over the

the innkeeper’s expression turned fearful as

before he could scream any further, he received a tight slap on his left cheek from

worked. Now pacified, the dazed innkeeper couldn’t help

Gerald had done the deed earlier.

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

with him. With that, he glared at the innkeeper before

lowered his head, clearly not daring

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 sadistic tactics

hurt me…! Look, Mr. Panther and I 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

inn they had chosen to stay in belonged to some kind of gangster who extorted his customer’s money! Unfortunately for Mr.

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