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Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 1901

“My god! You truly are something else, Gerald!” exclaimed Yann in awe. To think that Gerald had been able to remember to steal Tye’s map earlier despite being in such a stressful situation!

Regardless, how splendid! Now that Tye and the others didn’t have the map, they’d surely be unable to continue their search!

“Whatever the case is, Tye and his men may have come here for the treasure, but we’re different. What we find valuable is different from them. With that in mind, I want both of you to listen carefully to me. Once we get to our destination, you can’t touch or take anything without first asking for my permission! Do I have myself clear?” said Gerald.

“Got it, Mr. Crawford!” replied Rey. “But… if we don’t take anything back, then this trip will be a bit of a waste, don’t you think, Mr. Crawford…2” muttered Yann in a slightly reluctant tone.

“While I won’t repeat myself, I hope you understand that greed only leads to ruin, Yann,” replied Gerald, prompting Yann to fall silent.

Yann, for one, wasn’t about to disobey Gerald’s words. After all, he was well aware of how capable and strong Gerald was.

Even so, greed was different for everyone. While some may not have it at all, others simply had endless greed…

Either way, with that said, the trio then resumed their journey…

It was quite a while later before Tye and his men would finally snap out from their dazes.

Soon realizing that Gerald and his party weren’t around, Tye rubbed his groggy forehead before asking, “Hey, have any of you seen Gerald and his party…”

Watching as his subordinates shook their heads, a realization suddenly came across Tye, prompting the man to feel his pocket… and it was at that moment when he noticed that his map had been stolen!

“That b*stard…!” scowled Tye, causing all of his men to immediately begin exchanging glances, not even sure what had happened to make Tye this angry. Hailey—Tye’s secretary—herself quickly walked up to the angry man before asking in a concerned tone, “What’s wrong, Chairman Lamano…?”

“Everything! To think that those three b*stards would actually dare to steal my map!” roared Tye, his entire face now reddened in fury.

Though she was momentarily stunned, Hailey quickly snapped out of it before replying, “Could… they perhaps have taken the map to ease their search for the exit…? After all, the last I saw them, they were heading deeper into the cave… Maybe they’ve already found the exit!”

Upon hearing that, Tye realized that she made sense. With that, he immediately ordered his men to begin going deeper into the cave…

Shortly after, the group got to the deepest part of the cave and were promptly greeted by the sight of a board of sorts that was covered by a drenched shirt…

Before Tye could even begin wondering what the shirt was doing there for, one of his scouting subordinates came rushing back as he reported, “C-chairman Lamano! We’ve found an exit on the other side!”

“So they really did steal my map and flee! Those mother f*ckers…! Pursue them immediately!” roared

the furious Tye as the group quickly left the cave…

Unfortunately for Tye, Gerald and his party were nowhere remotely close to the cave anymore, just as Gerald had predicted… Regardless, the trio had just come across a stream when Rey suggested, “Say, why don’t we take a short rest here, Mr. Crawford…? After all, with the distance we’ve covered, it’s pretty much impossible for them to catch up to us.”

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Hearing that, Yann then chimed in, “Indeed! We’ve already walked for two hours anyway. Let’s take a short rest!”

Understanding that the duo didn’t have his stamina and endurance, Gerald could only agree with them. After all, exhaustion during a journey was best avoided…

Nodding, Gerald replied, “Sure, why not. Let’s take a short break!”

With that, the trio sat by the stream to enjoy a well-deserved rest…

While Gerald didn’t do anything in particular, Rey and Yann began washing their faces with the stream’s water and even began drinking it.

However, shortly after the duo quenched their thirst, Rey happened to see something stuck at the bottom of the crystal-clear stream… Squinting at the object, his eyes immediately widened when he realized what it was.

Startled to hear Rey screaming out of the blue, Gerald was immediately prompted to ask, “What is it?!” “M-Mr. Crawford…! Look there…! It… It’s a human bone…!” replied the quivering Rey as he immediately backed away from the stream.

Upon hearing that, Yann quickly ran over to have a look… and once he saw that Rey wasn’t fibbing, Yann and Rey immediately began vomiting. After all, they had drunk the same water where the bone had been in!

Gerald himself calmly walked toward the stream before pulling the bone out…

Inspecting it, Gerald couldn’t help but say, “How odd… Arandom human bone in the water…? Could someone have died here…?”

After looking at it for a while longer, Gerald realized something unsettling.

“Hey, come look at this! The way the bone snapped couldn’t have been done by another person… After all, it looks like it was damaged by something feral on the hunt…” muttered Gerald, prompting Rey to quickly begin looking around.

“.A-are you suggesting that there’s a fierce beast lurking around, Mr. Crawford…2” stuttered Rey.

“Most likely!” replied Gerald with a nod as he got up from his squatting position before tossing the bone away. Naturally, this quickly made Rey and Yann nervous.

“T-then let’s hurry and leave this place, Mr. Crawford…!” said Rey, not wanting the fierce beast to suddenly ambush them. Nodding in response, Gerald was just about to begin leaving the area with his party… when all of a sudden, the trio froze.

After all, all three of them had noticed that a fanged monster was glaring straight at them not too far away…!

While neither of them made a sound in the first few seconds, eventually, Rey wasn’t able to hold back from whispering, “M-Mr. Crawford… What now-“

“Hush!” whispered Gerald in return as he placed his palm over Rey’s mouth.

Following that, Gerald gestured for the duo to slowly inch their way to the side, not wanting to alarm the beast. While making their move, all three of them kept an eye on the monster, not wanting it to get a free chance to ambush them…

However, they had only taken a few steps when the monster suddenly let out an ear-piercing roar!

“God d*mnit! It sounds angry too! Run!”

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Hearing Gerald’s order, Rey and Yann immediately began bolting away from the scene. Unfortunately for them, their sudden movement only served to make the monster even more excited!

Realizing that the monster had its eyes on him, Rey began running even faster as he yelled, “P-please stop chasing after me…!”

As expected, all that shouting simply caused the beast to increase its speed as it continued bolting toward Rey!

Realizing that the monster was now inches away from Rey, Gerald quickly summoned the Astrabyss Sword before tossing it toward the beast!

The second the sword successfully cut through the monster’s flesh, it let out a mighty roar of pain!

Following that, it turned to glare at Gerald before charging for him next!

Despite how intimidating it was, Gerald kept his cool and resummoned the blade into his hand.

Once the monster was only a few steps away from him, Gerald—who had positioned himself to strike by now—bolted toward it as well!

Ducking exactly in front of the monster, Gerald managed to get right underneath it… and seeing the perfect chance, Gerald then raised his sword, causing the monster to literally gut itself as its sliced open belly ran through the blade!

a puddle of its own blood…

returning to Gerald’s side, Rey instantly asked in a concerned tone, “A-are you alright,

Gerald then turned to face

of them said it, they were both relieved that they had Gerald with them. Otherwise, they would’ve surely ended up as monster food! Thinking back, their bones would

off, Rey then stared at its carcass before muttering, “…What the hell even

hideous beast had two long and thin fangs in its

That mythological monster? But that’s just nonsense… There’s no way it could exist, right…?” said Yann after observing it

hearing that, Rey looked like he wanted to say something. However, Gerald beat him to it and replied, “And why couldn’t it? After all, if ghosts can exist, why not Taoties?” Hearing Gerald’s statement, Rey couldn’t help

dressed people suddenly rushed out from the forest and

on Gerald and his party, upon seeing the dead Taotie on the ground, they instantly appeared shocked before looking back

the group of people weren’t

that all the people were wearing traditional garments. In fact, ‘ancient’ was probably

a brief silence, an old man—holding onto a walking stick—soon

man then asked, “…If I

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other side of the mountain… Before anything else, could you please tell us where

you killed it, it lived deep in the

Gerald and his party exchanged glances with each other. As Yann had earlier guessed, the creature turned out

said the three of you come from the other side of the mountain…?” added the old man, his tone hinting at his

all three of them nodded in response, Gerald

from the crowd immediately began discussing that fact, Rey couldn’t help but raise a slight brow as he asked, “…Is… there a reason why

mountain… After all, there’s a trap there that hypnotically ensnares anyone who tries to come over! With that said, how on

to the jade board in the

Gerald simply smiled subtly before replying, “Let’s just say we

men! Since you’re already here anyway, come

harm in that, Gerald and his party then followed the old man—and the

exactly like ones that could be found in history books. They also came to learn that the people here led lives where they woke early to work and

we could’ve time-traveled, Mr. Crawford…2” whispered Rey along the way, finding everything here to be too bizarre to

place is just a utopia that came to be since

they truly had time-traveled, then their phones wouldn’t still have signals! That was honestly the main reason why Gerald was sure

had to say, Rey couldn’t help but

already abuzz with news about outsiders’

asked, “Speaking of which…

village! In case you were

to meet you, Chief

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chuckled before replying, “You’ll find out once night

that, Rey could only shrug in

it wasn’t long before the villagers brought all

front of Gerald and his party, Stanton smiled before declaring, “Come, have some

a word, Rey immediately replied, “Well yeah, I’m starving! Thank

mouth with food. After all, the trio hadn’t eaten anything for most of the day, and being a young man, Rey‘s appetite was nothing short of voracious. Still, with how quickly he was eating, Gerald felt that it honestly wasn’t a stretch that his

head, Gerald then began eating

smiling at how quickly

Gerald cleared his throat before asking, “Speaking of which, chief… Do you know of any other caves

“A… cave? Why would you be looking

look for something important… From what we’ve gathered, that thing can most probably be found in a cave on

‘a’ cave, we have quite a few of them here! Unfortunately, that also means that I don’t know which one you’re referring to!” replied Stanton

covering its massive entrance… However, I didn’t really pry into it since night was soon to

still remember where that cave is located?” said Gerald, his

replied Stanton as he

its exact location is, I do recall that two

that statement only described what the cave’s entrance looked like, Gerald was just

chief! We’ll start looking for it first thing in the morning!” replied Gerald in a gratuitous

Stanton then said,

before night fell and a bright crescent

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silent. Everyone simply remained in their homes and turned their light sources out, not even bothering to go against the norm. They truly were living like

night, Rey couldn’t help but whisper, “…Say… Mr. Crawford…?

based on the chief’s description, it shouldn’t

left the cave by

able to locate the exit rather easily!” said Gerald in a

pretty much

did manage to catch up to

the case was, after chatting a bit longer, the two finally decided to hit the hay… Not long after the sun began to rise, knocking could be heard on the trio’s door as the chief’s

of bed before walking over to the door. Opening it, Gerald then smiled subtly as he

early risers! Regardless, I’m here to tell you that we’re entering the mountain later. With that

packed up and ready in no time!” replied Gerald, now looking much more pumped up.

someone prepare breakfast for you, so we’ll only be setting off once

being in your care!” replied Gerald in a gratuitous tone. After all, not only had Stanton personally come over to wake them, but he had even got others to prepare breakfast for them! It would be

said, Gerald quickly woke

they headed over to the village chief’s house and had a lavish breakfast… This didn’t

sea level, the mountain was considerably high and was rather difficult to hike. Had Stanton not been there to lead the way, Gerald and his party

mean that the hike was easy. Rey himself—who wasn’t used to

if we didn’t have the chief’s guidance!” replied

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footpath here is the product of us mapping out the mountain for years! This path is considerably

the trio appreciated the old man’s light-heartedness, it didn’t change the fact that all this hiking was a challenge for them. Even so, they were well aware that this was the only way they were going

area with relatively flat land. Judging from how high up the mountain they were, they were possibly halfway up the mountain as well. With that in mind, looking down at the deep valley—that was now hundreds of feet below them—would make anyone feel giddy… Just as all three of them were trying hard not to think

see the two stone pillars standing before the blocked cave entrance… It was exactly like

that this was their stop, Gerald then nodded before saying, “So it would seem! Thank you for guiding us up till this point,

it is you’re

clear! We appreciate all the hospitality, chief!” declared Gerald and his party in unison

heading

the other villagers—themselves continued on their own journey further up the

couldn’t help but say, “That’s one massive stone wall blocking the entrance… Still… Do you think there’s some kind of

Gerald. “Then what are we waiting for? Let’s hurry and find it!” declared Yann

searching the area… and soon enough, they found the mechanism

mechanism resemble The Eight Diagrams…? The one from Feng Shui…? Have

slightly in response, Gerald then replied, “I have. While I’m not particularly knowledgeable in the art of Feng Shui, I do know that The Eight Diagrams are also known as the eight doors, and each

looks of it, the only way they were going to get the cave to

much about Feng Shui, then doesn’t that mean that we’ve hit a dead-end…?” muttered Yann

too early to give up! While it’s true that I don’t know much about Feng Shui, I believe that whoever made this contraption wouldn’t have made entry into the cave all that difficult. After all, the hard part is usually getting out of

or

began giving The Eight Diagrams a