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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!

flopping heavily into a puddle of its own blood… Seeing that Gerald had

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

then turned to face Rey before replying, “I’m

it, they were both relieved that they had Gerald with them. Otherwise, they would’ve surely ended up as

carcass before muttering, “…What the hell even is that beast…? While I want

hideous beast had two long and thin fangs in its mouth. While it did

know, it sort of looks like Taotie… don’t you think? That mythological monster? But that’s just nonsense… There’s no way it could exist, right…?” said Yann after observing it for a

and replied, “And why couldn’t it? After all, if ghosts can exist, why not Taoties?” Hearing Gerald’s statement, Rey couldn’t help but nod. After all, since ghosts existed, pretty much everything else could

of plainly dressed people suddenly rushed out

dead Taotie on the ground, they instantly appeared shocked before looking back at the three men with fearful eyes… It was almost as

the group of people

found themselves surprised as well when they realized that all the people were wearing traditional garments. In fact, ‘ancient’ was probably a

an old man—holding onto a walking stick—soon

carcass, the old man then asked, “…If I may, where did you

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“…Well… we came from the other side of the mountain… Before anything else, could you please tell us where we are and

called a Taotie… Before you killed it, it lived deep

his party exchanged glances with each other. As Yann had earlier guessed,

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

them nodded in response, Gerald replied, “You heard

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

to come over to this side of the mountain… After all, there’s a trap there that

to the jade board in the hypnotic cave from

the case was, Gerald simply smiled subtly before replying, “Let’s just say we aren’t too sure about that either

attention to it, it wouldn’t be a stretch to call all three of you wise men! Since you’re already here anyway, come along to our village! Allow us to indulge you for managing to get to this side of the

then followed the old

learn that the people here led lives where they woke early to work and turned in as soon as sunset came. From those two facts alone, it became evident that the people here had lived completely separate from the outside world for many,

you think we could’ve time-traveled, Mr. Crawford…2” whispered Rey along the way, finding everything here

is just a utopia that came to be since it was cut off

phones wouldn’t still have signals! That was honestly the main reason why Gerald was sure that

hearing what Gerald had to say, Rey couldn’t help

already abuzz with news about outsiders’ arrival. After all, none of them had ever met people from

inside, Gerald immediately asked, “Speaking of which… How should we address you,

chief of this village! In case you were wondering, this place is called Moonbeam Village!” replied Stanton as Gerald, Rey, and

pleasure to meet you, Chief Lingard!

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hearing Rey’s question, Stanton immediately chuckled before replying, “You’ll find

could only shrug in

all kinds of food and drinks over to Stanton’s

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

Gerald could even say a word, Rey immediately replied, “Well yeah, I’m starving! Thank you for having

Rey was already busy stuffing his 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

Gerald then began eating as

himself was smiling at how quickly Rey was munching

Gerald cleared his throat before asking, “Speaking of which, chief…

cave? Why would you be looking for

to look for something important… From what we’ve gathered, that thing can most probably be found

quite a few of them here! Unfortunately, that also means that I don’t know which one you’re referring to!” replied Stanton in an apologetic tone. “I see…

of stone covering its massive entrance… However, I didn’t really pry into it

you still remember where that cave is located?”

think…” replied

before declaring, “While I can’t remember where its exact location is, I do recall that two massive pillars stand before the cave’s

that statement only described what the cave’s entrance looked like, Gerald was just pleased that he received a clue in the

looking for it first

in reply, Stanton then said,

a bright crescent moon enveloped

or

and bustle of a typical city’s nightlife, the second darkness fell, the entire village went dead silent. Everyone simply remained in their homes and turned their light sources out, not even bothering

the night, Rey couldn’t help but whisper, “…Say… Mr. Crawford…? Do you really think we’ll be

on the chief’s description, it shouldn’t be too hard

left the cave by this point…” muttered Rey, a hint of

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

for one, wasn’t worried about Tye at all. So what if they managed to get out? Gerald and his party were pretty much always going to be a step ahead of them anyway. With that in mind, them catching up to the trio

did manage to catch up to them, it wasn’t

bit longer, the two finally decided to hit the hay… Not long after the sun began to rise, knocking

before walking over to the door. Opening it, Gerald then smiled subtly

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

replied Gerald, now looking much more pumped up. After all, they’d surely have a much easier time finding that

so we’ll only be setting off once you’ve all

Stanton personally come over

with that said, Gerald quickly woke the others

over to the village chief’s house and had a lavish breakfast… This didn’t take long, and soon enough, the party of three set off for the mountains

difficult to hike. Had Stanton not

Rey himself—who wasn’t used to hiking—couldn’t help but complain, “T-this hike is a bit too rough, isn’t

could’ve been much rougher if we didn’t have the chief’s

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the product of us mapping out the mountain for years! This path is considerably easy, you

this hiking was a challenge for them. Even so, they were well aware that this was the only way they were

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 about how high they were, they quickly snapped out of it when Stanton called

see the two stone pillars standing before the blocked cave entrance…

was their stop, Gerald then nodded before saying, “So it would seem! Thank you for guiding us up till this point, chief! We’ll be heading

located whatever it is you’re looking

and clear! We appreciate all the hospitality, chief!” declared

heading toward the

other villagers—themselves continued on their own journey further

upon standing before the mouth of the sealed-up cave, Rey couldn’t help but say, “That’s one massive stone wall blocking the entrance… Still… Do you think there’s some kind of mechanism to get it

Gerald. “Then what are we waiting for? Let’s hurry

nodding in agreement, the three then began searching the area… and soon enough, they found the mechanism they were

Have you heard about it, Mr. Crawford…?” asked Rey as

Shui, I do know that The Eight Diagrams

the looks of it, the only way they were going to get the cave to open was by solving this

much about Feng Shui, then doesn’t that mean that

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 such areas. With that in mind, I’m sure we can at least make

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said, Gerald then began giving The