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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!

before flopping heavily into a puddle of its own blood… Seeing

side, Rey instantly asked in a concerned tone,

Gerald then turned to face Rey before replying,

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

“…What the hell even is that beast…? While I want

thin fangs in its mouth. While it did slightly

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

couldn’t it? After all, if ghosts can exist, why not Taoties?” Hearing Gerald’s statement, Rey couldn’t

people suddenly rushed out from the forest

the dead Taotie on the ground, they instantly appeared shocked before looking

group of people weren’t the only

found themselves surprised as well when they realized that all the people were

was a brief silence, an old man—holding onto a

at the fresh carcass, the old man then asked, “…If I may, where did you come from,

or

of it when he heard the confused elderly man’s question, Gerald then replied, “…Well… we came from the other side of the mountain… Before anything else, could

killed it, it lived deep in the mountains and was known for being extremely

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

other side of the mountain…?” added the old man, his tone hinting at his

of them nodded in

that those from the crowd immediately began discussing that fact, Rey couldn’t help but raise a slight brow as

explained, “Well… you see, nobody’s ever been able to come over to this side of the mountain… After all, there’s a trap there that hypnotically ensnares anyone

was referring to the jade board in the hypnotic

replying, “Let’s just say we aren’t too sure about that either

without even paying 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

that, Gerald and his party then followed the old man—and the crowd of

arriving, the trio saw that the village looked 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 turned in as soon as sunset came. From those two facts alone, it became evident that

Rey along the way, finding everything here to be too

since it was cut off from the

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

Gerald had to say,

entire village was already abuzz with news about outsiders’ arrival. After

immediately asked, “Speaking of which… How should we

chief of this village! In case you were wondering, this place is called Moonbeam

pleasure to meet you, Chief Lingard! Though… why

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question, Stanton immediately chuckled before replying,

could only shrug in

brought all kinds

“Come, have some food! All of you must be famished and exhausted after traveling such

word, Rey immediately replied, “Well yeah, I’m starving! Thank you for having us,

of the day, and being a young man, Rey‘s appetite was nothing short of voracious.

began eating as well, followed by

was smiling at how quickly Rey was munching down on

“Speaking of which, chief… Do you know of any other caves

cave? Why would you be looking for

of us have actually been trying to look for something important… From what we’ve gathered, that thing can most probably be found in a cave on this

that also means that I don’t know which one you’re referring to!” replied Stanton in an apologetic tone. “I see…

If I recall correctly, the cave had a large wall of stone covering its massive entrance… However, I didn’t

you still remember where that cave

to think…” replied

exact location is, I do recall that

Gerald

Thank you, chief! We’ll start looking for it first thing in the morning!”

Stanton then said, “You’re most

wasn’t long before night fell and a

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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

“…Say… Mr. Crawford…?

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

guess… I wonder if Tye and his men have left the cave by this point…” muttered Rey, a hint of worry in his

locate the exit

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

if they did manage to catch up to them, it

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 familiar voice

before walking over to the door. Opening it, Gerald then smiled subtly as he replied, “Well

in response, Stanton then said, “All of us here are just early risers! Regardless, I’m here to tell you that we’re entering the mountain later. With that in mind, I wonder if you’d

time!” replied Gerald, now looking much more pumped

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

tone. After all, not only had Stanton personally come over to wake them, but he had even got others to prepare

Gerald quickly woke the

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

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 would’ve surely had a much rougher time navigating the

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

rougher if we didn’t have the

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Just so you know, there didn’t even use to be a road on this mountain! This footpath here is the product of us mapping out the mountain for years! This path is considerably easy, you know? Some of the more difficult terrains require us to climb!” scowled Stanton—who was taking the lead—in a joking

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 to be able

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

where Stanton was pointing, the three men could immediately see the two stone pillars standing before the blocked cave entrance… It

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

of which, do be careful in there… Once you’ve located whatever it

We appreciate all the hospitality, chief!” declared Gerald

and heading toward the

villagers—themselves continued on their own journey further

say, “That’s one massive stone wall blocking the entrance… Still… Do you think there’s some kind of mechanism to get

replied Gerald. “Then what are we

searching the area… and soon enough, they

doesn’t the mechanism resemble The Eight Diagrams…? The one from Feng Shui…? Have you heard

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,

going to get the cave to open was by solving this Feng Shui-

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

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

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then began giving The Eight Diagrams a