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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!

one final roar before flopping heavily into a puddle of its own blood… Seeing that Gerald had managed to

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

sword, Gerald then turned to face

would’ve surely ended up as

the hell even is that beast…? While I want to call it a tiger, it

better look, the trio saw that the hideous beast had two long and thin fangs in its mouth. While it did slightly resemble a

it sort of looks like Taotie… don’t you think? That mythological monster? But that’s just nonsense… There’s no

all, if ghosts can exist, why not Taoties?” Hearing Gerald’s statement, Rey couldn’t help but nod. After all, since ghosts existed, pretty

group of plainly dressed people suddenly rushed out from the forest

instantly appeared shocked before looking back at the three men with fearful eyes… It was almost as

of people weren’t

when they realized that all the people were

man—holding onto a walking stick—soon walked out from the

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

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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 you please tell us where we are and what

a Taotie… Before you killed it, it lived deep in the mountains and was known for being extremely ferocious!” replied the old

Gerald and his party exchanged glances with each other. As Yann had earlier

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

nodded in response, Gerald replied, “You heard

discussing that fact, Rey couldn’t help but raise a slight

“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 clear that the old man was referring to the jade board

just say we aren’t too sure about

men! Since you’re already here anyway, come along to our village! Allow us to indulge

his party then followed the old man—and the crowd of

led lives where they woke early to work and turned in as soon as sunset came. From those two facts

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

place is just a utopia that came to be since

have signals! That was honestly the main reason why Gerald

had to

about outsiders’

asked, “Speaking

well, I go by Stanton Lingard, and I’m the chief of this village! In case you were wondering, this place

pleasure to meet you, Chief Lingard! Though…

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chuckled before replying,

that, Rey could only

brought all kinds of food

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

say a word, Rey immediately replied,

time Gerald turned to stare helplessly at Rey, 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 voracious. Still, with how quickly he was eating, Gerald felt that it honestly wasn’t a stretch

then began eating as

at how quickly Rey

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

question, Stanton replied, “A… cave? Why

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 mountain!” replied

that also means that I don’t know which one you’re referring to!” replied Stanton in an apologetic tone. “I see… then… among them, are there any that are

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

still remember where that cave

a moment to think…” replied

before declaring, “While I can’t remember where its exact location is, I

looked like, Gerald was just pleased that

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

then said, “You’re most

that conversation, it wasn’t long before night fell and a bright crescent moon enveloped Moonbeam Village in a calming

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darkness fell, the entire village went dead silent. Everyone simply remained in their homes and turned their light sources out, not even bothering

but whisper, “…Say… Mr. Crawford…? Do

chief’s description, it shouldn’t be too hard to find!”

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

even we were able to locate the exit

were pretty much always going to

to them, it wasn’t

after the sun began to rise, knocking could be heard on the trio’s door as

the door. Opening it, Gerald then

you

give us a moment, chief! We’ll be packed up and ready in no time!” replied Gerald, now looking much more pumped up. After all,

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

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

with that said, Gerald quickly woke the

had a lavish breakfast… This didn’t take long, and soon enough, the party

to hike. Had Stanton not been there to lead the way, Gerald and his

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

could’ve been much rougher if we didn’t have the chief’s guidance!” replied Gerald, causing

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

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

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

could immediately see the two stone pillars standing before the blocked cave entrance… It was exactly like how Stanton had described the

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

Once you’ve located whatever it is you’re looking for,

the hospitality, chief!” declared Gerald and his party in

and heading

other villagers—themselves continued on their own

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

around here somewhere,” replied Gerald. “Then what are we waiting for? Let’s hurry

nodding in agreement, the three then began searching the area… and soon enough,

The Eight Diagrams…? The one from Feng Shui…? Have you

replied, “I have. While I’m not particularly knowledgeable in the art of Feng Shui, I do know that The Eight Diagrams are

going to get the cave to

Shui, then doesn’t that mean that we’ve

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 it inside if we just use

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that said, Gerald then began giving The Eight Diagrams a