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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!

all over the place, the monster released one final roar before flopping heavily into a puddle of its own blood… Seeing that Gerald had managed

asked in a concerned

then turned to face Rey

had Gerald with them. Otherwise, they would’ve

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

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

monster? But that’s just nonsense… There’s no

if ghosts can exist, why not Taoties?” Hearing

that moment, a group of plainly dressed people suddenly rushed

they instantly appeared shocked before looking back at the three

group of people weren’t the only ones

when they realized that all the people were

there was a brief silence, an old man—holding onto a walking stick—soon walked out from

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

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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

it lived deep in

with each other. As Yann had earlier guessed, the creature turned out

but you said the three of you come from the other side of the mountain…?” added the old

them nodded in

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

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

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

simply smiled subtly before replying, “Let’s just say we aren’t too sure about

a stretch to call all three of you wise men! Since you’re already here anyway, come along to our village! Allow

and his party then followed

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,

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

is just a utopia that came to be since it was cut off from the rest of the world

all, if they truly had time-traveled, then their phones wouldn’t still have signals! That was

after hearing what Gerald had to say, Rey

was already abuzz with news about outsiders’ arrival. After

Gerald immediately asked, “Speaking of which… How

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

you, Chief Lingard! Though… why

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hearing Rey’s question, Stanton immediately chuckled before

Rey could only

all kinds of food and drinks

declaring, “Come, have some food! All of you must be famished

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

the 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 that

his head, Gerald then began eating as well, followed by Yann

smiling at how quickly Rey was

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

cave? Why would you be looking for a cave of

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 Gerald,

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

stone covering its massive entrance… However, I didn’t really pry into it since night was soon to come at the time…” replied Stanton after thinking

cave is located?”

a moment to think…” replied Stanton

Stenton suddenly raised his head before declaring, “While I can’t remember where its exact location is, I do recall that two massive pillars stand before the cave’s entrance! You can’t

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

for it first thing in the morning!”

then said, “You’re

fell and a bright crescent moon enveloped Moonbeam Village in a calming

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city’s nightlife, the second darkness fell, the entire village went dead silent. Everyone simply remained in their homes and turned their light

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

chief’s description, it shouldn’t be too

I wonder if Tye and his men have left the cave by this

to locate the exit rather easily!” said

much always going to be a step ahead of them anyway. With

to catch up to them, it wasn’t as though Gerald

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 called out,

of bed before walking over to the door. Opening it, Gerald then smiled subtly as he replied, “Well you’re

tell you that we’re entering the mountain later. With that in mind, I wonder if you’d like to come along

course! Please 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, they’d surely have

for you, so we’ll only be setting off once you’ve all had your meals!” said

gratuitous tone. After all, not only had Stanton personally come

that said, Gerald quickly

lavish breakfast… This didn’t

about three thousand feet above 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

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

didn’t have the chief’s guidance!” replied Gerald, causing Rey to

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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

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

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,

at where Stanton was pointing, the three men could immediately see the two stone pillars standing before

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

be careful in there… Once you’ve located whatever it is you’re looking for,

chief!” declared Gerald and

heading toward the

the other villagers—themselves continued on their own

upon standing before the mouth of the sealed-up cave, Rey couldn’t help but say, “That’s one massive stone wall blocking the

and I’m pretty sure it’s around here somewhere,” replied Gerald. “Then what are we waiting for? Let’s hurry and find

area… and soon enough,

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

“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

way they were going to get the cave to open was by solving

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

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 it inside if we just use our heads!” replied Gerald as he looked

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giving The Eight Diagrams a