The Secretly Rich Man

Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 1911

Understanding that staying here for any longer would only spell more trouble, after resting for a bit, Gerald got to his feet before saying, “Alright, let’s leave this place while we can!”

With that, the duo made their way back to the sealed main entrance…

Once they were there, they quickly realized that there wasn’t a mechanism to open the doors at all, at least not one they could easily see… The pitch darkness of the place certainly didn’t help…

Understanding the fact that they didn’t even know where to start looking for the mechanism, Rey couldn’t help but stare at the massive stone wall—blocking the cave’s entrance—before looking at Gerald and asking, “…How… should we leave, Mr. Crawford…?”

“Well, since there was a mechanism outside that allowed us to enter, I’m sure there’s another one in here that will allow us to leave! Since the Yin and Yang sides—based on the layout of The Eight Diagrams—was the key to opening the door from the outside, I’m assuming that the mechanism in here can be found opposite of that!” replied Gerald after thinking for a bit.

Following that, Gerald began searching the opposite areas… and after feeling around the stone wall, he managed to find a mechanism!

Immediately twisting it, Gerald and Rey’s eyes quickly widened as the floor beneath them began to crumble! To think that the mechanism would cause this!

Regardless, unable to react in time, both of them soon found themselves sliding down an inclined path!

While Rey screamed all the way down, Gerald himself could only think about how badly he had messed up this time. As it turned out, things weren’t as easy as he had expected…

Whatever the case was, it was quite a while before the slope suddenly ended, sending both of them shooting out and landing on a soft pile of dirt.

Groaning as they got up, the two quickly realized that they seemed to have entered another cave… Aside from the fact that there was a pond in the cave—that had water so clear that one could easily see its bottom—there was not much else to note at first glance… “Holy cr*p… Where even are we, Mr. Crawford…?” asked Rey as he dusted the dirt off his clothes.

Naturally, Gerald had no clue of where they were either. Even so, to think that there would actually be another cave under that cave… What a special place…

Simply shaking his head in response, Gerald and Rey then began investigating the surrounding area, hoping to find an exit. Unfortunately for them, no matter how hard they searched, there didn’t seem to be one. They were trapped once again…

“Well that’s just great! I guess we’re stuck here!” said Rey as he sat down while heaving a heavy sigh.

Frowning slightly, Gerald then took Tye’s map out before giving it a good look. Something had to be wrong here… Thankfully, Gerald was right.

Now that he had managed to find something significant, Gerald quickly called out, “Rey!”

Hurriedly getting to his feet, Rey then raised a slight brow as he looked at the map while asking, “…Yes, Mr. Crawford? Did you find something?”

“Indeed! See the Officer Viewing Deck where we started from? While we’ve changed course several times, I retraced our steps… and here! See that other cave on the map? I have a feeling that we’re currently here! And that cave clearly shows an entrance!” exclaimed Gerald, pointing at the map the entire time.

While Rey definitely felt that Gerald’s words made sense, he couldn’t help but say, “That’s fine and all… But we’ve already made a thorough search of this place! Forget an exit, we haven’t even managed to locate anything resembling a door opening mechanism!”

Though Gerald saw where Rey was coming from, he was sure that there definitely had to be a way out. After all, there was a high chance that they simply hadn’t looked in the right direction.

With that in mind, Gerald simply replied, “I’m sure the exit will appear soon! Keep calm, we’ll definitely find a way to leave.”

Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 1912

Following that, Gerald got up and began feeling around the walls again…

Since the stone walls were quite uneven, it made finding mechanisms—to potentially lead to a way out—even harder than usual…

Regardless, after hearing what Gerald had to say, Rey was motivated to give it another shot. With that, he began doing the same as Gerald, hoping to finally find a way to get out of this place…

While continuing to feel the walls, Gerald’s ears perked when a crisp ‘click’ was heard. Eyes quickly widening, Gerald could only stare as the stone slab—that his foot was currently on—began sinking in…

Lifting his foot, he watched as the slab continued sinking deeper and deeper… And by the time it stopped, a part of the stone wall had shifted open! Both surprised and delighted, Rey couldn’t help but turn to look at Gerald while calling out, “M-Mr. Crawford…!”

Though Gerald himself was surprised by all this, he quickly snapped out of it and walked through the newly formed entrance…

To the duo’s dismay, they quickly realized that all the entrance led to was a flight of descending stairs that appeared almost bottomless! The fact that it was pitch dark down there certainly didn’t help…

“Where do you think this leads to, Mr. Crawford…2” muttered Rey as he turned to look at Gerald.

“Only one way to find out!” replied Gerald, prompting the duo to begin descending the stairs…

As they walked on, a sort of mist began appearing and the lower they went, the denser it became…

It was about half an hour later when Rey couldn’t help but cry out, “… There’s just no end to these stairs, Mr. Crawford! We’ve been walking for almost thirty minutes now yet the end is nowhere in sight!”

Gerald himself was starting to find all this weird. This place really was too mystifying…

After thinking for a while, Gerald eventually sighed before saying, “…Alright, since we don’t seem to be getting anywhere, let’s just return to where we came from!”

With that, the duo began ascending the stairs… However, another half-hour later, the two youths finally realized how serious their current dilemma was. After all, no matter how long they walked, the area where they started from was simply nowhere to be found! “Seriously?! We should have reached the entry point by now! Where the hell is it?!” cried out the increasingly distressed Rey.

To think that even their return route would end up changing!

“It’s important to stay calm during such situations! With that said, let’s think about it first!” replied Gerald as he began racking his brain…

Looking closer at the stairs, Gerald noticed that the steps appeared to be numbered… Were the numbers there for a reason…?

After thinking about it for a while, Gerald’s eyes suddenly widened as he exclaimed, “I got it!”

Surprised by Gerald’s sudden shouting, Rey quickly shook his head before asking, “G-got it? You’ve figured out how we can get out of this place, Mr. Crawford?”

“Indeed! Essentially, we’ve been trapped by an Eight Diagrams puzzle ever since we set foot into this place! If my guess is correct, in order to get out of this loop, we’ll need to solve The Eight Diagrams puzzle of the stairs! If you look closer, you can see numbers on the steps, right? I’m assuming that by utilizing The Eight Diagrams chart on them, we’ll be able to finally escape!” explained Gerald.

Despite the explanation, Rey wasn’t too familiar with The Eight Diagrams, so very little of what Gerald had just said made sense to him…

Seeing that his point wasn’t getting across, Gerald decided to just try his theory out instead…

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“It’s fine if you don’t get it. Whatever the case is, I’m going to be having an out-of-body experience now

to check if my theory is correct! With that said, be sure to guard my body well in the meantime!” said

Gerald.

“Got it, Mr. Crawford! Do be careful!” replied Rey as Gerald nodded before lying down…

Shortly after, his ghost form shot out from his body before diving downward!

Continuing to dive deeper and deeper, Gerald eventually came across the source of the duo’s plight… True to Gerald’s guess, there really was a giant mechanism underneath them this entire time!

With that mystery solved, Gerald knew that in order for them to escape this hellish loop, they would need to take a literal leap of faith after finding a specific number on the stairs… If they didn’t, they could very well end up living the rest of their lives on these stairs…

Regardless, now that he had learned all this, Gerald bolted back to his physical body… and upon re- entering it, he instantly yelled, “Bingo!”

Since Gerald had made such an abrupt return, it scared the living daylights out of Rey!

Once the youth finally calmed down, he could only look helplessly at Gerald as he muttered between pants, “D-d*mn it, Mr. Crawford…! You almost gave me a heart attack…! Don’t go shouting so abruptly…!” To be fair, being all alone in such darkness would make anyone feel utterly terrified…

While even Gerald was momentarily stunned by Rey’s reaction, he quickly snapped out of it before saying, “…Got it! Anyway, listen, I think I’ve found a way to get out of this place!”

Then what are we waiting for, Mr. Crawford? Lead the way!” replied Rey, instantly forgetting about being scared half to death just seconds earlier. After all, Rey’s priority

agreement, Gerald then began leading Rey down the stairs again…

Mr. Crawford…? Didn’t you say we were

to face Rey before saying, “This is it. We’re jumping down

jaw instantly dropped, unsure of whether he had heard

seeing how determined Gerald’s following nod was, the worried Rey immediately replied ina fearful tone, “P-please

longer he stared at the abyss, the more terrified he got… Gerald himself simply raised a brow as he said, “…Rey, do you

his master’s order to leap

jumping first

Rey could only stare wide-eyed as Gerald leaped off the

was left panicking, Gerald himself had made a

loop was by hopping

was still alive. With that in mind, it wasn’t a surprise that he soon began calling out,

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Gerald couldn’t help but smile subtly

was Gerald still alive, but he had apparently successfully found a way to escape

mustered up his courage… before leaping and plunging straight into

he realized that his feet were already on the ground. The fall

need to scream that loudly…” grumbled Gerald whose ears were now throbbing due to how

so overjoyed—that he was still alive—that he immediately exclaimed, “I-I’m alive! And to think that the jump

Gerald simply patted him on the

exit had been this close this entire time, Rey’s eyes widened

the duo soon went past the shining exit… However, what awaited them was nothing short of surprising. Beyond the exit, lay a worn-down

towering pillars around them, Rey couldn’t help but exclaim in awe, “H-holy cr*p! To

sentiments. After all, who wouldn’t be amazed and shocked to

Gerald was first to break the silence by saying, “…Come on, let’s have

began exploring the wondrous place

had only taken a few steps forward

approaching them, and they could immediately tell that

is that, Mr. Crawford…?” whispered Rey as

a guess, Gerald simply chose to slowly turn around, prompting Rey to do the same… and the second they saw what was coming for

hoard of giant scorpions! “H-holy cr*p! Why the hell are

moving around so much!”

at all. After all, he had already seen all kinds of

Rey. He was completely frozen in fear as he watched the scorpions quickly encircle them, swaying their pointy stingers

were already quite venomous, so Rey didn’t even want to begin imagining how potent these large scorpions’ stingers were…

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stared at all the giant scorpions around them. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t see an opening for

looking around, hoping that it would help him devise

their escape route in his sight, Gerald quickly whispered, “Rey, do you see that large door

that direction, Rey then nodded

up. The plan is simple. You rush over to open that door while I distract the

Rey, knowing that that was their best bet of surviving

Gerald then drew his Astrabyss Sword before pushing Rey with

himself began channeling his energy into the Astrabyss Sword, allowing it

chance to get a bit closer to Rey. He made sure to

to the duo’s teamwork, they were able to get

stone and it stood over thirty feet tall. There was no way

sure there’s a mechanism to open it!” replied Gerald who currently had his eyes on

he failed to find the mechanism, then this would be their end… Because

calmed himself before starting to

door handle, and after Rey pulled it,

stare wide-eyed as the door

Rey then yelled, “M-Mr. Crawford, come quick!

both of them found themselves

not chasing after us…?” Staring as

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Gerald turned around and began

across a spring of sorts that had crystal clear water that

duo. To think that there would be a spring here

he walked over to the

help but turn to face

such sweet and refreshing spring water

Rey’s words, the water truly was rather sweet. The fact that a spring with such

take another scoop, the water suddenly began bubbling, causing

spring was filled with bubbles, and within

How did all the water suddenly disappear!”

Gerald could even theorize, however, a crisp ‘crack’ could be

on the source of the sound, the duo simply watched as a slab of stone suddenly began rising from the center of

walked over as the stone slab shifted to the side…

to stare at Gerald in disbelief, Gerald himself was already shining his flashlight to illuminate

while later, Gerald wordlessly began descending the hole… Of course, upon seeing that, Rey had no choice

chamber… Seeing that there was a golden casket in the

hell their expedition ended up becoming a tomb exploration, Gerald himself began walking deeper

when the candles in the chamber suddenly

was well lit, Gerald noticed that there was a

script had been carved onto the tombstone,

why he felt that Rey had a

quickly jogged over before having a look

“Well… It contains information about this tomb’s owner, Mr. Crawford! From what I’ve gathered, the owner of the tomb goes by Talias

in here. After all, triggering a trap in such a high-profile tomb would surely spell their doom… As he was thinking of that, the corner of Gerald’s eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar symbol on the golden casket… Where had he seen that

Secretly or

but ask, “Is… something wrong,

seen it somewhere before…” muttered Gerald

suddenly yelled, “I

map

closer to look at the map as well… and when he finally realized that the exact symbol—on the casket—could be found on the map, Rey immediately exclaimed,

Gerald with a nod, finally a hundred percent sure that Tye was up to no good. But what

about that, Tye and his men finally made

give up on his goals that easily. Still, without the map, Tye and his men had remained lost in the mountain’s

so happened to see them—immediately rushed over before asking, “And who might all of you

villagers ran over to stand behind Stanton, they knew why he was being so vigilant.

a slight brow, Tye then glared at the old man before replying in an annoyed tone, “That isn’t important. Regardless,

replied, “…I’m afraid not! It’s been ages since

eyes at the chief, wondering if the old man was telling the

toward Stanton while yelling, “The meal’s ready, chief! Have the three wise men returned

Now fully aware that

That young woman truly had arrived

on replying, Tye then grabbed the old man by his collar before roaring, “Enough games! Where the hell are those

words… Tye himself had even sworn