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!”

scared half to death just seconds earlier. After all, Rey’s priority was to leave this place as soon as

again… and eventually, he found the exact spot they needed

the confused Rey couldn’t help but ask, “…Um… Mr. Crawford…? Didn’t you say we were leaving…? We’ve been descending the stairs for quite

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

jaw instantly dropped, unsure of

following nod was, the worried Rey immediately replied ina fearful tone, “P-please don’t joke about

the more terrified he got… Gerald himself simply raised a brow as he said, “…Rey, do you honestly think I’d joke about something

wouldn’t, his master’s order to leap into the abyss

Gerald couldn’t help but sigh as he added, “…Fine, I’ll be jumping first then. However, if I do end up dying, good luck thinking of other

stupefied by Gerald’s absurd suggestion, Rey could only stare wide-eyed

made a safe landing

as he had thought, the trick to escaping that loop was by hopping off the

alive. With that in mind,

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worried the boy was for his safety, Gerald couldn’t help but smile subtly as he looked up while shouting, “What are you

Rey was instantly overjoyed. After all, not only was Gerald still alive, but he had apparently successfully found a way to escape this hellish

he knew this, Rey mustered up his courage… before leaping and plunging straight

terror soon turned into confusion when he realized that his feet were already

there really a need to scream that loudly…” grumbled Gerald whose ears

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

in resignation at how childish his disciple was being, Gerald simply patted him on the back before

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

went past the shining exit… However, what awaited them was nothing short of surprising. Beyond the exit,

in awe, “H-holy cr*p! To think that such a place existed down here…! Everything here

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

first to break the silence by

then began exploring the wondrous place

few steps forward when both of them stopped dead in their

and they could immediately tell that something was amiss. Was

Rey as he leaned in

to do the same… and the second they saw what was coming for them, Rey’s eyes immediately

of giant scorpions! “H-holy cr*p!

around so much!” ordered Gerald in

first time seeing such massive scorpions as well, he wasn’t afraid of them at all. After all, he had already seen all kinds of horrifying

scorpions, that wasn’t the case for Rey. He was completely frozen in fear as he watched the scorpions quickly

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

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Crawford…?” whispered Rey, gulping as he stared at all the giant scorpions around them. No

I’m thinking!” replied Gerald as he continued looking around, hoping that it would help him

before Gerald spotted a large door leading out of this area. With their escape route in his sight, Gerald quickly whispered, “Rey, do you see that

to look in that direction, Rey then

to open that door while

and clear!” replied Rey, knowing that that was their best bet of surviving

Sword before pushing Rey with his

nodded before bolting toward the large door, Gerald himself began channeling his energy into the

saw the spiritblade—, Gerald took that chance to get a bit closer to Rey. He made sure to stick close enough

duo’s teamwork, they were able to get Rey

he pushed, the door wouldn’t budge! Then again, it wasn’t really all that surprising. After all, the door was made of stone and it stood over thirty feet tall. There was no way Rey was ever going to be

open it!” replied Gerald who currently had his eyes on the giant scorpions that

it was all up to him now. If he failed to find the mechanism, then this would be

starting to

after Rey pulled it, the large door

wide-eyed as the door finally

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

found themselves staring at the large scorpions—that had now stopped in their tracks—from the

Rey to ask, “…Huh? They’re… not chasing after us…?” Staring as they scuttled off, Gerald simply replied, “Indeed… I’m assuming that

or

saying that, Gerald turned around and began exploring this new place

after, they came across a spring of sorts that had crystal clear water that splashed all over

To think that there would be

find a spring out of the blue!” exclaimed Rey as he walked over to the body of flowing water before scooping some

but turn to face Gerald

and refreshing spring water in his

well to taste the water… and true to Rey’s words, the water truly was rather sweet. The fact

Rey could take another scoop, the water suddenly began bubbling, causing the youth to freeze in

spring was filled with bubbles, and within seconds, all the water

did all the water suddenly disappear!” exclaimed Rey in

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

source of the sound, the duo simply watched as

other, Gerald and Rey slowly walked over as the stone slab shifted to the side… revealing what appeared to be a darkened

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

Of course, upon seeing that, Rey had

on until they eventually came across a huge chamber… Seeing that there was a golden casket in the

their expedition ended up becoming a

in the

lit, Gerald noticed that there was a tombstone within the

been carved onto the tombstone, Gerald turned to look at Rey before asking,

student, which was why he felt that Rey had a chance of

before having

gathered, the owner of the tomb goes by Talias Yah, and he was a general in an ancient country called Zanekh… To think

couldn’t touch anything in here. After all, triggering a trap in such a high-profile tomb would surely spell their doom… As he was thinking of that,

or invisible

couldn’t help but ask, “Is… something wrong, Mr. Crawford…? Did you

feel like I’ve seen it somewhere before…” muttered Gerald as he

suddenly yelled, “I remember

fished the map out before quickly scanning

casket—could be found on the map, Rey immediately exclaimed, “…Holy, is that… Then… Instead of

with a nod, finally a hundred percent sure that Tye

wondering about that, Tye and his

his goals that easily. Still, without the map, Tye and his

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

why he was being so vigilant. After all, Tye and his

at the old man before replying in an annoyed tone, “That isn’t important.

Tye’s expression alone, he could already tell that the man wasn’t a good person. With that, he simply shook his head as he replied, “…I’m afraid not! It’s been ages since anyone from the outside world came

the chief, wondering if

at that very moment, a young woman came jogging toward Stanton while yelling, “The meal’s ready,

Stanton was surprised to hear that statement, Tye and his men immediately frowned. Now fully aware that Stanton had lied to them, Tye then yelled, “How dare you lie to

loss for words. That young

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

beyond words… Tye himself had even sworn to show Gerald no mercy the next time they