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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1171

With that said, Hendrik ordered for Gerald to be arrested.

Not long after, Gerald found himself within a secret room with Hendrik.

“Tell me, Gerald… Are you aware of any secret techniques to get rid of ancient witchcraft…?” asked Hendrik coldly.

“Secret techniques? Now why would I know anything of the sort! After all, such techniques are only taught to those within the Holy Witchcraft, no?” replied Gerald rather casually as he turned to look at Hendrik.

“You’d best stop putting on an act before me, you brat! I’ll admit that I used a secret ancient witchcraft technique on Chester’s body long ago… That particular witchcraft poisons a person’s heart, making them act in eccentric, unreasonable, and extreme ways! After a long period of time, said person would eventually die from insanity! I was lucky to have come across such an ancient technique, you know? Regardless, when I saw Chester again earlier, the witchcraft I had placed upon him seemed to have been lifted! While he was able to regain his consciousness, I’m glad that old woman still killed him with a single blow! Otherwise, all my plans would’ve been for nothing!” growled Hendrik as he glowered at Gerald.

Grabbing Gerald by his collar, he then added, “Now hurry up and spit out the truth! If it wasn’t you, then is there anyone else among you who’s proficient in ancient secret techniques?!”

In truth, Gerald had noticed something odd about Chester back when he had just cornered him in the woods. After using his mind-reading ability on Chester, he realized that Chester wasn’t actually a person with bad character. In contrast, he seemed to be constantly repenting and confessing his sins!

Simultaneously, Gerald also noticed an inner demon within him that wished to simply act uncontrollably.

Something just didn’t feel quite right about that. After all, while childhood traumas could certainly be linked with having extreme feelings or emotions, the things Gerald sensed within Chester were on a whole new level.

It was then when Gerald realized that someone had used heart devouring witchcraft on him. Such witchcraft was poisonous to the afflicted, and the technique could be used on any part of the body. If a person wasn’t proficient in the technique or if they didn’t know about its existence in the first place, even a master who was skilled with poisons wouldn’t be able to tell if someone was suffering from the witchcraft.

However, Finnley had previously taught and passed on all his skills to Gerald. As a result, Gerald was much more proficient in poisons since he had received legitimate training on them.

Regardless, sometime after that incident, Gerald found an opportunity to remove the poison from Chester’s body. However, he had refrained from telling Chester about it since he only wanted to tell him about it once he fully recovered.

Anyhow, that was the reason why Gerald had treated Chester so well. If it wasn’t because of the poison, Chester pretty much had a simple and kind personality. But there was no use thinking about all this now…

Chester was no longer among the living.

He had died because of Gerald, and Hendrick was the one who had set him up.

Thinking about that, Gerald turned to glare daggers at Hendrik, immense murderous intent reflected in his eyes.

“Not only are you refusing to answer my question, but now you’re even glaring at me so murderously? Have it your way! I have many ways to make a useless person like you speak up! While I can’t kill you, I can still make you suffer by humiliating you to the point where you’d definitely prefer to be dead rather than alive!” declared Hendrik as his eyes widened.

“Men! Tie him up before hanging him out at the port! He’s going to be placed there as an exhibit for tens of thousands of people… Only let him down once he’s willing to fess up!” ordered Hendrik as he laughed aloud.

Swiftly obeying, Gerald soon found himself on the ground as Hendrik’s subordinates began tying his hands behind his back…

True to Hendrik’s orders, Gerald was soon hung up—for all to see—at the port.

Also true to Hendrik’s words, an almost endless number of pedestrians immediately recognized who he was when they walked past him, prompting many to take the time to stare and discuss Gerald’s current plight.

“Oh god, isn’t that Mr. Crawford…?”

“The hell is going on? How did he even end up in such a sorry state?”

“Well, I’m sure you’ve heard by now of how vile the internal committee of the Holy Witchcraft actually is, right? You see, Mr. Crawford was the one who had uncovered their lies and exposed them! Due to his actions, the young lord turned into a new leaf and even announced his departure from the Holy Witchcraft! Since then, Mr. Crawford supposedly took the young lord under his wing!”

“You know, Mr. Crawford’s provided no shortage of economic-based projects for the Yonwick family… In fact, he’s even taken the initiative to invest and start several development projects on Montholm Island! You can already tell that Mr. Crawford is a good man from all that he’s done!” explained a passer-by.

While they clearly viewed him positively, none of those discussing Gerald dared to speak out loud. After all, there were two guardians from the Holy Witchcraft who were keeping a close watch on Gerald, and everyone knew that those from that clan were proficient in witchcraft that could easily be used to kill others.

Though they were aware that attempting to rescue him would definitely spell trouble, many of the pedestrians chose to remain there. To them, since they couldn’t actively help him, keeping him company was the next best thing.

Around that time, a car slowly drove past the area…

“…Hmm? M-miss Queena, look! It’s Mr. Crawford!” exclaimed the shocked driver when he saw who had been hoisted up at the port.

Hearing that, she immediately rolled the car’s windows down to have a look for herself. Naturally, the sight of Gerald in such a condition made her feel quite distressed.

While she was extremely tempted to lower Gerald right this instant, she kept reminding herself that his current situation was pretty much ideal for her plan to work out. In her mind, she summarized that after Gerald arrived at the point where he couldn’t bear the humiliation anymore, he would eventually come to realize that she was the only person who truly cared about him. By that point, he would surely choose to approach her, begging for mercy!

For her plan to come true, she knew she had to endure her own pain, even if it made her slightly distressed.

“So it is! Well, he has nothing to do with us! Drive on!” replied Queena as she closed her eyes.

Not daring to delay the car ride, the driver simply obeyed and drove off.

Meanwhile, Gerald was thinking to himself, ‘I have to quickly think of a way to recover my strength! If this goes on, then I’ll definitely miss out on the pledge of the holy water! However, even after I’ve escaped, I have no real way of contacting grandpa at all…!’

Hours passed and soon, it was late at night…

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By that point, out of fear that those from within the crowd would attempt to rescue Gerald, the two guardians—who were tasked with keeping an eye on Gerald—quickly drove away anyone who had chosen to stay behind.

As a result, only silence remained when Gerald looked up at the moon in the midnight sky.

Throughout the afternoon earlier, Gerald had remained focused on thinking up a way to break free of his seal. After all, not only was the clock ticking, but Gerald had also come to realize something from Chester’s death.

That being, he couldn’t allow anyone else around him to suffer any more harm or die because of him!

With that in mind, he was eventually able to come up with a method to break his seals.

Back when he had first come across the deity, Gerald had found a ring-shaped jade pendant that embedded several memories into his mind.

Though he now had memories of learning several new skills, despite previously attempting to use those skills for himself, Gerald realized that he could only actually practice a small portion of the skills.

Regardless, while thinking of ways to remove his seal earlier, Gerald recalled a training technique that he felt could easily and quickly allow him to break free of all three of them.

However, said technique was also evil in nature, and if the user of the technique wasn’t careful, they could easily get corrupted after receiving such a surge of power. What more, the execution of the technique was also rather cruel, even for Gerald’s standards.

Due to that, he spent much of his remaining time wondering whether he should take the risk and use such a dangerous technique. Even after quite some time, however, Gerald knew that in the end, he didn’t have much of a choice. There simply wasn’t any other way, and he was well aware that he couldn’t afford to allow anything bad to happen to Joshua and the others due to his hesitation.

Anyhow, in order to actually use the technique, Gerald first needed to practice it for some time, so he figured that midnight would be the best time to do so. With Gerald already having memories of the technique implanted in his mind, he knew it wasn’t going to be too difficult for him to practice it.

Now that midnight was here, the determined youth felt that it was high time that he began practicing it. Since he was left hanging mid-air now, Gerald simply closed his eyes, resting while simultaneously manipulating the flow of the meridians in his body in accordance to the paths that his implanted memories showed him.

Fast forward to a week later, Gerald finally determined that his soul was ready. It was now finally time for Gerald to use the Dawnbreaker!

‘Come forth, Dawnbreaker!’ Gerald ordered through his mind.

Almost instantaneously, the black blade flew out of Gerald’s sleeve and swiftly sliced open the rope that had been binding him this entire time!

Now freed from his restraints, Gerald fell to the ground, almost losing his footing since his body was still slightly weak.

As Gerald let out a long sigh of relief, he suddenly heard someone sneer, “The hell? How’d the ropes break? Hold up, looks like he had a dagger with him this entire time! Thankfully, the second lord sent seven of us to keep an eye on you, twenty-four hours a day! Otherwise, you would’ve surely made your escape!”

After sliding the Dawnbreaker back into his sleeve, Gerald turned to look at the seven smirking men from the Holy Witchcraft who were all staring at him as they slowly approached the youth.

Despite how cruel his following actions would be, Gerald had already convinced himself that he was only using the technique due to there being no other way to break the seals.

“Hey, brat! Are you going to tie yourself up or do you need us to do it for you? I’ll have you know that you’re just begging for trouble just by attempting to escape!” said the leader of the men as he continued walking over to Gerald in a carefree manner, intent on giving the youth a few gentle slaps to the face to teach him a lesson.

Once the leader was within range, however, Gerald immediately grabbed hold of his guardian’s head before unleashing the technique he had been practicing throughout the week!

At that moment, a surreal and slightly chilling sound could be heard. Soon enough, the guardian’s screams of pain were added to the mix.

To the six other guardians, it looked as though a huge suction force was sucking their leader dry, causing his body to rapidly begin shriveling up as his cheeks sunk so much that his pale face now resembled a skull more than anything.

Their leader’s skin soon turned a purplish-black as it continued shriveling to a point where only ashes remained… Releasing his grasp on the ashes, Gerald turned to look at the six screaming men who were all paralyzed in fear after witnessing the horrors that Gerald had just committed right before their very eyes.

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This evil method was known as the Soul Eater, and by using it, Gerald was able to quickly drain his victim’s vitality, turning it into his own. Naturally, this meant that the more souls he absorbed, the more strength and energy he would gain.

None of the guardians had expected Gerald to possess such a diabolical skill, but it was already far too late for them to escape. With the same technique, Gerald swiftly absorbed the vitality of the six remaining men, resulting in each of them turning into mere piles of dust.

After completing the deed, fierce determination glinted in Gerald’s eyes as he stared off into the distance.

While he had now managed to recover around thirty percent of his strength, Gerald was well aware that even at his peak strength, he still wasn’t going to be a match for Queena by a longshot.

With that in mind, he knew that he needed to get as far away from Queena as possible. After all, his current priority was still to locate the actual woman in white.

Even so, Gerald was sure that it wasn’t going to be as easy since Queena had supernatural powers.

After giving it some thought, he decided to look for Master Ghost to get another reading from him. After all, up till this point, everything that Master Ghost had predicted had eventually come true.

him to settle first before his next reading could take place, Gerald now knew that Queena was most probably the person that the previous divination session had

these events, Master Ghost would definitely be able to provide a good lead for Gerald’s

Fenderson and the others first before leaving!’ Gerald thought to

guardian who shouted, “Halt! What do you think

to waste any time. Extremely swiftly, he decisively

that, the other guardians widened their eyes in

Hendrik Tindall?” asked Gerald coldly as he grabbed hold

lord is drinking with his friends

others? Where have they

neck of the other guardian seconds earlier, the young guard knew that his life was hanging by a thread at

you the truth but in return,

“Agreed!”

Hendrik was playing cards with a few of his friends

the man had three things he loved most. Aside from his obsession with ancient witchcraft, Hendrik also

Due to that, Hendrik had converted his huge living room into a mah-jong and cards room. Of course, he also had an area—in the

immersed in the atmosphere. Not long after, however, the loud ‘slam’ of a door could be heard, causing his attention to

as a servant—who was holding onto the young man’s shoulder—attempted to stop

got close enough, Hendrik couldn’t help but feel surprised when he

you, you worthless piece of trash! I really hadn’t expected that you’d be able to escape! Ignoring that, to think that you actually came all the way here to seek your own death again!”

thus he knew that Gerald wasn’t as powerful as the others had described him to be.

friends didn’t even bother to budge and simply continued with their game. It was evident that

that’s the infamous Mr. Crawford? And here I thought he was going to be some powerful man! As

the port one of these days to look at how miserable he was hanging there, you know? To think that

was, Hendrik simply casually replied, “Very well, but be careful not to kill him! Keeping him alive will

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any negotiation in the past, nor will there ever be any in the future! With that in mind, since you’re clearly here to seek a

laugh, he then launched

now much faster than him. In one swift move, he grabbed hold of the young man’s head before tearing it right off

the decapitated body—that was now

Hendrik as Gerald tossed his son’s head—which still retained a frozen expression

dared to even make a move in their immense shock. Hendrik himself was simultaneously flabbergasted, distressed, and

stood up trembling. The immensely distressed man felt great pain from his aching heart as he cried out,

expected that Gerald would possess such great strength! However, it

had already killed his only

finally snapped out of their horrified states and immediately began scattering to get out of there! Even the servant—who had earlier been trying to stop Gerald from entering—instantly

dismay, he was only a few steps away when he felt Gerald’s hand on him! Fear was the last emotion he felt as Gerald

were simultaneously taking place all over his body! Though he was now still standing in place, the others watched in horror as a strange red mist began seeping out of every orifice on his body! By the time Gerald’s attack was done, the young servant’s body appeared to have been sucked dry

to death by all this, everyone’s fight or

They needed to get the hell out

only thought in the minds

was here to have his revenge on Hendrik, and though he was a good friend of theirs whom they could play cards with, there was no way in hell they were staying to

it was a futile effort, to say the least. After all, Gerald had

could wait. After all, Chester’s murderer was now standing right in front of

death had filled Gerald with immense sadness and guilt. After all, he had only died to save

that the others in the room didn’t have anything to do with that, Gerald simply wanted all of them to die here together with Hendrik today, simple

Gerald

fast, the

any of them were able to make their way to the door, one by one,

after witnessing his son’s murder, after watching Gerald kill off all his friends so effortlessly, all the previous

death god! A death god who didn’t even need to blink or think twice before killing! And his aura… What a terrifying aura

hit his forehead against the floor quite loudly before begging with a quivering voice,

go. I’ll plant the witchcraft within you, and from there on out, it’ll begin to slowly corrode your internal organs bit by bit, until your insides all turn into rotten meat! Now

corpse-covered floor, Gerald retained an indifferent expression as he said, “You died because of me, Chester… I’ll avenge you if it’s

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since

done

to go through had taken a clear toll on him. By

but ask, “…Speaking of which, senior… Are

Worry not, I’ll make sure to order a few of my family’s guards to safely escort all of you back to the Salford Province,” replied Gerald as a hint of helplessness and

make a quick escape while he could, she could easily trap him for all of eternity. Should he allow that to happen, he knew he wouldn’t ever get

that, Gerald needed to get out of this

“…Senior, I…”

it some thought, he felt that he would only end up becoming a

know what you wanted to say, but you have an important job too, you know? Lord Fenderson and Mindy are in dire need of your treatment, after all. As for Jasmine… I’ll find a way to free her sooner or later. Regardless, all of you need to leave first. If I’m able to make it past this tragedy

saying, “…Alright then. You take care in everything

turning around and swiftly heading into the jungle. In a blink of an eye, Gerald had already disappeared

tea back at the Yonwick Manor. Once she was done, she placed it on a table in the living room before turning to

and listening to what Jasmine

Queena truly hoped that Jasmine would remain by her side in the long run. Simply being able to chat with Jasmine when Queena was down or when she was facing a difficult period

she was well aware that Queena wasn’t a good person, with both of

felt the same way

to understand how terrible it felt not to be able to be with their loved one, it would be these

about this, Queena—who had been sitting cross-legged the entire time—suddenly opened her eyes before standing up abruptly while

again? Who’s escaped?” asked

else? I’m talking about Gerald, of course!” replied Queena as a confused expression showed on

the Holy Witchcraft without his

you aren’t him, your cunningness is on par with his!’ Queena

that, Jasmine immediately felt like a heavy burden had just been

you don’t get too happy yet! He’s not slipping out of my fingers that easily! Not this time! I’m holding onto him firmly

she immediately stepped out of the room,

leaving

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Montholm Island, Gerald immediately took the sea path toward Langvern Mountain in Halimark

locked onto his aura! No matter how much he attempted to get rid of the person who was tracking him down, he simply failed

able to find Mila and

even possess…? Quite honestly, she was probably the only other true top master whom Gerald had ever met aside from Finnley.

on, willingly exhausting what little strength he had left as long as there still

the morning when Gerald finally arrived at the foot of Langvern

was before. Knowing that she

second he arrived at Langvern Church, he

to how dusty the area was, Gerald felt that it was safe to assume that everyone who used to partake in the activities here had long evacuated the building. Not wanting to give up without trying, Gerald tried to locate any traces of auras within the church. To his dismay, he couldn’t detect a single soul inside aside

desolate as he stood in the room in

was similar to a setting where he had just managed to start a fire after much difficulty. However, before he could even begin warming himself, someone had doused a

much, this was a visualization of how

was finding out that Ghost and the others had left so

could suddenly be

name was coming from the living room.

again as the squeaking of what sounded like wheels

suddenly began shifting… Seconds later, a small robot of sorts—that seemed to have been made with a single bamboo stalk—slowly made

the robot itself had a unique appearance that resembled a very lifelike young girl—somewhere

it looked

“…Yes?”

here! I’ve been waiting for you for so long that I’m already close to running

were waiting for me? Could you actually have consciousness?” asked Gerald in

had left me here to wait for you, you know? I’m his most special and

meet you, Zenny. From what you’ve said, I’m assuming that Master Ghost had already predicted that I’d come here…

read your fate by using the Nine Dragons Divination Technique through the use of palm prints that you had left behind. After getting to know everything that would happen, he realized that what was going to happen next would most likely affect the lives of at least a hundred people within the church. As a

him… I admit now that I may have been a bit too self-righteous and arrogant back then… Regardless, what did Master Ghost

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also added that your fate won’t be ending within a day, and nor will you be able to solve the answer that you’ve been seeking in your heart within a short period either. All of this

then. To his eventual surprise, everything that

people around you! My master had been awaiting your visit for the longest time, but you came a bit too late! You see, he couldn’t just secretly send a message to you to share what he knew. If he had done so, he would’ve had to pay the price by receiving retribution for his great sin of messing with fate! Regardless, it isn’t completely

isn’t an ordinary person! Rather, she belongs to a certain energy group! As a result, while she is very strong, she has her own fatal weakness, that being her aura and destiny get greatly reduced between the tenth and fifteenth day of

made sure to note

that period of time, I’ve noticed that my inner strength can’t seem to hurt her at all!” replied Gerald

a result, no matter how strong your inner strength is, it’ll still be completely useless against her since her inner strength consists of righteous yin energy from

called the Zircobsite. Once you locate it, you’ll have to touch it with both your hands to absorb the essence of the sun and moon. The stone will definitely aid

“Zircobsite…?”

and it’s able to absorb the essence from heaven and earth, making it extremely strong! In fact, it’s the strongest functional yin energy in the world! As long as you’re able to obtain the stone, you’ll surely have a higher chance

I’m there, how am I supposed to find it? I really don’t have the time to slowly search for it since she’s already hot on my tail! I’ve really been cornered like a rat this time!” replied Gerald, his distress evident in

for Master Ghost had already predicted all this! As a result, he prepared several countermeasures for you, Gerald, so please focus and take what I’m about to say next to heart,

her off and even if you manage

and once you do, you’ll have to obtain invigorating blood droplets from them, though to be quite honest, just

enough to shield your masculine scent, subsequently preventing her from locking onto you. As for the other reason, the blood can also be used to sense the specific location of the stone. After all,

Ghost is! Regardless, how do I find a person with strong yin physique…? And what on earth is invigorating blood droplets?” asked Gerald, puzzled. As far as

then their blood will surely remain active and spiritual! If the person is unwilling, then their blood will just be dead blood that won’t be of any use to