Ch. 1901..1905: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 1901-1905
Chapter 1901
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.”
Chapter 1902
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 1902 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!”
Chapter 1903
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 1903 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!
With blood gushing 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 to take it down, Rey and Yann immediately
breathed sighs of relief.
Quickly returning to Gerald’s side, Rey instantly asked in a concerned tone, “A-are you alright, Mr. Crawford…?”
Putting away the sword, Gerald then turned to face Rey before replying, “I’m fine!”
Though neither of them said it, they were both relieved that they had Gerald with them. Otherwise, they would’ve surely ended up as monster food! Thinking back, their bones would probably end up in the river as well…
Shaking the terrifying thought off, Rey then stared at its carcass before muttering, “…What the hell even is that beast…? While I want to call it a tiger, it isn’t exactly one either!”
After giving the monster a better look, the trio saw that the hideous beast had two long and thin fangs in its mouth. While it did slightly resemble a tiger, everyone knew that that wasn’t the case.
“You know, it sort of looks like Taotie… don’t you think? That mythological monster? But that’s just nonsense… There’s no way it could exist, right…?” said Yann after observing it for a little longer.
Upon hearing that, Rey looked like he wanted to say something. However, Gerald beat him to it and replied, “And why couldn’t it? After all, if ghosts can exist, why not Taoties?” Hearing Gerald’s statement, Rey couldn’t help but nod. After all, since ghosts existed, pretty much everything else could exist.
At that moment, a group of plainly dressed people suddenly rushed out from the forest and surrounded the trio!
While they initially kept firm gazes on Gerald and his party, upon seeing the dead Taotie on the ground, they instantly appeared shocked before looking back at the three men with fearful eyes… It was almost
as though they were looking at strange animals…
Regardless, the group of people weren’t the only ones shocked.
The trio found themselves surprised as well when they realized that all the people were wearing traditional garments. In fact, ‘ancient’ was probably a better word…
Though there was a brief silence, an old man—holding onto a walking stick—soon walked out from the crowd…
Momentarily looking at the fresh carcass, the old man then asked, “…If I may, where did you come from, gentlemen…?”
Chapter 1904
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 1904 Snapping out of 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 this monster is…?”
“Ah, I… see… Well, that monster there is called a Taotie… Before you killed it, it lived deep in the mountains and was known for being extremely ferocious!” replied the old man.
Upon hearing that, Gerald and his party exchanged glances with each other. As Yann had earlier guessed, the creature turned out to really be a Taotie…
“Maybe 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 his disbelief.
As all three of them nodded in response, Gerald replied, “You heard right!”
Seeing that those from the crowd immediately began discussing that fact, Rey couldn’t help but raise a slight brow as he asked, “…Is… there a reason why you all sound so shocked…?”
Hearing that question, the old man quickly explained, “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 who tries to come over! With that said, how on earth did all of you even manage to make it across in one piece…?”
It was clear that the old man was referring to the jade board in the hypnotic cave from earlier…
Whatever the case was, Gerald simply smiled subtly before replying, “Let’s just say we aren’t too sure about that either right now, sir.”
“Well, if you managed to achieve such a magnificent feat without even paying attention to it, it wouldn’t be a stretch to call all three of you wise men! Since you’re already here anyway, come along to our village! Allow us to indulge you for managing to get to this side of the mountain!” declared the old man in a jovial tone.
Seeing no harm in that, Gerald and his party then followed the old man—and the crowd of people— back to their village…
Upon arriving, the trio saw that the village looked exactly like ones 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, it became evident that the people here had lived completely separate from the outside world for many, many years…
“Say… do… you think we could’ve time-traveled, Mr. Crawford…2” whispered Rey along the way, finding everything here to be too bizarre to belong to the present.
“Negative. I’m sure that this place is just a utopia that came to be since it was cut off from the rest of the world quite early on…” replied Gerald.
After all, if they truly had time-traveled, then their phones wouldn’t still have signals! That was honestly the main reason why Gerald was sure that Rey’s hypothesis was wrong.
Regardless, after hearing what Gerald had to say, Rey couldn’t help but agree…
By the time they got to the old man’s house, the entire village was already abuzz with news about outsiders’ arrival. After all, none of them had ever met people from the other side of the mountain before!
Once they were inside, Gerald immediately asked, “Speaking of which… How should we address you, sir…2”
“Ah, well, I go by Stanton Lingard, and I’m the chief of this village! In case you were wondering, this place is called Moonbeam Village!” replied Stanton as Gerald, Rey, and Yann nodded understandingly.
“A pleasure to meet you, Chief Lingard! Though… why Moonbeam…?”
Chapter 1905
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 1905 Upon hearing Rey’s question, Stanton immediately chuckled before replying, “You’ll find out once night comes!”
Hearing that, Rey could only shrug in response.
Regardless, it wasn’t long before the villagers brought all kinds of food and drinks over to Stanton’s home.
After they placed all the goodies in front of Gerald and his party, Stanton smiled before declaring, “Come, have some food! All of you must be famished and exhausted after traveling such a long way!”
Before Gerald could even say a word, Rey immediately replied, “Well yeah, I’m starving! Thank you for having us, chief!”
By 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 hunger could rival that of a hungry ghost who hadn’t eaten for a century… What was he going to do with this boy…
Shaking his head, Gerald then began eating as well, followed by Yann shortly after.
Stanton himself was smiling at how quickly Rey was munching down on the food…
After eating for a while, Gerald cleared his throat before asking, “Speaking of which, chief… Do you know of any other caves on this mountain…?”
Surprised by the odd question, Stanton replied, “A… cave? Why would you be looking for a cave of all things…?”
‘Well, the three of 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 Gerald, making sure not to give too much information away.
“Oh? I see! Well, rather than ‘a’ cave, we have 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 apologetic tone. “I see… then… among them, are there any that are particularly special…?” asked Gerald.
“Special you say… Well… 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 really pry into it since night was soon to come at the time…” replied Stanton after thinking for a while.
“Hmm… Do you still remember where that cave is located?” said Gerald, his interest clearly piqued.
“Give me a moment to think…” replied Stanton as he began racking his memory…
Quite a while later, 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 miss them!”
While that statement only described what the cave’s entrance looked like, Gerald was just pleased that he received a clue in the first place.
“Got it! Thank you, chief! We’ll start looking for it first thing in the morning!” replied Gerald in a gratuitous tone.
Chuckling in reply, Stanton then said, “You’re most welcome!”
Following that conversation, it wasn’t long before night fell and a bright crescent moon enveloped Moonbeam Village in a calming glow…