Ch. 1906..1910: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 1906-1910
Chapter 1906
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 1906 Contrary to the hustle and bustle of a typical city’s nightlife, the second darkness fell, the entire village went dead silent. Everyone simply remained in their homes and turned their light sources out, not even bothering to go against the norm. They truly were living like people from ancient times…
Sometime during the night, Rey couldn’t help but whisper, “…Say… Mr. Crawford…? Do you really think we’ll be able to find the cave…?”
“Well, based on the chief’s description, it shouldn’t be too hard to find!” replied Gerald.
“I guess… I wonder if Tye and his men have left the cave by this point…” muttered Rey, a hint of worry in his voice.
“They probably have. After all, even we were able to locate the exit rather easily!” said Gerald in a calm tone.
Gerald, for one, wasn’t worried about Tye at all. So what if they managed to get out? Gerald and his party were pretty much always going to be a step ahead of them anyway. With that in mind, them catching up to the trio was improbable at best.
Then again, even if they did manage to catch up to them, it wasn’t as though Gerald couldn’t take on them.
Whatever the case was, 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, “Morning, gentlemen! Are you all up?”
Upon hearing that, Gerald instantly got out of bed before walking over to the door. Opening it, Gerald then smiled subtly as he replied, “Well you’re early, chief
Chuckling in response, Stanton then said, “All of us here are just early risers! Regardless, I’m here to tell you that we’re entering the mountain later. With that in mind, I wonder if you’d like to come along with us!”
“Oh? But of 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 a much easier time finding that cave with Stanton’s help.
“There’s no rush! Also, I’ve already had someone prepare breakfast for you, so we’ll only be setting off once you’ve all had your meals!” said Stanton.
“I see! If I haven’t said it already, we really appreciate being in your care!” replied Gerald in a gratuitous tone. After all, not only had Stanton personally come over to wake them, but he had even got others to prepare breakfast for them! It would be rude if he didn’t show appreciation toward Stanton’s thoughtfulness!
Regardless, with that said, Gerald quickly woke the others up…
Once they were done packing, they headed over to the village chief’s house and had a lavish breakfast… This didn’t take long, and soon enough, the party of three set off for the mountains with Stanton and his men…
Being 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 party would’ve surely had a much rougher time navigating the mountain…
Even so, that didn’t mean that the hike was easy. Rey himself—who wasn’t used to hiking—couldn’t help but complain, “T-this hike is a bit too rough, isn’t it, Mr. Crawford…?”
“It could’ve been much rougher if we didn’t have the chief’s guidance!” replied Gerald, causing Rey to instantly shut up…
Chapter 1907
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 1907 “Hah! Just so you know, there didn’t even use to be a road on this 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 joking tone.
While the 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 this was the only way they were going to be able to locate that cave… As they said, ‘No pain, no gain…’
Regardless, after about an hour of trekking, the group finally arrived at an area with relatively 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, they quickly snapped out of it when Stanton called out, “Gentlemen! That’s the cave right there!”
Turning to look at where Stanton was pointing, the three men could immediately see the two stone pillars standing before the blocked cave entrance… It was exactly like how Stanton had described the night before…
Seeing that this was their stop, Gerald then nodded before saying, “So it would seem! Thank you for guiding us up till this point, chief! We’ll be heading there on our own now!”
“Got it! Speaking of which, do be careful in there… Once you’ve located whatever it is you’re looking for, do return to the village!” replied Stanton in a kind voice.
“Loud and clear! We appreciate all the hospitality, chief!” declared Gerald and his party in unison before
bidding goodbye and heading toward the cave…
Stanton—and the other villagers—themselves continued on their own journey further up the mountain…
Regardless, upon standing before the mouth of the sealed-up cave, Rey couldn’t help but say, “That’s one massive stone wall blocking the entrance… Still… Do you think there’s some kind of mechanism to get it to open, Mr. Crawford…?”
“I do, and I’m pretty sure it’s around here somewhere,” replied Gerald. “Then what are we waiting for? Let’s hurry and find it!” declared Yann in an enthusiastic tone.
All nodding in agreement, the three then began searching the area… and soon enough, they found the mechanism they were looking for…
“Say… doesn’t the mechanism resemble The Eight Diagrams…? The one from Feng Shui…? Have you heard about it, Mr. Crawford…?” asked Rey as he looked at Gerald.
Nodding slightly in response, Gerald then replied, “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 eight doors, and each door bears different meanings!”
From the looks of it, the only way they were going to get the cave to open was by solving this Feng Shui- based puzzle…
“I see… but… if even you don’t know much about Feng Shui, then doesn’t that mean that we’ve hit a dead-end…?” muttered Yann in a slightly defeated tone.
“It’s still too early to give up! While it’s true that I don’t know much about Feng Shui, I believe that whoever made this contraption wouldn’t have made 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 at the two.
Chapter 1908
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 1908 With that said, Gerald then began giving The Eight Diagrams a closer look…
After thinking for a while, he eventually exclaimed, “I think I get it now! The Eight Diagrams isn’t the mechanism at all! From what I’ve gathered, it’s a clue that will lead us to the mechanism instead!”
Before the other two could even reply, Gerald was already looking for the mechanism according to the positions of the elements on The Eight Diagrams…
“The left and right sides symbolize water, whereas the front and back symbolize fire…” muttered Gerald as he continued keeping an eye out on the mechanism… and eventually, he found it.
Thankfully, Gerald had minor knowledge about Feng Shui. Otherwise, they would’ve never been able to find it! Still, Gerald knew he was also considerably lucky that the puzzle to opening the entrance was this simple…
Regardless, now that the mechanism was in sight, Gerald quickly twisted it… and moments after he did, the large stone wall began shaking vigorously…!
Shortly after, the wall parted in the middle, and it swung open like two massive doors…
Staring wide-eyed at the dark passageway before them, for a brief moment, all the trio could do was exchange glances with each other…
Yann was the first to break the silence as he excitedly exclaimed, “Y-you did it, Gerald…!”
While this was certainly something to celebrate, the three knew that their journey was far from over. With that, they immediately began making their way into the cave… The second they entered, however, the large doors of the cave instantly began closing again… As Gerald had expected, leaving was definitely going to be much harder than entering…
Still, they knew they had to take the rough with the smooth, so the trio simply gritted their teeth as they continued further into the cave…
With how dark it was getting, Rey took some torchlights out from his backpack before handing them to Gerald and Yann.
Quite honestly, this place was practically a nightmare for anyone who was afraid of being alone in the dark… Thankfully, the trio was together and with three beams of light lighting their way, they were able to proceed forward with more comfort and security…
About three hundred feet later, the trio finally arrived at the end of the passageway… only to find it blocked by yet another stone wall!
Ina way, this was the perfect embodiment of the saying, ‘Out of the frying pan and into the fire…’
“D* mn it, another wall…?” muttered Rey as he turned to look at Gerald.
Gerald himself simply stared at the wall for a while before gently placing his hand on it… and the second he did, the entire wall began to shake!
Soon enough, the stone wall slowly slid to the side… revealing jaw-dropping amounts of treasure! Glittering gold coins were seemingly everywhere, with some even piled up so high they resembled mountains…! As if the sight wasn’t grand enough already, the candles inside even began lighting up on their own!
“H-holy cr*p!” exclaimed both Rey and Yann simultaneously, utterly amazed by all they were seeing.
“T-there’s so many gold coins…! We’re rich! We’re filthy rich!” yelled Yann excitedly as he bolted into
the room!
While Gerald wanted to stop him, his attention was suddenly caught by something else…
Chapter 1909
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 1909 Atop one of the many piles of treasure, lay a treasure chest… and upon seeing it, Gerald immediately knew that what he was looking for was in there.
As he had predicted, it truly was here! Now that it was so close to him, there was no way he was going to be able to hold himself back from obtaining it!
With that, Gerald paid little attention to what Rey and Yann were doing and simply walked toward the treasure chest…
Watching as seemingly endless amounts of gold coins slid down from the mountain of treasures that Gerald was slowly climbing, Yann couldn’t help but get even more excited. Taking his backpack off, he immediately began filling it with piles upon piles of treasures! After all, he had never seen this many gold coins in a single place before, so he simply couldn’t help himself…
While Rey—who had been standing at the side—was equally as excited to see all that gold, he knew better than to do what Yann was doing.
After all, Gerald had told him not to touch things at random, and he wasn’t about to disobey him.
Regardless, Gerald finally made it to the top of the mountain of coins at that moment…
Upon opening the treasure chest, he was greeted by the sight of a crystal clear, emerald-green jade pendant that was shaped like a butterfly…
This was it… he had finally found it!
Gerald was the only one who knew what the pendant was used for, so he wasn’t too worried about Yann wanting to take it. Still, it was better to be safe than sorry, so Gerald quickly hid it in his clothes. Nobody could ever learn that he had obtained the item…
Whatever the case was, now that he had obtained the pendant, he slid down the mountain of gold coins, fully prepared to leave as he called out, “Alright, we’ve found what we were looking for, now let’s head back!”
“What? Are you seriously telling me that you wish to leave just like that?” retorted Yann. Stopping in his tracks, Gerald raised a slight brow as he turned to look at Yann before saying, “If I recall correctly, I specifically remember telling you not to touch any of the treasures here!”
“I know, I know, but… all this treasure, Gerald…! If we get all this out of here, we’ll be able to live the rest of our lives without worry!” replied Yann in an enthusiastic tone.
Sensing the glint of avarice in Yann’s eyes, Gerald could already tell that Yann was dangerously close to completely losing himself to greed.
“V’lLonly say it one more time. We’re leaving now, and we’re not taking anything else back with us!” declared Gerald in a solemn tone.
“I refuse! After all, I saw you take something for yourself! If you can do it, why can’t I?” scowled Yann.
Realizing that Yann had noticed him taking the jade, Gerald was slightly tongue-tied. How was he even going to explain that the pendant had a much greater value than all those treasures…?
Seeing that Gerald was having trouble, Rey then yelled, “Brother Yann, please just listen to Mr. Crawford! I’m sure he has his reasons for disallowing you to take any of them back!”
Unfortunately, Yann was already completely consumed by greed by this point.
“Over my dead body! Since you don’t want them so much, fine! They all belong to me now! Mark my words, I’m definitely getting all of them out today if it’s the last thing I do!” howled Yann as though he
had gone insane. “You…!” growled Rey as he turned to look at Gerald, understanding that Yann would no longer take advice from anyone…
Chapter 1910
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 1910 “What should we do now, Mr. Crawford…?” asked Rey.
Staring straight at Yann, Gerald simply narrowed his eyes before shaking his head. He knew for a fact that Yann was already a lost cause… Greed truly was a frightening thing…
Even so, he wanted to try one last time. Glaring at Yann, Gerald’s tone sounded much angrier as he growled, “…One final time. Are you leaving with us, or aren’t you?”
“’m not leaving yet!” roared Yann, instantly causing Gerald’s anger to peak.
That was the last straw. Not wanting anything to do with Yann anymore, Gerald then began walking out of the treasure room…
However, the second Gerald stepped out, all the candles in the room immediately went out. Following that, the room began glowing in an eerie green light!
‘This isn’t good!’ Gerald thought to himself as he quickly got out of the room—along with Rey—before yelling, “Yann! Get over here! Quick!”
Of course, Yann’s fate had been sealed the second he chose to disobey Gerald… Unable to react in time, Yann’s eyes could only widen as he watched all the gold around him transform into green goo that quickly enveloped him! He didn’t even have the time to scream before the goo completely melted him down to the bone…
Gerald and Rey were understandably stunned to witness all this. To think that such a punishment had been set up for those who had been overtaken by greed…
Regardless, Yann was now dead and there was nothing Gerald could do about it.
With that in mind—and the fact that the goo was slowly coming their way—, Gerald quickly grabbed onto Rey’s arm before yelling, “Come on, let’s leave this place!”
Rey wasn’t about to say no to that, and the duo bolted back into the passageway from before…
Shortly after, they heard the familiar scraping of stone on dirt coming from behind them, and it was pretty obvious that the door had closed itself again… Thank god they had left the room quickly…
Taking a momentary rest by sitting in the passageway, Rey couldn’t help but look at Gerald with grief- filled eyes as he said, “…Mr. Crawford… Brother Yann, he…”
While he knew that Rey was frightened since this was probably the first time he had seen someone die in such a terrible way, Gerald simply opted to reply in a calm tone, “He’s dead…”
Naturally, even Gerald was sad about Yann’s death, but had the man not been consumed by avarice, he wouldn’t have had to die so horribly… With that in mind, Yann’s end was honestly deserved…
After calming down a bit more, Rey couldn’t help but ask, “What even was that green goo…” “I’m not sure, but it probably resembles sulphuric acid since it could corrode so well…” replied Gerald who couldn’t help but sigh, still slightly bummed out that Yann had to die.
After all, he saw the man as a good friend. Still, Gerald did find solace in the fact that Rey wasn’t like Yann.
With that in mind, Gerald then patted Rey on the shoulder before praising, “…Regardless, I’m glad you weren’t consumed by greed as well, Rey. I’m proud of you!”
Despite the compliment, Rey was simply too sad to even feel pleased about it. After all, they had just lost a teammate…