Ch. 1916..1920: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 1916-1920
Chapter 1916
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 1916 After saying that, Gerald turned around and began exploring this new place with Rey…
Shortly after, they came across a spring of sorts that had crystal clear water that splashed all over the place…
Naturally, this surprised the duo. To think that there would be a spring here of all places…
“How odd to find a spring out of the blue!” exclaimed Rey as he walked over to the body of flowing water before scooping some up to drink…
Eyes-widening the second he gulped down, Rey couldn’t help but turn to face Gerald as he added, “Holy! The water’s sweet!”
Rey had never tasted such sweet and refreshing spring water in his entire life!
Hearing that, Gerald walked over as well to taste the water… and true to Rey’s words, the water truly was rather sweet. The fact that a spring with such sweet water was down here in this horrible place truly was mystifying…
Before Rey could take another scoop, the water suddenly began bubbling, causing the youth to freeze in surprise.
It wasn’t long after before the entire spring was filled with bubbles, and within seconds, all the water suddenly evaporated!
“.H-huh? The hell? How did all the water suddenly disappear!” exclaimed Rey in an incredulous tone.
Before Gerald could even theorize, however, a crisp ‘crack’ could be heard from the middle of the dried- out spring…
Fixing their gazes on the source of the sound, the duo simply watched as a slab of stone suddenly began rising from the center of the dried-out spring…
Exchanging glances with each other, Gerald and Rey slowly walked over as the stone slab shifted to the side… revealing what appeared to be a darkened entrance that led downward!
While Rey’s first reaction was to stare at Gerald in disbelief, Gerald himself was already shining his flashlight to illuminate the bottom of the hole…
A while later, Gerald wordlessly began descending the hole… Of course, upon seeing that, Rey had no choice but to follow him down…
The hole itself led to a flat path, and the duo walked on until they eventually came across a huge chamber… Seeing that there was a golden casket in the middle of the chamber, Rey couldn’t help but exclaim, “…I- is that what I think it is…? My god! This chamber… it’s a tomb!”
As Rey wondered how the hell their expedition ended up becoming a tomb exploration, Gerald himself began walking deeper into the tomb…
It was only a few steps later when the candles in the chamber suddenly let up, instantly brightening the entire tomb…
Now that everything was well lit, Gerald noticed that there was a tombstone within the chamber.
Walking over and seeing that ancient script had been carved onto the tombstone, Gerald turned to look at Rey before asking, “Say, can you read this?”
Gerald knew that Rey was a top student, which was why he felt that Rey had a chance of deciphering the text.
Regardless, Rey quickly jogged over before having a look at the tombstone…
It took him a while, but eventually, Rey replied, “Well… It contains information about this tomb’s owner, Mr. Crawford! From what I’ve gathered, the owner of the tomb goes by Talias Yah, and he was a general in an ancient country called Zanekh… To think that the tomb of such a great general could be found within Mount Dakriont… How stupefying.”
Upon hearing that, Gerald immediately knew that they 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, the corner of Gerald’s eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar symbol on the golden casket… Where had he seen that before…
Chapter 1917
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 1917 Looking at Gerald’s raised eyebrow, Rey couldn’t help but ask, “Is… something wrong, Mr. Crawford…? Did you find something…?”
“See that symbol there? I feel like I’ve seen it somewhere before…” muttered Gerald as he continued flipping through his memories…
Sometime later, he suddenly yelled, “I remember now!”
Following that, Gerald fished the map out before quickly scanning through it.
Raising a slight brow, Rey then inched 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, “… Holy, is that… Then… Instead of going after the treasure, Tye was trying to locate this tomb this entire time…?!”
“I’m guessing so!” replied Gerald with a nod, finally a hundred percent sure that Tye was up to no good. But what was he scheming…?
As Gerald was wondering about that, Tye and his men finally made it to Moonbeam Village…
Despite Gerald taking pity on them and allowing them to live, Tye wasn’t about to give up on his goals that easily. Still, without the map, Tye and his men had remained lost in the mountain’s forests for ages…
Regardless, upon attempting to step foot into the village, Stanton—who just so happened to see them —immediately rushed over before asking, “And who might all of you be?”
As more of the villagers ran over to stand behind Stanton, they knew why he was being so vigilant. After all, Tye and his men looked incredibly suspicious…
Raising a slight brow, Tye then glared at the old man before replying in an annoyed tone, “That isn’t important. Regardless, have you recently come across three individuals dressed like us?”
Stanton was no idiot. From 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 to our village! Speaking of the outside world, how did all of you get here?”
Upon hearing that, Tye squinted his eyes at the chief, wondering if the old man was telling the truth…
Unfortunately, at that very moment, a young woman came jogging toward Stanton while yelling, “The meal’s ready, chief! Have the three wise men returned yet?”
While 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 me, old man!”
Stanton himself was at a loss for words. That young woman truly had arrived at the worst possible time…
Seeing that Stanton wasn’t keen on replying, Tye then grabbed the old man by his collar before roaring, “Enough games! Where the hell are those three!”
It was clear by now that Tye’s hatred for Gerald was beyond words… Tye himself had even sworn to show Gerald no mercy the next time they bumped into him.
Whatever the case was, Stanton hardly even flinched at Tye’s attempt at intimidating him. Instead, the old man simply replied, “How should I know? They simply left without telling us where they were headed to!”
“Are you honestly still lying to me? Don’t blame me for being ruthless then!” scowled Tye with a snort, his gut telling him that Gerald and his party were well acquainted with Stanton. After all, why else would the old man lie about something like this?
Following that, Tye ordered his men to gather all the villagers. Once that was done, Tye also instructed them to tie Stanton to the pillar at the village’s entrance…
“I’m going to ask one final time… Tell me where they went!” shouted Tye, believing that the old man would finally spill the beans now.
“’ve already told you, I don’t know!”
Chapter 1918
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 1918 Despite how serious Stanton looked as he scowled back, Tye wasn’t buying it.
Now fully enraged, Tye glared at his men before ordering, “Men! Beat this old b*stard up till he talks!”
Hearing that, two of Tye’s men then stepped forward with whips in hand… and without the slightest mercy, they began whipping the poor old man!
Naturally, the other villagers instantly became enraged, and some of the bolder ones even rushed forward to rescue their poor chief!
Seeing that, Tye simply shook his head, glaring at those who dared oppose him as his hand quickly reached out for his pistol…
And with a deafening ‘bang’, one of the courageous villagers flopped to the ground, dead…
Upon witnessing that horrifying scene, none of the other villagers dared to take another step forward…
Tye himself simply sneered, “Listen, every time you refuse to tell me where they are, I’ll just kill another villager! With that in mind, you’d better start fessing up already! Still, I’m glad nobody even knows about your village! Because of that, I can do whatever I want with you!” “Chief, just give them the information!” called out one of the villagers, not wanting the entire village to get massacred just for the sake of protecting those three wise men.
“Yeah, chief! Our entire village is at stake here!”
“Please, just tell them, chief…”
One after another, the villagers continued pleading Stanton to share Gerald’s location with them… and eventually, the chief knew he didn’t really have any other choice. After all, he needed to prioritize his
village’s safety.
With that, Stanton sighed before declaring, “…Fine. I’ll tell you on one condition! You have to leave us once you get the information! Deal?”
“Deal!” replied Tye without the slightest hesitation.
“They’ve gone deeper into the mountain! To be more specific, they entered a cave with two stone pillars before it!” said Stanton.
Hearing that, Tye’s expression instantly soured. To think that Gerald was able to locate the exact cave Tye himself was trying to look for!
“Hah! Not bad…” replied Tye with a nod, a sinister smile on his face as he slowly aimed his gun at Stanton’s chest… and with the pull of a trigger, a bullet shot through the old man’s chest. “C-chief…!” cried out the villagers as Stanton spat out a mouthful of blood… before his head drooped and his limbs went completely limp…
After staring for a while at their chief’s fresh corpse, several of the villagers turned to glare at Tye while roaring, “How… How inhumane…! You utter b*stard…!”
“You promised you’d leave us be! Why did you have to kill our chief?! You demon!”
Upon hearing all those curses, Tye’s frown only worsened as he aimed his pistol at the villagers… and just like that, several more villagers fell to the ground, dead.
Each bullet had hit its mark, and as Tye reloaded his gun, he yelled out, “Kill them all! Make sure you don’t miss anyone!”
Nodding in response, Tye’s men then retrieved their knives… and the massacre soon began.
By the time Tye and his men were done, the entire village population had been wiped out. Moonbeam village was no more…
How absolutely vile…
Chapter 1919
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 1919 Moving back to Gerald and Rey, they had no way of knowing about the massacre that had taken place at Moonbeam Village. Even so, it was pretty much guaranteed that Gerald wouldn’t let Tye and his men off the second he found out about what they had done…
Regardless, since they were both standing before the casket now, Rey was prompted to ask, “Should… we open the casket and have a look inside, Mr. Crawford…?”
“Negative. I truly believe that something terrible will happen if we do,” replied Gerald, instantly causing Rey to give up on his idea.
Even so, he couldn’t help but remain curious about the contents of the golden casket. After all, Tye had been trying so hard to search for it. What kind of treasures lay within…?
“Say, Mr. Crawford? What kinds of treasures do you think are in this tomb for Tye to travel so far just to obtain them…?” asked Rey.
Shaking his head in response, Gerald then said, “I have no idea, though I believe the things he’s after lies within that casket!”
Though Gerald knew that the casket was bad news, he also had a pretty good idea that it contained something extremely valuable. After all, Tye was trying so hard to get it.
Whatever the case was, Gerald then began searching high and low around the chamber. After all, he was sick of remaining trapped in here.
Rey started doing the same, and with their combined efforts, the duo eventually managed to find a way out! Quickly making their way out, the two soon found themselves stepping into a forest of sorts…
Still, Gerald and Rey were much too glad to finally be able to see the sky again to be bothered by that. With how stale the air in the cave had been, the two men couldn’t help but feel extremely relaxed now that they could finally take whiffs of fresh air…
Exhaling loudly, Rey then sat on the ground before exclaiming, “Thank god we’re finally out of that place, Mr. Crawford…!”
“Indeed! Let’s head back now!” replied Gerald.
At that very moment, both of their ears perked as several rustling sounds could be heard in the distance!
Immediately getting vigilant, the duo then hid themselves well before peeking out to see who was making all that noise… and the second they saw the culprits, Gerald and Rey were rightfully surprised.
“Mr. Crawford…! It’s Tye and his men!” whispered Rey.
Gerald himself was much too busy wondering how they had found their way here so quickly without the map.
Whatever the case was, Tye and his men appeared to be fully focused on getting to the cave. With that in mind, they were unable to detect Gerald and Rey…
Remembering that the cave wasn’t too far off from here, Gerald had a hunch that the group would soon come across it…
Even so, Gerald couldn’t help but wonder if they would be able to get into the cave in the first place.
Chapter 1920
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 1920 Once the men were out of sight, Rey then turned to look at Gerald as he asked, “So… what now, Mr. Crawford… ?”
“Well, we’ve already got what we wanted so let’s just return to the village. As for Tye and his men… I have a pretty good hunch that even if they do manage to find the tomb, they won’t be getting out alive!” replied Gerald who had zero interest in the casket.
Gerald had made that bold claim for a reason. After thoroughly investigating the chamber, Gerald had gathered that there were several hidden traps in the tomb. What more, most of the traps appeared to be activated by touching different parts of the golden casket.
With that in mind, if Tye and his men insisted on opening the casket, they would surely end up triggering a deadly trap or ten, dying miserably in the process…
Whatever the case was, Gerald and Rey then began making their way back to Moonbeam Village…
However, the second they got to the village’s entrance, both of them froze in their tracks.
Strapped onto one of the village entrance’s stone pillars, was Stanton’s corpse…! As if that wasn’t already terrible enough, from where they stood, the two could already see the many dead bodies littered all over the place…!
Rey was the first to break the silence as he angrily growled, “…Who… Who could have done this…?! What the hell happened here?!” “It was definitely Tye and his men. Those… Those utter b*stards are as inhumane as beasts…!” replied Gerald, clenching his teeth as he tried his hardest to keep his cool.
From what Gerald could guess, Tye must have killed all of the villagers in order to locate him and Rey! Only a beast like Tye could commit such a heinous act…
Seeing that Gerald was clenching his fists so tightly that his veins looked like they were about to pop, Rey lowered his, his eyes fully reddened in rage as he growled, “…What should we do now, Mr. Crawford?”
Upon hearing that, Gerald found himself momentarily at a loss for words. After all, he and Rey were part of the reason why this tragic event happened in the first place, and knowing that brought endless amounts of guilt to Gerald…
After thinking for a bit, Gerald eventually calmed himself enough to say, “…We return to the chamber. We need to avenge everyone here…!”
Rey naturally agreed with that plan, and the duo quickly began retracing their steps…
As they continued making their way to the tomb, Gerald swore that he was going to make Tye and his men pay.
While the earlier Gerald didn’t really care if the casket’s traps killed that b*stard and his men, the current Gerald wasn’t about to allow that to happen. In order to properly avenge the villagers, he was going to personally end them all…! Regardless, since they already knew where they were going, their journey back to the cave was much swifter this time…
Moving back to Tye and his men, they had earlier managed to enter the cave. After messing around with the mechanisms on the back of the door, they were able to uncover the same hole that Gerald and Rey had fallen through.
“Score! I’m sure the tomb is down there! Men! Start descending!” ordered Tye as his men obediently began sliding down the hole…