Chapter 1293
The Secretly Rich Man
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1293
Hearing that, Gerald turned to look at the table. Seeing that what Chester had said was true, he then walked over to pick the note up. On it, was a row of words that stated, âLet us meet at the Sky Bridge in Qerton City at exactly midnight today!â
Aside from that straightforward message, nothing else was on the note. There wasnât even a signature to indicate who had sent it.
ââ¦Could the sender have been Matildaâ¦? After all, she couldnât find us in the beginning⦠Though she did eventually manage to invite us over, I donât think it would be a stretch to think that she was the one who left that note here,â deduced Chester.
Shaking his head, Gerald then replied, âKnowing her, sheâd most probably continue madly looking around till she eventually managed to find us. Leaving a note behind is too delicate for a person like her!â
Still, what a strange incidentâ¦
âI donât even know anyone from Ancient City⦠Who could be the one inviting me over for the meet-
upâ¦?â Gerald thought to himself. Whatever the case was, Gerald had made his mind up that he would be heading over to have a look anyway.
âIâll be heading over alone, Chester. In the meantime, you should stay here,â said Gerald.
âAffirmative!â
Sky Bridge itself was located near the Southern suburbs of Qerton City, and it connected two chunks of land separated by a large river. By the time Gerald got there, it was half an hour before midnight and everything was dark and slightly terrifying.
Since Gerald still didnât know who it was who it was who had called him out, Gerald had been extremely vigilant throughout his journey to the river. While he had passed by a few people earlier on his way here, none of them seemed to be the ones who had called him out.
All of a sudden, Gerald saw a wooden boatâwith tiny lanterns at its sidesârowing toward him.
With the aid of the dim moonlight, Gerald was able to see a standing figure wearing a straw hat atop the boat. The person himself was dressed in a way that suggested that he was a villager who had retired to live deep in the forest. Regardless, with how steady and quickly the person was rowing the boat, Gerald couldnât help but feel that the person was a little extraordinary.
As Gerald continued looking at the person, his ears twitched as he suddenly began hearing theâoddly ârhythmic shackling of iron coming toward him from all directions.
Soon after, six figures stepped out from the darkness, and inclusive of the person on the boat, it was a fair guess that Gerald was going to have to deal with seven enemies.
âSo you actually came!â sneered one of the men.
Hearing that, Gerald looked at the note in his hand before glaring at the man and replying, âWell you did leave me a note telling me to come over⦠It wouldâve been unreasonable for me to turn down such an obvious trap. Still, did you really have to go through all that trouble just to tell me something? Or is there something else you have in mindâ¦?â
Despite how cold Geraldâs expression was, what seemed to be the groupâs leader simply shook his iron shackles slightly before replying with a smile, âThereâs no need for you to ask so much. Regardless, weâre giving you a choice now. Are you going to be coming along with us willingly? Or would you prefer us capturing you by force instead?â
Upon hearing that, Gerald then slowly began walking toward the leader as he asked, âCome along, you say? Where to? Also, are you here on behalf of the King of Judgement Portal? Or are you perhaps Queenaâs people?â
Seeing how sensibly Gerald seemed to be behaving, the leader couldnât help but break into a smile.
Even though he had caught wind of the fact that Gerald had killed both Tiara and Belzebob, it appeared that he wasnât really anything out of the ordinary.
âAgain, thereâs no need to be so inquisitive! After all, youâll find out sooner or later once you come along with us!â replied the leader with a smirk.
âSo be it!â said Gerald.
Following that, Gerald closed his eyes for a second⦠And when he opened them again, his already cold gaze had turned even more frigid as his inner strength began rapidly pulsing throughout his body!
The next thing everyone knew, Gerald had already disappeared from his spot. Before anyone could even react, a loud âthudâ could be heard.
Turning to look at the source of the sound, everyoneâs eyes immediately widened as they watched as one of their allies flew a good ten yards away! As it turned out, Gerald had moved so fast that within moments, he had already kicked the chest of thatânow-flyingâman!
As the victim of the kick spurted blood all over the placeâclearly suffering from terrible internal injuries âthe rest of his allies found themselves momentarily stupefied.
They truly hadnât expected Gerald to just attack without warning. Whatever the case was, it was now evident that his martial art skills werenât as simple as they had initially expected.
âHow⦠How dare you?!â roared one of the men as he immediately threw his iron shackles straight for Geraldâs neck!