Chapter 1646
The Secretly Rich Man
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1646
Hearing that, Gerald simply closed his eyes in silence, spreading his divine sense out to scan through the rest of the mountain topâ¦
Sadly, the range of his divine sense was rather limited, so he was only able to scan up to a few hundred feet. Though that wasnât a small range by any means, Gerald still wasnât able to find any traces of the adventure team after quite some time.
Eventually, Quest found himself asking, ââ¦Say⦠Do you think that the adventure team isnât here because⦠theyâve headed further up the mountainâ¦?â
Upon hearing that, Gerald turned to look at Quest. Though the suggestion sounded rather preposterous, it wasnât completely out of the question either. After all, since there were zero traces of the adventure team here, the only other way they couldâve headed toâwithout bumping into the rescue team on their way upâwas further up the mountainâ¦
ââ¦That could be the case. Since weâre already here anyway, letâs proceed further up the mountain to check!â replied Gerald in agreement.
With that, both of them then continued scaling the mountainâ¦
Since he couldâve very well died earlier without Geraldâs intervention, Quest now had total trust in Gerald. He felt that as long as he remained close to Gerald, he would surely make it out safelyâ¦
Regardless, after walking for a whileâwith gentle breezes and snowflakes caressing their cheeks the entire timeâthe duo eventually arrived eleven thousand feet above sea levelâ¦
Upon arrival, they were immediately greeted by the sight of a cave. With how pitch dark it was inside, Gerald and Quest found themselves instantly wary of it.
Standing at the mouth of the cave, Quest found himself saying, âHow odd⦠A cave in the middle of nowhere!â
âIndeed⦠Well, letâs go in and have a look around!â replied Gerald as he began walking into the cave.
After a few steps in, both of them took out their glow sticks before activating them. Now having a light source each, the duo then proceeded further into the caveâ¦
Though the cave was quiet, it was also quite damp. With that said, occasional drops of water could be heard every once in a while as they walked on.
Eventually, both of them came to a sudden halt when they saw a faint orange glow from within the cave⦠It appeared to be the light of a campfire, and the duo could see flickering shadows from time to time.
Looking at each other, Gerald and Quest felt that they must have finally located the adventure team.
After swiftly making their way toward the light source, the duo was greeted by the sight of several sleeping people lying against the caveâs stone walls.
Just as they had thought, they had finally located the adventure team! Gerald was made extra sure of this whenâafter scanning through the peopleâhe saw that Nori was among them!
âNori!â shouted Gerald.
Hearing that sudden shout, everyone jolted awake, and this included Nori.
Upon realizing who had called out to her, Nori instantly teared up as she cried out, âG-Geraldâ¦!â
Quickly getting to her feet, the girl then ran over before embracing Gerald tightlyâ¦
It took her a while to calm down, but once she did, Nori looked at him in surprise as she asked, âButâ¦
what are you even doing here, Geraldâ¦?â
Realizing that she hadnât anticipated him to come over, Gerald then explained, âWell, after finding out that something had happened to you and your adventure team, I came over with a rescue team that was tasked with locating your group!â
ââ¦Does⦠that mean that you came over just to save meâ¦?â asked Nori as she stared straight into Geraldâs eyes expectantly.
In response, Gerald simply revealed a gentle smile and nodded, not seeing any reason to deny it.