The Secretly Rich Man

Gerald Crawford: The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1405

The second he stepped inside, the only thing that greeted Gerald was darkness and silence... Now brimming with fear and worry, he didn't even dare take another step further. He just couldn't bear the thought of witnessing a similar scene as he had back inside the ancient tomb.

Despite his fears, he knew he still had to see the truth of the situation for himself. With that in mind, he slowly proceeded further into the manor...

Used to how lively the Crawford Manor used to be, Gerald couldn't help but get the creeps with how devoid of people the manor now was.

Activating his holy sense,-in order to ease detection of any signs of life-Gerald quickly found that the current area where he was in truly was vacant...

Not wanting to give up that easily, he quickly proceeded to the next area within the manor. With how fast he was, he soon finished searching every nook and cranny in the manor...

By the end of it, his search results made him simultaneously happy and depressed.

While he was devastated that there were zero traces of life within the entire manor, he was glad at the very least-that the situation here wasn't similar to the conditions on Warhill Island that the Mackusion had displayed. In other words, he was relieved that he hadn't come across any corpses. That meant that there was a chance that his family members were still safe, despite them being missing.

'Still... Where could everyone have gone...?' Gerald thought to himself, disappointed that he hadn't even come across a single person in the manor.

'Is there any hope that they're all still fine...?' Gerald thought to himself as Peter and Zyla rushed in.

Upon seeing how dispirited he looked, they already knew the results of his search without even needing to ask.

Peter himself had earlier looked around the courtyard, and he already had a bad feeling about all this before he even reunited with Gerald.

"I've already used my holy sense to locate them, but I haven't been able to find anyone at all...! They've just vanished into thin air...!" muttered Gerald under his breath as he clenched his fists.

"At the very least there haven't been any corpses! With that in mind, let's not worry too much! There's a chance that they're all still fine!" replied Zyla as she walked over to Gerald and held onto his hand.

'I do hope so... Still, I wonder if the one responsible for all this is the masked old man as well... If it is, not only has he stolen Liemis's corpse, but he's also kidnapped all of my family members!' Gerald thought to himself with a frown.

The second his thought ended, both Gerald and Peter's ears perked as they slowly turned to look behind them. There, lay an indoor well that was historically important to the Crawfords.

Exchanging glances with each other, both of them were sure that they had heard a voice coming from within the well...

Giving Gerald a nod, Peter then dashed toward the well, arms outstretched as he fished for whoever was inside!

Upon getting hold of someone, Peter instantly dragged them out of the well... And out came a plump, middle-aged man who was drenched from head to toe!

Now realizing that the man had been staying immersed in the well this entire time, Gerald found himself thinking, 'So he was submerged this entire time... With how chilly the water in there is, no wonder I couldn't detect him despite using my holy sense...'

"...Who are you? And why are you hiding in the well in my house?" asked Gerald with a frown.

With how unfamiliar the person looked, Gerald was certain that he wasn't a Crawford.

"I-I go by the name of Wes Lakely, Mr. Crawford, and I'm a manager from one of the economic areas in Weston...! It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Crawford...!" cried out the man as he immediately knelt before Gerald.

"...That doesn't answer my other question, Wes. Why were you hiding in the well?" asked Gerald.

"A-ah... Well, it's because something's happened to the economic area I'm in... While I've contacted those from your family through the headquarters, I couldn't get to them at all, even after quite some time! In the end, things couldn't be delayed any further so I decided to come here in person two days ago to make a report. While I did hear rumors that something happened to the Crawfords, I paid little notice to it till actually arrived. However, upon arriving, I found it odd that there weren't even any bodyguards at the entrance... Curious, I then stepped in to have a look and see if everything was going alright..." explained Wes before taking in a deep breath.

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.What did you see?" asked Gerald.

"...I... I saw corpses... Many of whom were your family's bodyguards...! Aside from that, I also clearly remember hearing a terrible cry coming from the back... Panic took over me at the time, and the only thing I could think of was to find someplace to hide! It was then when I accidentally fell into the well..."