Invisible Rich (The Invisible Rich Man 2)

Chapter 1299

“Enough! Lock him in his room, and make sure to keep him tight! From today onwards, he is forbidden to leave his room!” yreth. Hearing that, several guards ran over and immediately took Yume to her room, according to Lady Gunter's orders.

Now that her grandson has been taken care of, Yreth is convinced that he will be able to get what he wants from Gerald.

Gerald himself now quickly escaped from the cave in the darkness of the night. After knowing more about the three groups' plan to capture him, he did not dare to linger for more than he needed.

The plan right now is to find Chester first and then leave this place with him.

However, just as he was about to leave the outskirts of— and re-enter the city area—Gerald suddenly heard a rustling sound coming from the surrounding forest.

From how loud and quick it rustled, one would usually assume that it was a kind of animal that was extremely fast. However, Gerald had a premonition that it was not an animal. Stopping his pace, Gerald then became very vigilant to find out what—or who—he was dealing with.

If he was really honest, Gerald now felt his temperature had just dropped. Whatever was out there, it sent a great chill down his spine.

'What—or who— is after me this time...?' Gerald thought to himself as endless beads of sweat rolled down his forehead. The fear he felt right now was almost primary, and it was unlike anything he had felt before.

Finally, Gerald slowly raised his head.

Standing under the dim moonlight—above a nearby tree—is a towering, sturdy-looking man whose arms are crossed as he gazes at Gerald. While the man's face was purplish black and his lips were dark purple, his eyes were gleaming in deep red. Adding to the fact that darkness seemed to radiate from the man, Gerald could only describe him like a corpse!

As he continues to stare at Gerald without moving a muscle, Gerald himself now knows the source of all his fears. It was as if his entire existence was suppressed from the sight of that imposing man alone.

In his state of fear, Gerald found himself taking a few steps back before saying, “...Hogan?”

As he said that, Gerald watched with wide eyes as Hogan's huge body leaped into the air, and landed gently on the fragile-looking branch! While that alone was already impressive enough, Gerald barely even had time to react as Hogan used a hint of branch bounce to launch himself into Gerald at lightning speed!

Being more accustomed to danger than the others, Gerald quickly regained his senses from his daze and immediately began to try to retreat!

Hogan's fingernail tip looked as sharp as a hungry wolf's fang, and on one hand, Hogan almost felt like he had an iron claw, not a real hand. Moreover, a strange darkness seemed to envelop both of Hogan's hands.

At that moment, Gerald realized that Yume was not exaggerating at all. Hogan was truly more of a weapon than an actual human being at this moment. Weapons are revived by reviving corpses.

"escaped? From me? I'll say it now that it won't be easy, son! Now come with me! My master and Miss Gunter are waiting for you!” hogan said before shrieking in a manner that resembled the cries of a crow.

Watching Hogan then immediately — and quickly — start walking towards him, Gerald quickly activated his inner strength. Completely prepared to lose his artifact, as he commanded in his mind, 'Dawn!'

With that, the black short blade came alive.

As Hogan's entire body seemed to be almost entirely coated with iron, Gerald felt that the only way to fight the big man was to use a Dawnbreaker.

Regardless, the sword then shot out from Gerald's arm at almost an extremely high speed, aiming right at Hogan's neck!

To Gerald's horror, the usually trusted Dawnbreaker didn't even barely threaten Hogan. After all, the big man had just clamped the knife between his two claw-like fingers as if it was nothing!

Throwing his sword on the ground, Hogan then snorted before coldly saying, "I told you to come with me!"

'It... This guy is too strong...!' Gerald thought to himself, his disbelief clearly visible on his face.

However, Hogan was already done waiting. Gerald could only see the blurry figure of Hogan as the giant of a man started rushing towards Gerald with incredible speed!

The next thing Gerald knew, a big, strong-looking hand was a few inches from his stomach…