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Chapter 1397
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1397
Several mountains could be seen surrounding the rather large island, and odd flowers could be seengrowing all over the place.
Regardless, the second Gerald saw the island, he immediately knew what that place was. It wasWarhill Island, the place where the pledge of the holy water was being held!
‘By this point, I’m sure grandpa and the others have long arrived there…’
Whatever the case was, Gerald now had a rough idea on how to use the Mackusion. Essentially, aftercommunicating with it through one’s soul, everything that the communicator thought, missed, or wasconfused about would instantly reveal themselves on the screen, one after another.
He got to that conclusion since after witnessing what had happened to Mila, the screen was nowdisplaying the place where his grandpa had gone to in order to participate in the pledge of the holywater.
As for why Gerald barely had any doubts that this was Warhill Island, the legendary place where thepledge of the holy water was held, it was because he had seen the upturned—but still dazzling—statueof Angelica as the screen panned closer to the island.
However, Gerald soon realized that even after some time had passed, the screen hadn’t revealed asingle person!
‘…Could it be that grandpa and the others have yet to arrive there…?’ wondered Gerald, bewildered.
Pondering about it for a second, Gerald momentarily shook the thought off before pointing at Angelica’sfallen statue and asking, “Speaking of which, what exactly is the relationship between you and that
statue, Zyla? Why does a statue of you even exist on the island where the pledge of the holy water isheld?”
“Well, first off, you should know that the island isn’t all that far from the king of the ocean’s palace. Withthat in mind, both the island and the statue worked together as a seal, preventing me from leaving theking of the ocean’s palace back then!” replied Zyla rather casually as she looked at the statue of her.
“…I see. While we’re at it, what do you know about the pledge of the holy water…? According to thelegends that I’ve heard, only those whose inner strengths have long entered the realm of legends areinvited to participate in it. However, I’ve always found it odd that they don’t invite those from crypticfamilies—like the Gunters—over. Even if those from the Sun League have some sort of scheme inmind, those from cryptic families would most definitely be more exceptional than the people they’vebeen inviting throughout the years!” asked Gerald.
“Gerald, I hope you understand that cryptic families aren’t considered orthodox. After all, they rely onexternal forces to increase their training. Great masters, on the other hand, have true inner strengthand rely solely on their training to get to where they are. With that said, the degree of utilization of greatmasters is much higher compared to those from cryptic families!” explained Zyla.
“Also, the reason it’s called the pledge of the holy water is because of the existence of a holy pool onthat island. It’s one of the entrances into Jaellatra!” added Zyla.
“An entrance into Jaellatra you say? If that’s the case, then does that mean that the legend revolvingaround drinking holy water—at the pledge—to attain immortality is actually achieved by gaining entryinto Jaellatra? Then… does that mean that there’s a possibility that those who never returned from thepledge of the holy water may not actually be dead and have simply been brought to Jaellatra?” repliedGerald, feeling enlightened.
“Indeed. Jaellatra occasionally recruits suitable new people in order to maintain its existence anddevelopment. In fact, Leo’s one of the younger people who were recruited!” explained Zyla as sheturned to look at Leo.
“I see… I am curious though… How does Jaellatra even exist…?” inquired Gerald.novelbin
“As I’ve said, Jaellatra isn’t a particularly special place. Not only is it a place that can be found on Earth,but those living there are just as human as we are. If you’re particularly nit-picky, then one of the moremajor differences between our world and Jaellatra is the fact that Jaellatra is located within earth. In away, that means that to them, we’re living on the outer layer of earth!”
“While we’re on the topic, I’ll give you a bit of a history lesson on the place. See, many destructiveincidents took place between heaven and earth thousands of years ago. Due to all the chaos,numerous civilizations slowly met their end, and the Shunzuog Civilization was no exception to that.With the eventual downfall of the Shunzuog Civilization, several of the civilization’s valuable treasuresand its best features ended up disappearing for good. The Shunzuog Civilization truly was at the finalphase of the great civilization of antiquity… Thankfully, it was around then when those from thatgeneration discovered a new path that led to an underground land that they later named Jaellatra!”
“Following that, they got isolated from the world for a very long time. Regardless, according to legends,no humans appeared on the surface of the Earth for the longest time after that. In fact, the only livingthings on earth at the time were a few rare animals—from the Shunzuog Civilization—who managed tosurvive the catastrophes!”
“Of course, humans slowly reappeared on the surface of the earth again after a very long time, andwhen that happened, they eventually got into contact with those living in Jaellatra. Following that, theinhabitants of Jaellatra sometimes lent a hand to those training themselves to attain spiritual
enlightenment. While they didn’t have Dehlere Foundations within their bodies, they were able to makeuse of external forces, allowing them to attain similarly high levels of training!” explained Zyla.
Nodding slightly, Gerald then replied, “So… I’m guessing that’s the origin story of cryptic families?”
Smiling as she nodded in return, Zyla then said, “Indeed. Quite honestly, the Judgment Portal group iscomparable to a dormant pawn that the King of Judgment Portal prepared ages ago. He’s been waitingfor you to appear for a good, long time now!”