WORLD DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM

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Chapter 36

John signaled to Jacob and he left the room . He was first worried about his safety after looking at his physique but he still remembered Tom's reminder that he was a strong man himself so he shouldn't worry and hence he left the room immediately . Additionally, there were runes engraved on all the slaves so there was not much need to be worried about .

"Now you guys might be wondering why am I being so much generous to the slaves? So I will be honest with you guys, what I need is loyal slaves who have meaning and life in their eyes . I don't want slaves who don't have determination and will to live in their eyes, if you can promise me this then I can promise all of you guys that all of you guys can be free after 5 years of servitude under me without any conditions .

I have seen that a lot of you guys have different feelings which can be seen from your eyes, some want revenge, some have regrets over their actions, some show determination which will mean you will try to leave your status as a slave by any means possible, some show self-mockery over their misfortune .

Personally, I find the very idea of the slave trade very abhorring but circumstances lead me to go for slave trade since I lack manpower . I just wanted to let you guys know of my true intentions before you started any work for me . you might not believe me now, but I am sure you will believe me later on . "

Hearing this, many of the slaves were surprised, this included Jake and his family however Tornwall was still skeptical but he still thought this was still a better situation, unlike the one where he would die as a slave .

Jake was the first to ask him a question,

"Why do you think we should believe or trust you? How can you guarantee that you will free us from our slavery after 5 years, what if you kill us in the name of freeing us?"

Everyone here listening to him thought that Jake was right since why would a slave owner be so generous to slaves .

John gave it a thought and replied to him, "Everyone one of you may have noticed that I didn't buy any criminal slaves, right? So you can see my sincerity from this action . As for the guarantee of you guys getting freed after 5 years, we can write that on a magic contract if you guys don't believe me . Perhaps you guys might be freed even before 5 years but that will depend on your performance . As for my sincerity, I will pay you all the same as normal men which you can spend however you want . "

Later John smiled and said to them, "If you become one of my close confidantes then maybe I can even help you in your revenge or regrets later on, how is that as an offer for you guys?"

A lot of people here didn't know about the magic contract but Tornwall and Jake knew about it, it was specially made for people dealing in slaves so that neither parties get scammed . Even John only got to know about it after he heard it from Tom when he was dealing with the slaves .

"We can make that contract here?" Jake asked John .

Usually, magic contracts were made when dealing with Warriors and Magicians or between two nobles who dealt in a large number of slaves .

People not following the contract would anyway lose their rights over their slaves and hence people gave money without any hesitance when it came to dealing with slaves, the only thing they needed to do was confirm the actual slaves and their numbers .

"Yes, we can, we will get it done right away . " John then turned to other slaves who were confused and explained to them about the use of magic contracts which would be helpful in the current situation . So if John didn't follow the contract he would anyways lose his control over the slaves after 5 years . Jake also nodded in acceptance about the explanation which more or less convinced them about magic contracts and this also gave them more hope .