"A contract with a longer term?"
Yi Chen was a little surprised.
Those words made his first reaction that there was something wrong with Marys's head.
After all, what this guy had signed was a Life-Death Contract.
It was equivalent to having his life and death controlled by someone else.
Generally speaking, anyone would only hope the term was as short as possible, so they could regain their freedom sooner.
Who would want the term to be as long as possible?
Surely he hadn't been a slave for so long that he had started to enjoy it?
But on second thought, he understood.
He simply had not had the time to consider what Marys was thinking. It was not as if he was stupid.
After thinking it through, he understood why Marys had such an idea.
Marys had seen his potential for growth, and seen what benefits he might gain in the future by following him.
So, to gain his trust, he was willing to sign a Life-Death Contract with a longer term.
Moreover, Marys had only said that he wanted to sign a Life-Death Contract with a longer term, not that he wanted to sign a Life-Death Contract with Shadow Emperor for a longer term. In Yi Chen's estimation, Marys probably wanted to bypass Shadow Emperor and sign this Life-Death Contract with him directly.
Under the tense gazes of Marys, and even Poseis and Titanbo, Yi Chen did not think for too long. He raised his eyes to Marys and asked, "Are you sure you want to sign a longer-term Life-Death Contract with me?"
"I'm sure!"
Marys was overjoyed. He had originally planned to wait until Yi Chen agreed, then try proposing that he not sign with Shadow Emperor, but sign the Life-Death Contract directly with Yi Chen instead.