A famous philosopher once said that even the fullest granary would eventually run empty if no one replenished it.
Annan once said that he would eventually run out of Magic Films to watch.
In another week, Annan would have to show the Demon Lord those Magic Films with one male lead and one female lead...
If the Demon Lord was male, that might be fine. But if the Demon Lord was female... Annan was just a weak, helpless Sorcerer.
Then again, the Demon Lord had barely beaten him lately... Maybe he could sneak in and try again?
"Are you still there?" Annan asked, holding the World Tree Leaf.
"I'm here."
Tadel Moonchaser's soft voice sounded like a nightingale's song.
Annan had never seen Tadel, so he didn't know whether the Elf was the most beautiful of his kind. But he had never heard a voice more beautiful than his.
"I have another question... My Sorcerer talent lets me summon elementals permanently, but something went wrong with the summons recently. A Fire Elemental Elder told me that elementals lose their essence on the Main Plane, and only a Contract can solve the problem... What is a Contract?"
Tadel told Annan that the ancient knowledge spread by Wilhelm called a "Contract" a "light source." Just as living beings could not survive without air and fish could not survive without water, elementals could not survive without the Elemental Planes.
Why elementals could not leave the Elemental Planes involved the schemes of ancient Gods and the essence of the planes. Even Tadel, at eight hundred years old, could not explain the details.
"Then how can I make the elementals stay?"
"Become a Master Level Sorcerer, or obtain an eternal-type spellbook."
"Hmm..."
Annan thought about it. He was only a fourth-level Sorcerer, six levels short