Outside the Fire Elemental Plane, Charles controlled the wizard tower, little by little altering the arcane artifacts and adjusting their trajectory.
Under Charles's control, the elemental plane slowly began to shrink.
In just one month, the plane had shrunk to half its former size.
At first, it shrank quickly, but as the plane grew smaller and smaller, Charles began to feel the pressure.
The mana pool within the wizard tower was being drained heavily now, and the energy pool was nearly down to one-third.
Charles sighed. "Swallowing a plane really is difficult."
Then Charles began tossing the vast amount of mana essence he had stored directly into the mana pool to supply the wizard tower.
As money was thrown around by the fistful, the wizard tower's mana pool became full once more.
Charles consoled himself. "You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a child."
"As long as I devour this elemental plane, it will all come back."
"The mana essence I'm throwing in now is just a drop in the ocean. I'll earn it back soon enough."
Outside the elemental plane, Bruce and the three Flame Ratmen remained on guard while also providing some support to the arcane artifacts.
Gradually, the plane grew smaller and smaller.
The way they looked at this elemental plane became increasingly astonished.
The elemental plane, once the size of an entire world, was compressed without end like a balloon being drained of water, until it finally shrank to the size of a single room.
Theoretically, that size was already sufficient.
But Charles was not satisfied. He continued compressing it, spending another month until the plane was finally reduced to the size of a carriage.
At this point, Charles was already feeling immense pressure.
He had consumed far too many resources—so many that even he felt