Well, stolen was a big word actually, he was just using them to train his disciples in order to make them stronger.
Even though their rate of progression towards the center fell down quite a bit, they were getting better and better by the day.
It truly slowed down the rate they were going towards the goal, but it made their steps safer and steadier.
In fact, this training method was working so well that in fact, Eric thought that they would be able to breakthrough with a solid foundation before they made it there.
He couldn't believe how he had forgotten about this and didn't do it earlier. The results of the training were clearly in front of his eyes.
With the new training though, their speed towards the center fell by about 1-2% at first, but it was stable.
In 15 days, they had finally reached the 90% pressure area, as the darkness had already covered the area they just like when they first entered the place.
