For two weeks, Sebastian remained hidden in his shelter, focusing on compressing his mana. The process was hard and required his full concentration, but since he had been through it in the past, he knew what he had to do and how to do it best.
During this time, Sebastian couldn't move around much. His undead brought him food, while his helpers prepared it for him.
They also had the very tedious and not so rewarding task of protecting him, which meant they couldn't hunt. But of course, the rune master didn't care.
Now, the tedious part of all of this wasn't to make the compression level itself.