Jack's gaze tracked across the survivors without particular interest, noting their positions and states but not lingering on individual faces.
They were background elements in this scene, witnesses whose terror served purposes beyond simple cruelty.
Nine thousand demons who would spread word throughout Floor Twenty about what happened when someone offended the Soul Warden.
Jack's right hand emerged from his pocket, fingers moving through the air in a pattern that made reality shimmer around him.
The gesture activated Soul Magic at levels that transcended normal necromancy. This wasn't simple reanimation or spirit binding, but fundamental manipulation of the boundary between existence and oblivion.
The Chain of Soul Warden materialized, metal links appearing from nothing as the artifact responded to its master's will. The chain extended outward from Jack's hand, growing longer with each passing second as it reached toward the corpses scattered across the clearing.
