Demon blood barrels.
They emerged from the portals with momentum, the heavy containers rolling across the cratered earth and forming concentric circles around Jack.
The barrels themselves were fabricated from materials that surpassed conventional metallurgical standards. Their surfaces exhibited intricate, arcane patterns, specifically engineered to maintain certain liquids at precise temperatures.
Because inside each barrel was demon blood. Pure, concentrated demon blood that Jack had spent time collecting and storing.
Jack's registered each barrel as it materialized.
Over a hundred barrels came out of the portals. The containers kept emerging from the portals, each one positioning itself in the pre-calculated geometric pattern that Jack had envisioned.
The arrangement was something far more sophisticated than random placement.
This was a ritual grid. A preparation for something catastrophic.
Hundreds of demon blood barrels now surrounded Jack in concentric circles.
