As the light went away after a second what was left on the table was a chestplate with multiple sections on the waist and shoulder pads with actual arms going down just to the elbow. The armor was a purplish black like obsidian bringing a more shiny look to the chestplate as jack smiled looking at it he heard something he never thought he'd hear from his teacher
"I'll be damned. Great job "Jack almost looked at the teacher whose face almost denied what he had just said. He was as shocked as jack. "I mean you have an aptitude for crafting it seems or at least your imagination does." The reason there were multiple ingots was because most people fail more than once in this step but jack had not only cleared it one ho he had fucking aced the test without effort. It seemed like of all things he had a talent for crafting.
"Well since we have already cleared this step let's move onto the next" dm told the jack who was still appreciating how good his creation honestly looked. He finally focused back from his creation and nodded "okay so next step is harder than the last. You have to take the the basilisk scale and place it on the armor and smash it with the hammer with all your strength and mana and be ready"
"For what?" Jack asked but its not like he was gonna receive an answer so he only sighed and nodded, placing a basilisk shell on the armor and striking it down with his armor as he did everything around him went dark for a second. Then suddenly he saw the image of a giant basilisk made out of blue lines almost as if it was another hologram but there was nothing projecting it. "W-What the fuck is that"
"And that is the will of the beast or monster whatever. When you use items to empower the durability or grant your items certain qualities you have to tame the will of the monster whose part you are using."
"So you just mean I have to kill that thing? Easy enough" Jack smiled as he held his hammer and jumped forward without waiting even for a second. His teacher only sighed as he facepalmed himself but didn't stop him, mistakes were the greatest teacher to a person.
As jack ran towards the will of the basilisk it spat out purple liquid but Jack jumped to the side using his leg to push the ground the opposite direction from the direction he wanted to jump in. Before closing in and getting right under the basilisk as it tried to bite and crush jack in its fangs but he smiled twirling his body mid air to move out of the way. As soon as the basilisk missed, Jack had his opportunity as he used all his strength to slam his hammer into the basilisk's head, sending it slamming into the ground. He dived right behind it and smashed on top of his head again much harder causing it to cough out blood.
The basilisk, who was annoyed by Jack by now, grabbed Jack by his leg using its tail and threw him away, sending him flying into a nearby wall. Instead of crashing into the wall as he normally would though he used his legs to bounce right back at the basilisk and the big snake swung its tail at the incoming jack. Jack smiled as he lowered his body and grabbed the basilisk's tail using it like a support to launch himself upward as he hit the creature under its chin knocking two teeths outside its mouth.
"Like that you slithery bastard?" The basilisk only grew angrier from the man's mocking. Even if the creature did not understand him completely it did understand the tone of the man and what it implied which only made the situation worse when Jack landed on the tail of the beast and jumped towards its belly again smashing his hammer into it. The basilisk was knocked back by the attack to which jack followed up with another attack right to the creature's jaw knocking it back.
Giving it no chance to recover, Jack smiled while dealing the finishing blow to the creature's head, crushing it for good as the basilisk stopped moving. Soon its body started turning into white light particles before vanishing as he smiled and looked back at his teacher, he looked proud of himself. "See i did i-"
Before could finish his sentence he would find himself standing right at the altar along with the hammer in his hand and the scale losing all its color before blowing up in his face. The explosion was not a real explosion to do him damage but a lot of soot and ash was blown right into his face as he coughed due to the amount that he breathed in.
After he finally stopped coughing he looked at the scale which had turned into a black piece of coal. That explains all the so many pieces of coals in that corner of the room he always assumed they would be for fire or something since it was blacksmithing for fucks sake.
"What the hell happened?" He asked if he was still not sure what caused that explosion. He was pretty sure he defeated that basilisk without even taking any real damage due to all his training but he had no idea what caused that explosion.
"Well you destroyed the will of the beast that pretty much made the thing what it was. So it stopped being what it was and turned into this piece of coal."
"B-but you told me to kill it-" he tried to retort but was cut off midway
"I told you to tame it so it will make it submit to you, not destroy it. You can't just hit your way out of everything you dumbass. You have to make the will submit to you so you can transfer its properties to the armor."
He realized it was his own mistake for not listening properly and he sighed, bowing down slightly as he apologized "I am sorry for not listening properly and paying attention. But you could have told me man"
"Was just making sure you don't forget again" the dm smiled looking at jack he was so enjoying it.