After a tense standoff, he swings his sword at the samurai.only for it to be shattered in a single strike from Jack's own. After a fierce battle, only one warrior is left standing he claims his new sword and goes to await Jack's arrival in a snowy tundra. When the weapon is completed, the chieftain of the tribe plants it in a stone and gathers every warrior in the tribe to fight for the right to wield it. In the depths of a snowy mountain, a tribe of ogre-like creatures create a powerful sword from the elements of their home forged from crystals, heated with lava and dragon-fire, cooled in the heart of a glacier, and imbued with lightning from a storm so powerful that it kills the shaman who summoned it. Jack destroys the poisoned well with one sword swing as he moves on. His surprise forces him to swallow the water and he cries out in horror: he dies as his body massВ is turned into leaves which blow away in the wind. Jack comes across the well and goes to have a drink, but the scientist unknowingly gives himself away in his excitement and Jack realizes that it's a trap.В He pretends to drink, goes into death convulsions, and plays possum when the scientist goesВ to check on the 'body', Jack suddenly spits the tainted water into the scientist's mouth instead. He successfully creates it and thenВ pours the potion into a well before he hides in a nearby bushВ to wait forВ his first victim. He faced his hardship and came unto a better place.ДЄ short, mischievous, evil scientist gathers ingredients for a poisonous potion that will be invisible, tasteless, and odorless when mixed with water. Jack keeps walking, determined not to be fooled again, and falls into the lake pleasantly surprised. He continues on and the image of a lush, tropical oasis appears before him.

At the final moment, when he is about to be struck by one of the attacking apparitions, the wind rushes past and he realizes that they are not even real he has nothing to fear. He continues fighting anyway, despite the fact that the heat and his continuous movement are wearing him down. He tries to fight them off, but the sword does not affect them and their numbers keep on growing.

Jack is attacked by apparitions while journeying across a vast desert.

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