Stone Statue Weird

Biodata

Background

Stone Statue Weird had only recently begun running a dungeon when he purchased Xu Kai as untrained material from Weird Duke for five City Coins. His previous material had not lasted a day 2.

His true body was sealed in the Funeral Hall roof, where it had been used as building stone. A funeral ceremony later broke the seal and allowed him to move freely until instance settlement began 23.

Appearance

Stone Statue Weird is a large, imposing figure with bluish, stone-colored skin and a voice like grinding stone 2 9.

• Thick eyebrows, large eyes, and reddened eye sockets 2.
• Broad hands and a large build 2.
• Mottled blade scars across his face 11.

Personality

Stone Statue Weird treats subordinates as expendable material and expects them to submit to his plans. He kills players for rewards and has also killed successful hearse drivers, fearing that their rewards could make them a threat to him 4 6 7 10.

He is calculating and adept at exploiting instance rules, but grows furious when his traps fail. After Xu Kai survived their first instance, he feigned friendliness and offered to help him become a Weird; when Xu Kai refused, he threatened him instead 10 11.

Abilities & Skills

Weird Energy

Stone Statue Weird uses powerful Weird Energy to restrain, crush, and petrify targets. He can also move at the speed of a Low-Tier Weird, leaving an afterimage 5 19.

• Flattened a crashed hearse and its occupants 5.
• Petrified targets before crushing them; JK’s Gui Resistance protected him from much of the petrification, though not from a physical attack 19.
• Used Weird Energy to hold the cremation workshop door ajar and cause Xu Kai’s task to fail 10.
• Condensed a projection of Xu Kai’s actions to show Weird Duke 11.

Illusions and sensory manipulation

He can cast illusions in certain locations, including the cliff bend and Funeral Hall 10 20.

• Obscured vision and, in Xu Kai’s case, blocked perception beyond his body 20.
• Created a false sense of hunger in the Funeral Hall; Xu Kai concluded that the illusions were stronger there because the Weird’s true body was sealed in its roof 20 23.
• Changed the apparent colors of vigil candles; JK’s resistance allowed him to identify a safe replacement 21.

Killing Zones and instance rules

As instance boss, Stone Statue Weird uses fixed and temporary Killing Zones to attack directly, and assigns compulsory tasks to subordinate Evils 6 10.

• The valley below the cliff bend is a fixed Killing Zone. Rule violations can create temporary zones, as when a body is brought through the crematorium’s main entrance 6.
• Outside Killing Zones, he can use illusions in certain places and send subordinate Evils to act for him 7 10.
• After his seal broke, he could move freely, but instance settlement again prohibited him from killing outside a Killing Zone 23.

Relationships

• Xu Kai — Purchased as dungeon material and assigned to harm players. After Xu Kai repeatedly escaped his traps, Stone Statue Weird became determined to kill him 2 3 11.
• Weird Duke — Sold him Xu Kai and later lent him three Evils to eliminate Xu Kai in a future instance 2 11.
• Master of Ceremonies — A subordinate Evil assigned to oversee the funeral and seriously injure a player. He also attacked Xu Kai under Stone Statue Weird’s orders 7.
• Nurse Lin — Told Xu Kai that Stone Statue Weird sent his regards during their confrontation in the Arena 47.

Story Role

First crematorium instance

Stone Statue Weird assigns Xu Kai to drive a funeral car and kill or cripple its players. Across Xu Kai’s repeated rewinds, the boss kills him at the cliffside valley and at the crematorium after rule violations 3 4 6.

He later assigns Xu Kai a task requiring him to enter the cremation workshop with Wang Hua and close its door. Xu Kai exploits the task’s wording to complete it while remaining outside; Wang Hua is killed inside. Afterward, Xu Kai refuses to accompany Stone Statue Weird to the City 8 11.

Second crematorium instance

With three Evils borrowed from Weird Duke, Stone Statue Weird prepares another attack. His traps include a staged truck collision, armed attackers, and an Evil hidden in the coffin 11 15 19.

At the crematorium, Xu Kai thwarts attempts involving drugged tofu rice, the vigil candle, and the farewell ceremony. The ceremony nevertheless breaks Stone Statue Weird’s seal. He catches and severely injures Xu Kai, but instance settlement prevents him from delivering the killing blow 20 21 22 23.

Battle of All Evils

During Xu Kai’s Arena fight, Nurse Lin reveals that Fat Auntie’s ladle is keeping the Arena active and says Stone Statue Weird sent his regards 47.