Morning, the usual outdoors.
　After getting enough Absolute Rock stones for a few people, the whole family was there to check the performance.

I'll be going then.
Yeah, come on.

　Emily nodded, used the item and replaced her body with a stone.
　Then she spun the hammer around above her head and tried to jump on me - but.

　Thud!

　After a slight flight, Emily immediately crashed (...) and went head first into the ground.
　She was slipping like a doofus, a great headslide.

"Are you okay Emily!

　Celeste, who was in spectator mode for now, was worried about Emily. She stood up swiftly and looked very pale.

'It's okay, it doesn't hurt at all.
You're a rock, Emily.
But it's not working.

　As Eve pointed out, Emily's movements were definitely odd.
　She's a genuine power fighter and in-fighter, but that doesn't mean her movements are slow or slow.
　Emily is more of a fighting style where she can lightly jump with her hammer and deliver a powerful blow with it.

　That's why I slipped up because I couldn't even jump up.

'Emily, try again.
...... Yes, sir.

　Emily looked back at me with a straight face and nodded clearly.
　He noticed and ...... or maybe he's the one who feels it the most.

　Stoned and distant, Emily twirled the hammer again and tried to jump on me.

　Thud!

　The result was the same, or even better than before.
　Emily went face first into the ground, running a crack in the ground and creating a huge crater.

'You've slipped again,'
You were right?
Yes, sir.

　Emily nodded clearly.

'Yes to what?'
When you're in stone, it's perfectly fine to move as you normally would.

　Emily said, and out of nowhere, she took out a knife and a carrot and peeled them with excellent hands.
　The carrots, peeled with a single connected skin, looked smooth and delicious.

　After giving it to Eve, Emily brought the hammer back up and shook it.

'It's only when I make an attack that my body suddenly slows down.
I didn't know there was a pitfall like that.
Will you try Celeste too?
Okay.

　Emily returns from stone to a flesh and blood body, and Celeste becomes stone in her replacement.
　She casts magic as a stone.

'Inferno!'

　Celeste's specialty, a level 3 wide range magic, Inferno.
　It's a spell that summons the kinetic flames of hell that will burn even Frankenstein.

It's so sad!
You look like charcoal.
This is the inferno: ......

　They were speechless at the sight of so much.
　Celeste's inferno was not a flame or even a fire, but only red hot coals.

　Celeste was hit by a hammer.
　It's not just a matter of time before you'll be able to get your hands on it.

'It's so hard, my hands are tingling,'
Instead, we can't attack them... ......

　The friends nodded at each other. Now we have a general idea of the performance.

　　　　　Stars.

　After a quick test, it was noon, so we went into the lunch hour Emily had prepared for us.
　The sheets were laid out on the ground and a variety of dishes were laid out.
　It was just a plastic sheet, but it felt like a nice, luxurious carpet, and the food was steamy and fragrant, tickling our noses.

　Despite being outdoors, Emily's space was warmer and gentler than ever.

'It seems that while you're turned to stone, your own attacks will be much weaker. It almost drops to the lowest level.'

　While picking up her sandwich, Celeste looks at the note in her hand and speaks.
　The results of the many things she's tried since then are written down in that note.

It's a good thing that even Lyota's strength has been weakened. She even lost to me in an arm-wrestling match.
The rabbit's greatest weapon remains ......

　With that, Eve turned to stone again and struck a sensational pose.
　Her own rabbit ears and s*xy bunny suit. It was still as s*xy as ever, even though she turned to stone.
　I can see why it's the biggest weapon of all.

...... joke, you know?

　You're kidding me.

'But Yoda-san's gun worked just fine, and Alice's friends were able to fight just fine.
'Alice's monsters are a separate entity. As for Lyota's gun--
''Is it because it's a Hagremon drop item, or is it because I've captured the power of a dungeon spirit? I don't know which one it is, but I'm guessing it's one or the other.

　I said, and Celeste nodded.
　She has a bicorn horn, too, because she tried to use it while it was turned to stone, but it was unsuccessful.

　I put it together as we ate, which gave me a general idea of what the stone was capable of.
　They become invincible, they can move, and their attacks are weaker.

　Here's a quick summary.
　It's hard to become weak, but becoming invincible and being able to move is still strong.
　It seems to have many uses.

Help me, low level!
What's up, Eve?

　When I responded to the call for help, Eve, still in stone, looked sad.
　She was holding a bowl, and in it was the carrot soup Emily had made.

'Carrots, I don't know what they smell like,'
That's poignant.

　I see that you can't even smell it.
　Do you not breathe while you are a stone?
　Well, it's just a stone.

　　　　　☆

　In the afternoon, we split up with everyone and came to Nifonium.
　We've already conquered Arsenic, and the next step is Nifonium.
　I'm going to prepare the three sacred weapons and meet Nifonium.

　That's my next goal.

　I'm going to go down the dungeon after dungeon and step into my first level.
　Nifonium dungeon, 6th floor underground.
　I went down through the dungeon snow, but I couldn't see much of anything because of the fog.

''After the snow, it's fog. ......

　The moment I mumbled, my vision suddenly became distorted.
　My head felt dizzy and I dropped to my knees with a start.

　What was that?　What happened?
　Are we under attack?　Or--

"--!

　He quickly stood up and turned himself around and ran.
　My footing wobbled, but I still ran frantically - holding my breath as I ran.

　I turned back the way I came and returned to the fifth floor.

''Puh-hah ...... hahah ...... hahah ......''

　I put my hands and knees on the ground and struggled to breathe.
　I breathe in the air of the fifth floor and my head is a little clearer.

　After firing a recovery round at myself to regain my strength, I look down again.
　The sixth floor of the Nifonium, a place filled with poisonous gills that would rob you of your strength.

''That's dangerous, it would have been a disaster if I hadn't run away so quickly.

　A dungeon filled with poison. That happens a lot in games.
　I don't know if it's a poison or a miasma.

　I'm not sure if it's a miasma or some other kind of miasma, but it seems to take away your stamina as you rub it in.

...... Well, it's still possible. It's a good idea to have infinite recovery bullets now.

　I checked the status of my body.
　I was dizzy after inhaling the poisonous fog on the sixth floor, but when I came back and shot a recovery round, I felt better.

　Even with my slowly dwindling HP, it wouldn't be a problem if I could recover infinitely.

　I was about to go down the dungeon to try again - when I remembered something.
　I remembered something.

　I remembered the figure of Eve, and the rabbit boy who sadly said he couldn't smell the carrot soup after being turned to stone.

　I took out the Absolute Rock stone, turning my body to stone, and this time I went down to the sixth floor.

　The sixth floor was filled with fog. I stood there and waited for a while.
　My head wasn't dizzy, I was totally fine.

　The poison cutter didn't seem to work at all on Stone's body.
　Lucky me, I thought as I wandered through the dungeon.

　Then I came across a monster.
　It was a red zombie.
　Compared to the zombie in the second basement, its body seemed to be decomposing even more, and it was emitting a poisonous colored fog from its body.

'I see, this fog was released by a monster. That's right, it's a Poison Zombie.

　The Poison Zombie attacked me, hugging me and trying to bite me.
　Of course, that didn't work, I'm a stone now, a stone of invincible defense.

　I punched him as hard as I could - it didn't work either.
　I couldn't even push away a Poison Zombie when it wasn't working.

　You can't even get into a melee with a stone.
　But I've already done a performance test.

　I pulled out my gun and shot the zombie's head at point-blank range, desperately trying to bite down on the toothless zombie's head.

　Zero-range headshot, the Poison Zombie's head bursts off.
　It falls backwards and eventually disappears.

　A seed drops in the ground where it disappears, you pick it up.

　-Intelligence raised by one.

　He heard the usual announcement.