50. Getting Ready to Run, 4.5k

Location: Fourth Team territory, Undead Cave. Deep inside.

In a chilly, damp underground cave, ghost fires shimmered amid piles of bones, creating a strange and eerie atmosphere.

And in a place like this, a blond young boy rode atop an Undead Jackal over a meter long, leisurely making his way deeper inside.

This person was none other than Antu, the leader of the Third Team, "Heavenly Punishment"!

The ancient black book Antu usually carried with him was open now, radiating a blue glow that enveloped him.

This book was Antu's permanent Special Item, the "Black Magic Book."

Not long after Antu first entered the Death Game, he had obtained it by completing the most difficult Side Quest in a large-scale magic-world game all by himself. Now, even at Level 70, it remained his most important item. He never let it out of his hands, no matter what happened.

The book contained four types of magic: attack, Defense Type, Restriction Type, and support.

In most Death Games, attack, Defense Type, and support magic were completely restricted.

Only Restriction Type magic could be used, and only one fairly ordinary spell was available. Its effect was to restrict other players' movements for an extremely short time. It could barely match the effect of an SR Card, and could only be used once.

This game was one of the rare ones where all items, Talents, and Cards were unrestricted. Antu's "Black Magic Book" had been completely unleashed, and all four categories of magic inside could be used. This had turned Antu from a logistics commander into a player with respectable combat strength who could fight head-on!

Of course, the more powerful a Special Item was, the greater the cost of using it. This "Black Magic Book" consumed mental energy.

He could cast several spells