A Draw from Gilgamesh

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"Ding!"

"Congratulations, Host, for quoting a classic line from Fate's Gilgamesh. You have gained one lottery draw. Would you like to activate the lottery wheel?"

The Fate anime series was widely renowned, centering primarily on the Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City, where magi summoned ancient Heroic Spirits to fight.

Among the series' most popular Heroic Spirits was Gilgamesh, protagonist of humanity's oldest epic, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and the most ancient King of Heroes.

His true identity was the fifth king of Uruk, a city-state of the Sumerian Dynasty in ancient Mesopotamia.

Two-thirds of him were divine, and one-third human. He possessed the prototypes of every Noble Phantasm wielded by heroes.

Now was not the time for a draw.

Yang Ming lifted his massive flaming leg off the icy beast, bent down, and stretched out his broad palm. The scorching heat he continuously released melted away the beast's layers of hard ice armor, revealing Ma Zida beneath.

At this moment, Ma Zida was not in good condition.

Ma Zida's Martial Soul, Heavy Water, only allowed him to control the solid ice formed from Heavy Water after using Iceburst Sky Net. That did not mean he was immune to the effects of freezing cold.

Ma Zida's entire body had frozen stiff. His skin carried a lifeless bluish-purple hue, his face was covered in thick frost, and large portions of his muscles had gone rigid. Only his eyes remained fixed on Yang Ming, filled with venomous hatred.

Yang Ming dispelled Flame Demon Form, took out a fresh set of clothes from the Nethersea Ring, and put them on. Then he stepped forward and placed a finger beneath Ma Zida's nose. There was not the slightest trace of breath.

Clearly, he had frozen to death.

"A suicide pawn?"

Yang Ming