Prologue: End of Arc 2

"... Is everyone already inside the meeting room?"

Lucias asked as he walked through the long corridors of the ruby palace while his red cape fluttered with the cool wind of the palace.

"They're already waiting for you, Lucias-sama"

Seraphim answered while wearing a black and white maid outfit as she walked with Lucias towards the meeting room of the faction.

"Lucias-sama... if you don't mind me asking... what are those scratches on your body"

Seraphim asked as she stared at his smooth white skin, covered in scratches and bruises from the 'punishmemt' he received last night.

"... Please don't ask me about it... It's one of my darkest memories"

Lucias shivered in fear from remembering what happened last night. As soon as he returned to the faction along with Yasaka and Shuri, they immediately pounced on him before dragging him towards the bedroom before tying him on the bed with every once of their combined mana so he wouldn't escape.

'Desperate girls are... scary'

He thought remembering how they all tried to rape him dry, desperately trying to impregnated themselves with his child, but due to the help of the 'creator'. He was saved and was given the chance to see the light of the day but... the 'creator' temporarily removed both his [Pain Nullification] skill and [Ultraspeed Hp Regeneration] causing him to suffer from the pain of his wounds that the girls inflicted on him.

'I'll never make this mistakes again...'

He clenched his fist in resolution before entering the room together with Seraphim following him from behind.

"Since, Lucias is already here, let's us immediately start the meeting"

Sephie loudly shouted as she sat opposite him on the large round table as both Melan and Ikaros stood behind Lucias as his personal guards.

"Now then, I know you're wondering why I suddenly called for a meeting when everything is already running smoothly inside the faction... Thanks to Rimuru and Ains"

Sephie said causing the light blue haired slime sitting beside Lucias to squirm in embarrassment while Ains who was sitting together with both Shalltear and Albedo nodded his head in appreciation.

"It does not involve any of the internal affairs but the external affairs of the faction"

Sephie stated as a large projection appeared behind her.

"Our faction has no name, nor do we have an insignia"

Sephie said causing a large stir inside the meeting room among the main members.

"Where is everyone so surprised about it?"

Rimuru asked while swaying her feet as she sat comfortably on the large chair.

"Or course it's important, the name and insignia will be the main symbol of our faction, an aspect that defines us and separates us from the others. If we continue being nameless then we'll become unknown or even confusing to the other factions"

Stephie patiently explained with a light smile on her face as she gazed at Rimuru Baie Lucias.

"Indeed, Rimuru. We must have a name that we can engrave to the hearts of the mass, a name that can provoke a certain emotion to them when that name is heard"

Ains added in a deep voice causing both the girls beside him to cheer for his insights, much to his dismay as the other patrons stared at the girls weirdly.

"*Sigh*"

"... Is that Ains or another soul inside his body?"

He whispered close to Valerie's ear who was sitting on his left side.

"Hmm... How to say this, it is not his soul since his soul has already been transferred back to his original body, that is a soul with a copy of Ains' memory to keep the Ains that his subordinates know alive"

Valerie explained in a quiet voice, remembering the stories of Kurumi, Tohka, and Flandre ln how the past Ains helped them dealing with the pursue of the empire and giving them a place to stay at while they were still stuck at their dimension.

"Did you give them our farewell gift?"

Lucias asked while tapping his finger at the table in front of him.

"Yes, we already gave him the money and constructed a mansion for him inside his dimension as a sign of thanks for everything he has done for us"

"Great"

Lucias said with a genuine smile on his face before patting her head.

"Thank you for your hard work, Valerie"

Lucias whispered as a cool sensation covered his entire right arm causing him to look at Rimuru who was devouring his right arm with her slime body.

"???"

Lucias looked at her in confusion but decided to shrug it off before turning his head to look at Sephie, standing tall in front of all the powerful beings inside the room.

"Now then, anyone have any suggestions?"

Sephie asked causing 5 figures inside the room to raise their hand.

"Rimuru"

Sephie called causing Rimuru with Lucias hands inside her body to stand up and share his suggestion.

"Can't we just name this Lucias' Faction?"

Lucias immediately looked at him with a weird expression on his face from hearing such a lazy name coming from Rimuru.

'There's no way they're going to accept this'

"You have a point"

"Huh?"

Lucias stared at Sephie who was nodding her head like she just heard a brilliant idea from Rimuru while the others also nodded their head in response.

"She does have a point" (Okien)

"Wait wait wait! I dismiss that suggestion"

Lucias raised his hand in rejection with a wry smile on his face causing all of them to look at him in confusion.

"Why not? It's a brilliant idea"

"What? I don't want a faction named after me"

"Why not?"

"Just because! Forget about that suggestion please!"

Lucias forward his arm on his face, indicating his rejection to their ideas.

"Fine... Any other suggestions?"

Sephie asked causing 3 people to raise their hand.

"Loki"

"How about the Gods Faction? Since a lot of lower and higher Gods resides in the faction"

Loki suggested as she leaned closer to the table.

"I don't think we should since not ALL members are Gods. We can't just generalize, since most of the factions will think all of our members are gods"

Riku rejected as he stood by the side with his gas mask hanging by his neck.

"Riku has a point Loki. So any other ideas?"

"Knights of Honour?"

Fal answered as her wings flapped on her back.

"Knights of Honour..."

Lucias muttered before gazing at both Kainas, Jibril, and Okien sitting down on the chairs of the round table, remembering the acts that their races committed while they were still in Disboard.

"Yeah... Maybe not"

Lucias rejected with a large sigh before hearing the laugh of Restia inside his head.

"Then, any more?"

Asia raised her hand while giving Lucias a soft smile before giving her suggestion to all of the people inside the room.

"Can't we just name ourselves based on the similar characteristics of most if not all of the members?"

Asia advised causing a large stir among the people inside the meeting room.

"Hmm... but what?"

Sephie asked while staring at Asia's direction.

"How about Forsaken?"

Asia said causing the people inside the meeting room to listen to her words attentively.

"Aren't most of our members once forsaken? The witches, they were forsaken by humanity due to the fear of the power. The monster girls, discriminated because of their characteristics.

The revolutionary army, they were forsaken by the empire"

Asia stated causing a large stir among the people inside the room, remembering their past experiences inside their respective dimensions.

"And... Lucias, he was forsaken by the church for learning the truth"

Asia said as a massive amount of bloodlust came out of the members inside the meeting room.

'They're too loyal that it's scary'

Lucias thought as he observed his members while Rimuru patted his head to comfort him.

"I second Asia's suggestion"

Riku loudly stated while raising his hand close to his face.

"I third her suggestion"

Tilly Wimbledon raised her hand to support Asia suggestion, which caused the others to raise their hand one by one to support her suggestion.

"A name that let's people remember how they've forsaken us... I like it"

Lucias said with a large smirk on his face before raising his hand, accepting Asia's suggestion along with the other.

"Then we shall we known as the Forsaken from now on"

Sephie said as she snapped her fingers causing the word 'Forsaken' to be engraved at the large projection behind her.

"We will live by this name until the day we die.

So be proud of it and let it spread throughout all the beings in this world"

Sephie muttered before looking at Lucias directly in the eye.

"We are or will be Forsaken by the world, by our people, by our kind. That is why show them our worth, make them regret their decision"

Lucias continued as he stood up from his chair, releasing his God's aura to its peak before continuing his words.

"This will be that day we mark our names in history"