"We shall see. But for now, what to do with you.".Guy spoke as he walked towards Rimuru.
'I have done nothing wrong so I should be safe....right?' Rimuru nervously thought to himself but on the outside he showed his determination to face Guy even though he was really sweating inside. But Guy didn't continue to talk, he just stared at Rimuru for the whole time.
As the seconds of silence began to feel like eternity, Guy once again opened his mouth.
"Well, you are free to join us now. " Guy nonchalantly spoke as he returned back to his seat.
*Sigh* a huge breath of relief exited Rimuru's mouth he didn't known he had held on to.
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A few minutes after the commotion, the Walpurgis began once again, the group now two members short, one who was killed and one who left.
"So what do we do now? With Clayman, Dino and Carrion gone, we -" Before Leon could continue Bael interrupted him.
"I won't say Carrion is dead. Infact he's present here, right Carrion?" Bael said as he turned towards a certain someone who had a Lion's Head.
"Hahaha You caught me Bael." A strangely familiar voice called out from the Lion's unnaturally unmoving mouth.
"Carrion!! You're not dead!?" Exclaimed Rimuru in shock. After which Carrion explained everything that went after Milim came to cause trouble in Eurazania.
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After That was settled, another shocking announcement was made.
"You really want to relinquish your demon Lord title?" Guy asked Frey and Carrion as they announced to serve under Milim.
"After what happened in Eurazania and then here, I have come to the realisation that I am really weak compared to all of you guys. Especially Milim. So I have decided to serve her, after all she did Defeat me." Carrion justified.
"Really? You could have become a True Demon Lord after a few decades you know?" Guy said.
"I am afraid I have no desire to go against my decision now." Carrion shaking his head denied Guy's proposal.
"And what about you Frey?" Guy asked.
"I too have realised that I am too weak to be considered a Demon Lord. " Frey said.
"But-but Frey!! You are indomitable in the sky!!" Milim tried to stop Frey from stepping down.
"Yes, that's true but that's the only place where I can win, it wouldn't look good in me if I used that as an excuse after a loose against someone on the ground right?" Frey smiled at Milim.
"After all, if I become your subordinate, we will have more time to spend together."
"I...uh..." Milim struggled to come up with any other reasons to stop Frey so she eventually gave up.
"Then It is decided. Carrion and Frey will from now on serve under Milim and have no right to claim the title as DemonLord. Their territories will now be considered Milim's. As for Rimuru Tempest, since he is from Jura Forest and Veldora seems to be with him, he will have the Forest as his territory."
Guy declared. None of the members spoke against it.
"Well then, as a celebration why don't we rename our ragtad group?" Bael knowingly proposed.
Just the mention of renaming their group casted a shadow on their faces as they silently glared at Bael for even coming up with it.
"Well, Bael The Demon Lord Council will do just fine don't you think?" Guy smiled at Bael as his mouth's uplifted corner twitched.
"I guess it does, but Since we have a new member, let's just celebrate his welcoming right guys? And Rimuru, as the one who is the special honoured one, Why don't you come up with a name for our group." Bael calmly spoke.
'Why are they so scared of naming?' Rimuru thought to himself in confusion.
"Alright then, I did hear that you are good at coming up with good names. I, Guy Crimson give you the honour of naming our group."
"Eh? No thanks?" Rimuru hesitated.
'Where did you hear I was good at naming!? I remember one of the orcs was named Bobo and that's the one of the better ones!!' Rimuru thought to himself as he remembered all those cringe names he gave to those Goblin and Orcs only because his naming capacity was running out.
*Crack*
The table cracked and split in a perfect half as Guy slowly walked towards Rimuru.
"Rimuru, getting the honour to name our group is a very important and special privilege you know? After all, You are the reason that Clayman, Carrion , Frey and Dino are no more a member right?" Guy walked up to Rimuru as he held his chin up.
"So won't you take responsibility for this?" Guy creeped closer to his ears as he whispered.
A chill ran down Rimuru's body as he spoke up.
"Alright alright. Don't blame me when you don't like it okay."
"Good!"
'Hmn....how do I come up with a good name?....hmn..we are Eight Members now right? Ramiris, Milim, Bael, Guy, Luminous, Leon, Dagruel and then Me. So something that fits the number eight. Octagon...Stars..eight stars..ohhh!'
Rimuru thought.
"Got it! Why don't we rename ourselves to The Octagram. The Eight Pointed Stars?"
He suggested.
A moment of silence fell in the room as everyone contemplated his suggestion.
"I like it." Bael Spoke.
"I don't mind it too." Leon also joined in.
"It's alright I guess." "I don't care." "That's good!" One by one, the rest too agreed with Rimuru's suggestions as the Walpurgis officially ended. Now all that was left was the delicious feast after the meeting.
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As the Walpurgis began and ended, the Demon Lords left to their respective territory.
The changes in the Group didn't cause any significant changes for them and life for them went as Usual.
But it couldn't be said the same for the humans. The moment it was known Walpurgis was being held, all the human kingdoms except the Empire were in a turmoil. They got worried over what the demon lords will do now.
And their worry became true. It was now declared that Dino has left the Demon Lord Council now renamed Octagram and Carrion and Frey will now serve Milim. And the most important news for all, Clayman was killed by the Slime from Jura Forest.
It has been announced that from now on, The Jura Forest as well as the Puppet nation Jistav will now be under The New DemonLord's Domain. This was a Huge news because before , Bael had the largest territory after Guy's and now Rimuru was had the second largest Territory of them all.
It was also important to note that Jura Forest is a place where numerous monsters live in it, since Rimuru has authority over all its resources and land, he is also the ruler of them all. Just thinking of what he would do if he decided to invade them like a certain empire caused headaches for the Kings.
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"Dino? Why are you here?" In a room somewhere in the Eastern Empire, a beautiful but androgynous blonde being asked as they turned towards Dino who was lazily walking towards them.
"They got me Boss." Dino said as he sat down on the couch present in the room as he placed his head on the table.
"Who? That New Demon Lord?" The being asked. They knew that none of the older Demon Lords couldn't have found out about Dino's secret.
"No, it was Bael." Dino's muffled voice came from the table as he slow drifted into sleep.
"That Dragon Huh...I knew he suspected you but it seems he finally decided to act on it now. But..how did you escape?..." The being thought to themselves as they turned towards Dino, only to see Zs trailing from his head.
"This guy... sleeping so quickly.." The being sighed out.
"Regardless, I guess I need to modify some of my plans now. Just a few more years and Michael will have full control of that Human, after that, I can begin my Plan." The being Declared to no one.
"Then. Only the One God, Lord Veldanava can stop me."
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