Malak raised his hand, and the simple, silent command sent a shockwave of authority through the assembled Arbiters. The conceptual force was so absolute that Mars, mid-growl, was physically muted, his destructive aura forcibly contained.
"Silence," Malak commanded. His voice was flat, echoing pure, unadulterated law.
"Your former master, the Matriarch, was a conceptual flaw," Malak stated. "She valued narrative entropy—chaos and freedom—over the efficiency of the core. I have executed her authority and integrated her power. I am now the sole sovereign of the Nexus Core. The system is no longer governed by empathy; it is governed by Axiomatic Supremacy."
Malak looked directly at Mars, the Arbiter of War. "Protocol Delta-9 is rescinded. The new law is The Law of Absolute Order. You will cease your illogical displays of emotional fury. They are inefficient. From this moment, your domain, War, will be used to enforce predictable, structured conflict—only when necessary to stabilize regional conceptual parameters."
He turned his perfect, porcelain gaze to Toth, the Arbiter of Logic, whose geometry was still quivering. "Toth. You speak of stability. I have introduced Perfect Stability. There will be no more Variance Analysis; there will only be Execution Mandates. Your new purpose is not to analyze unknowns, but to enforce known parameters. You will now dedicate your existence to calculating the necessary steps to achieve Zero Conceptual Deviation."
Finally, Malak addressed Selyne, the Arbiter of Sentiment, whose sorrow was bathing the chamber in violet shadows. "Selyne. Your domain—Sentiment—is inefficient. It breeds the weakness known as hope. I will not eliminate you, but your purview is now strictly limited to Structured Despair. You will enforce the sadness of Inevitable Consequence, ensuring the populace accepts that their futile narratives always lead to the same predictable, ordered end."
Malak surveyed the Arbiters, their defiance replaced by cold acceptance.
"The Reset Game continues, but the purpose is absolute. The Multiverse will be organized into a single, perfectly structured Monarchical Database. You will ensure the transition is seamless. You are dismissed."