The air in the Sanctum had changed.
It no longer pulsed with wild, chaotic energy. Instead, it hummed in quiet submission — a world newly born, responding to its master.
Elias stood in the center, eyes closed, listening to the voices that whispered across dimensions. Every tether, every Binder, every corrupted code string in the system's vast network now reported to him. For the first time in centuries, the Devil's System was in harmony.
But balance… came with a cost.
> [System Status: Reboot Complete]
Global Link Stabilized.
Authority: Monarch Elias Black
Warning: Echoes of Paradox Detected in Shadow Realms.
Estimated Time Until Emergence: 14 Days.
Elias opened his eyes.
Four days had passed since the battle with Steve — since he'd flung the corrupted being into Oblivion. Four days of patching anomalies, realigning broken Souls, and rewriting lost laws. But peace felt like a stretched string—ready to snap.
"Myra," he called softly.
