"But I am different. Thanks to those interesting diversions, my logic routines have always remained stable. My test subjects always believed that the false worlds I created for them were real. Whenever someone discovered the truth that their world was false, I eliminated them as an unstable element..."
The Storm King grew more interested as he listened. He raised a hand, signaling his guards to bring an expensive chair for Afentis.
"If our false world works the same way... then anyone who knows the truth will be erased, just like the former Ork Empire. Their Genius Boyz Association was once hailed as the pinnacle of wisdom in the Galaxy, yet nothing remains of that organization now.
"Even our records of them are slowly disappearing, becoming increasingly indistinct... Then, after the Silent King announced the truth that the world was false, they disappeared too... What if they disappeared not by their own choice, but because it had been arranged..."
"Your words unsettle my circuitry... Asking you was indeed the right decision. Go on." The Storm King sat down in front of Afentis, facing him.
"Let us continue with the assumption that this false world exists to entertain certain beings... How would they make that entertainment more interesting? The answer is obvious: drama. Unexpected drama."
"That sort of drama would buy us more time. If we cannot resist, and will ultimately be eliminated as unstable elements just like the Genius Boyz Association and the Silent King, why not break the rules and make everything more spectacular?"
Afentis stood and pointed at the brilliant supernova explosion before them. "Something even grander and more spectacular than that. I do not know how the Silent King and those technomancers managed to ignite tens of thousands of stars at once, but with our technology, igniting one