Felix placed his hand under his chin as he watched the whole spectacle with critical examination. After the whole thing was finished, Travis commented on the process and the comment seemed rhetorical, but Felix extrapolated upon it regardless. 

"The violent nature of the paragon suppression is to be expected actually. I was watching the whole thing with manalysis activated. The rune you expertly crafted didn't just simply suppress the Paragon. It quite literally severed the paragon's ley lines, completely cutting the Paragon off from any ethereal interaction." Felix rubbed his chin for a moment, "That... might be a problem." he mumbled under his breath. 

Felix took out a piece of parchment and began scrawling a massive numerical equation upon it, upon finishing his writing he paused a moment. 

"I have never seen ley lines severed before. In order for an aura to interact with another aura, ley lines are formed bridging the gap between auras. Before mana becomes an aura, it is simply mana energy. Raw mana energy is filtered through our mana wells and then converts into aura mana energy. Er... I suppose filtered isn't the right word. Quite the opposite actually, pure mana energy is diluted in our mana wells. Exactly why this happens is up for debate, but in the Arcanocracy we came to a consensus that it is our souls or our individual spiritual essence that comes in contact with the pure mana energy and then becomes infused and diluted. Pure mana energy needs no ley lines to interact with itself, because pure mana energy is the same substance as... well... itself! In order for an aura to interact with another aura, however, ley lines are established. This isn't something done consciously, rather it is an automatic reaction between two auras. The reason why the reaction was so violent is because Espial's aura was passively interacting with our auras. Which is fine..." Felix explained, "Aura's in close proximity to each other passively interact, it is natural, mana is attracted to other mana regardless of how many additives are mixed in with it. But if the ley lines are severed, that might mean..." Felix paused. He took his glasses off, closing them and placing them down to the left of the parchment in front of him. He closed his eyes and rubbed them in a gesture of deep thought. 

"If the ley lines are severed that means the Paragons will become unusable by another aura. The means in-which to interface with the paragon have also been severed." Felix opened the chest and carefully extracted the paragon. With his manalysis he could tell his aura and the aura of the paragon were not interacting at all, but rather it almost seemed like they were repelling each other. 

He placed the paragon back down into the compartment and closed the chest. "On one hand, this means the paragons do not need to stay in the chest to be in close proximity to one another. On the other hand, it also means interfacing with the paragons will be impossible until we figure out a way to fix it." Felix explained, "As I've said before, I've never seen ley lines severed before. A ley line isn't something that I thought would even conceptually be sever-able. Who knows, it might just be time sensitive and the paragon without the rune would just naturally reestablish its ability to create ley lines?" 

Felix retrieved his glasses and replaced them upon his face. "But that rune! Imagine the applications! Once we figure out how to reestablish ley lines, that rune could be used on a person to prevent them from being psychically tampered with, it could prevent illusions, and every manner of curse in existence!" Felix raised his hands in a grandiose excited manner, "Although," Felix placed his hand back under his chin resuming a state of deep thinking, "someone with this rune on them wouldn't just be immune to curses, they'd be immune to blessings too. A person with this rune wouldn't be able to be healed by other auras or given bolstered strength or any sort of blessing..." Felix resumed his normal composure and shrugged his shoulders. 

"Well, needless to say, I think it would be best if we did not put any other paragons into this box before we have figured out this ley line conundrum." Felix finished.

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Raiya gasped, she unconsciously reached her right hand up to her mouth in disbelief.

[color=ec008c]"How in the blazing hellfire of hades did you get your hands an a Muramasa!?"[/color] Raiya exclaimed.

Muramasa's work was one of a kind, ancient, and definitely cursed. Regardless of the curse though, it was said that Muramasa's work was some of the best if not the ultimate best work in terms of tachi smithing rivaled only by Masamune. She'd never seen one of these blades in person, but she knew the Yakuza had at least one in their posession, and it was not ever wielded by anyone, but kept sealed in a box locked away in a vault. The fact that Nemo was in possession of one was frightening to say the least.