Raiya continued down the hallway following every sharp turn until eventually, a dull blue light could be seen from the end of the hallway. As she got closer, she could see the hallway expanded into a large, circular, cave-like room. To an ordinary person, the room would have appeared to be unfinished, as if the rock was removed from the area only enough to make the room a room. But Raiya could tell, just from the smell of the place, that this room left the way it was, a cave-like musky room, was no mistake. The room was more than 50 feet tall at the highest point towards the middle, the walls all jagged and roughly cut. Stalagmites and stalactites had formed over the years as water dripped down from cracks in the room's ceiling. The room was about 300 feet around, but the shape of the room was more oblong than circular. In the middle of the room was a large 50 foot circle of mana crystal torches attached to 6 foot wooden shafts, each one attached to its own shaft. All the torches were charged with the same bit of mana, and even though they weren't fully charged, they were bright enough to illuminate the whole room in a dull blue glow. In the middle of the ring of mana torches was a 30 foot pile of rubble, and at the top of the pile of rubble was a brightly gleaming purple mana crystal. 

No, Raiya could tell this room was left unfinished on purpose, this wasn't a room many people spent a lot of time in, and if she had to guess, with the feeling it gave off and the small smell of blood still staining the room, this was a chamber for sacrificial rituals. And by the smell of it, it was not animal sacrifices, but human. 

Raiya used manalysis to survey the room, but as soon as she activated it, her senses were overwhelmed. The mana coming from the small fist sized purple mana crystal at the top of the pile was no ordinary mana crystal. It overflowed with a seeming endless supply of mana. It felt as though the crystal was going to push her down with the weight of all the near limitless mana it contained, and crush her. Feeling the aura it exuded, it almost felt like a living being, and the aura humbled Raiya giving her perspective of just how small and feeble her own mana pool was. Then it donned on her, and she couldn't help but whisper out, [color=ec008c]"So this is a Paragon..."[/color] 

"Ḑ̥̦̩i͏͙̱̱̪̤d̘͎̦̪̜̻͇͟ ̡̮̫̩̼͈̺̪y̮̗͉̟͖ou̞̣̠̙̤͟ ҉sa͇y̜̠͙͇̝̘͢ ̫͚̼̬̗͟Ṕ̳̰͇͕͔̮a͕͈̮̩͖͝r̖͖̲̤͖̝ͅag̝̘͇̱̫̯̗͟o̮̭͙̟̘̟n? ̳͎̺̀R̭͈a̧͚i̴̪̙̤̘y̝̘̬̼a̹͘, ̲̼̮̻̹ḑ̼̰̥̦̼̟į͚̙ḓ̵̝͉ ̧̰̙̩̺̙y̳̤̥̦̣̺͝o̵̙͓̱̪̜u͈̦͕͝ ̠͕̩̠̞̳g͈̰̰̱̪u͇̩y͞s͕͖̪͚͇̼ ̱̤̳̱̀m̙̝̕a̝̳̜̩̜̗k̷̰͖̠̖e͉̙ͅ ̰͕̞i̩̥̗t̹ ̗̜̼̻t̵̝̤̼͎̭o̝̩͓͍̲͚͖ ͕̜̠̝t̛͈̤̞̙̥̖ͅh̤̞͍̖e̥̘͕̪̦̞ ̱͔̟̜̠͕͕p҉̭̰̭̯̦͕a͜r͇̝̝̟̬ͅa̦go͉͎͝n̴̮͙̘?̩̯ ͙͕̹̬̲̼I̗̺̺̣͞ ̷̥c̛̙a̼̰̗̖̘̫n̸̫̹̥̗̙'̩̹̤̺t̫́ ̵̮̼̰ḥ͖̤͚̮e͙̤ar҉ ̣͓y̛o̪͕̪̤u͇̙ ̻̥̫̬͉͕̭v̗͍̜̖͉͜ȩ̺͚̮r̮͔͚ͅy̠͍̮̯ ̯͔̙͕̩͎͕we̹͚͚̜͘ͅl͔͓̫̙̕ͅl̼̹̼̺͈. Raiya?" Felix said.

[color=ec008c]"What? Felix? I think the Paragon is causing an interference. Felix?"[/color]

There was a moment of what could have sounded like Felix's voice attempting a reply but the static was so great that the voice could not be discerned. And then a steady static overtook the voice comms. Raiya sighed and then removed the earpiece.

Turning back she asked, [color=ec008c]"Well, who wants to volunteer to go up there and get the Paragon?"[/color]