[@Zelosse]

Manaegis made from Manalloy was a robust material. Manalloy, being resistant and repellant to physical materials, also extended to water. In fact, Felix could have walked on the water without enchanting his sabatons with an extra layer of mana. Water like every other physical substance, is naturally repelled by manalloy. The problem is that, with water being so easily displaced by other physical objects, and gravity pushing down upon the manaegis, it made it extremely difficult to balance. Felix had tried this years ago when first developing manaegis. Felix had only his sabatons equipped during this time, and he found himself instantly upside down fully submerged in water. If he had not dispelled his sabatons from his feet all those years ago, he would have surely drowned. This was different in a full suit of manaegis. If Felix were to step out in full manaegis without a mana enchanted outer-coating, he would instantly loose his balance and fall on the water as if it were a solid platform of slippery-wet ice. And as he would try to get back up, he would continue falling every which way like a bouncy ball, and it would surely look abysmal, depressing, and perhaps a bit funny to all who would watch the spectacle. However, Felix used an outward balance mana enchanted coating to keep himself balanced on the water. The coating automatically applied adjusted force in real time to keep the user upright. This small, otherwise useless spell, was developed by Felix specifically for his manaegis. 

Because of a mixture of manalloy's flawless structure, and repellent nature to all things physical, there was no small microscopic nooks for water to get in. This fact mixed with the fact that solids are repelled equally as much as liquids meant that ice could never adhere to the surface of a suit of manaegis. The only possible way to freeze a manaegis would be to fully submerge the armor in a large basin of water and then freeze that water; effectively freezing the armor in a large chunk of ice. This meant, that when the water blasted forth from the raft and landed on Felix, as it froze, the chunks of ice slowly dripped off of him because the ice had nothing to adhere to. Additionally, as the river froze, the would-be icy grasp that could have rooted him there could not find any hold on the perfect material, and thus he simply stepped out of a frozen imprint of the bottom of his sabatons. Knowing that solid ice had very little friction, Felix discarded his previous enchantment spell on his boots for a different one. This enchantment created a small gripping force between his sabatons and the ice to keep him from slipping.

Felix then activated his manalysis and felt the man's mana-wave signature, attuning himself to the movement of the mana-waves rather than relying on his other senses for the combat. Instantly Felix knew the was striking towards his chest with his two blades. Analyzing the blades, he could tell they were normal physical material, thus not able to damage his manaegis. So, Felix allowed the attack to connect, as well as the additional jabs and slashes that came after. The attacks did little to nothing, and as with the nature of manalloy, the manaegis was still sparkling in perfect condition. 

Felix looked the man up and down, and noticed the swords looked special. As if they were handcrafted by an artisan for Artos himself. With this in mind, Felix conjured up a manaegis sword, making the blade thick and blunt; as opposed to his atomic sized blade edge, so as not to damage Artos' swords. 

"I really don't want to fight you, I am here to recruit you to save the world from its many inevitable ends. But if the way you talk is through your swords, then so be it." Felix declared. Then he launched himself in a lightning fast manner that he could only attain in manaegis, and did a diagonal slash at his legs hoping to knock him off ballance and subdue him. 

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Tsukihi was knocked cold by the powerbomb, but still alive.

Watching this whole spectacle sobered Raiya up all the more. 

Raiya returned to the ring with a scowl on her face, as she hurriedly attended to the wounded Tsukihi. [color=ec008c][i]Good, she's still breathing. She just got knocked cold.[/i][/color]

Raiya stood up and addressed the white haired man who was by all accounts the winner of this bout. The spells he used, and the mana signature that his aura gave off. There was no  doubt about it, this was Nemo Smiley. Raiya's expression grew even more annoyed.

[color=ec008c]"You should be in Mamertine Prison, wasting away for the rest of your days."[/color] Raiya pondered out loud.

There was something about this picture that did not sit quite right with Raiya, but with the alcohol still very much clouding her thought process, she couldn't put the pieces of hte puzzle together.