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[In a forest clearing, roughly an hour's walk from the village's edge, one can find Yuan. After a conversation with Guy, he realized he really doesn't know all that much about Luceti's magic, which is why he's started a small experiment; Can Filial magic be combined with magic spells from back home to improve its power? He's hoping that with the aid of the Filial lightning spirit, Tsinku, he can upgrade the potency of his own magic past that fifty percent limit. He's been at it for a while now, with no luck.

People who happen to be passing by or were, in fact, attracted to this sudden spamming of lightning magic will see Yuan twirling his default double-edged saber over his head, surrounded by the purple light of spell casting.]

I call upon thee in the land of the dead to unleash thy fury of thunder! Indignation!

[The crackle of electricity takes up a relatively large amount of space and is soon after followed by a sharp lightning bolt from the sky. Sadly, the effect of the spell is still hovering around half of what it's supposed to be and Yuan's starting to grow pretty damned exhausted.

Anyone want to bother, or ask him about the charred trees and other such foliage in the vicinity?]

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If you insist.

[At that moment, Jade unleashes a burst of fonons from his own body, triggering Overlimit. We all know what's coming next.]

[He begins casting.]

I, who stands in the full light of the heavens...

[A very large glyph appears where he's targeting. Luckily for Yuan, it's not him.]

Commands thee who opens the gates of hell...

[The glyph begins glowing with electrical element magical energy, and sends the energy skyward. If Yuan was observant, he'd notice that Jade's left arm, which he was using to orchestrate the spell, was now glowing with a different magical energy. Filial magical energy...]

Come forth, divine lightning!

[The energy's pooling in the sky now...]

It ends now!

[Here it comes...]

Indignation!

[BOOMCRACK A huge arc of lightning shoots down from the sky and pretty much leaves a hugeass crater in the ground.]

[Oh Holy Kharlan what the hell. You've left Yuan speechless. And not in a good way.]

...

I hope that was to your satisfaction.

[The Filial magic in his arm dissipates now.]

[What the hell kind of magic was that? It was definitely Indignation, but this guy doesn't have elven blood. Either he gulped down Aionis like Kratos or he's from a different world where they happen to have the same magic spells. ... And waaait a minute. That presence...!]

Was that Filial magic?

How very observant. Yes, it was.

... You combined it with otherworldly magic to strengthen its effects.

[So it can be done. Well, that just makes Yuan even more determined to get the hang of it. If a wiseass like this guy can do it, so can he.]

It certainly isn't an easy task, however.

How long did it take you to master that skill?

Not very long at all. Regardless of the medium, all magicks are used through the same basic principle.

Regardless of the world of origin, as well?

Yes. The only thing that differs is the energy used to fuel the spell. In my world, it is fonons. In yours, it's likely something entirely different.

[Ahah. So that was one of those Fonic Artes Guy spoke of. Interesting.]

Mana. But creating a pact with one of the Filial spirits must be granting us access to some sort of fuel as well. Magic spells don't appear out of nowhere, even if a voice in your head tells you you're now capable of casting them.

Yes. Filial magic has its own fuel source that powers it.

The reason such a phenomenon can occur here is because whatever source we normally use for our magic is still accessible. We, in essence, have access to two different magic fuel sources; our native source, and the Filial magic source.

Obviously. If that weren't true, you wouldn't be able to combine the two in the first place. Though the fact that the sources really are compatible, at least in the case of Filial magic and Fonons, is remarkable.

In their natural state, they likely aren't.

Hm... The transformation to Filial may have caused our native magic source to mutate slightly.

It's possible.

In order to use magic, we must take the fuel source and use our bodies to refine it into a more usable form. The same concept, of course, applies to the Filial magic. So the trick is being able to simultaneously take in, refine, and use two separate fuel sources.

Then, wouldn't you need to fuse the two sources as well in order to gain the best results?

Yes and no.

How so?

Actually fusing two different magic sources could prove catastrophic. It would be more apt to say that you would use the Filial magic as a supplementary source to augment your primary source--your native magic.