A Nexus Devil (Dxd x Multi Crossover)

The First Task, Serafall Interlude

After Sergei's performance, next up was Fleur Delacour. She was somewhat confused about the creature she had to face, though. Here, the French Veela was standing in a rocky dirt arena, and she was supposed to face a Kelpie, a monster that was typically only found in water. Yet, there was no water anywhere. It was actually surprisingly dry and dusty in the arena, Fleur noted to herself.

"And now it's time for our real champions to take the stage," the announcer called out. "And she will be facing a Kelpie! But first, to even the odds, how 'bout a change of venue?"

As the announcer finished speaking, Fleur noticed in shock that the dusty arena was rapidly filling with water. She immediately scrambled to the tallest rocky hill just in time, as everything around her, besides the tops of a few taller rocks, was fully submerged underwater!

"That was a close one," Fleur said to herself. It was a well-known fact that Veelas and water did not go well together! What wasn't as widely known was just how true that statement was. When submerged in water, a Veela, who was a creature of fire, would immediately have her magical power reduced by half! On top of that, she wouldn't be able to use her half-bird transformation either because the feathers would get so waterlogged that she wouldn't be able to swim!

Suddenly, the water surrounding Fleur's small platform started to ripple ominously. A green, horse-like head covered in seaweed briefly broke the surface and glared at Fleur before the kelpie swiftly disappeared back underwater. Fleur's heart raced even faster at the sight. To make matters worse, the water filling the arena mixed with the dust, turning it into a murky mess. She wouldn't be able to spot the kelpie until it surfaced, leaving her almost defenseless and unable to cast any spells at the creature accurately. Fleur knew she was in deep trouble...

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Serafall had been watching the competition so far from the top of the stadium, and she wasn't exactly impressed. The French boy who went first and soiled himself did make her bust out laughing, however. She'd seen a lot in her hundreds of years, but that was easily going to be one of the top 20 funniest things she'd ever seen. The next contestant, Surrogate, wasn't bad, but he wasn't particularly powerful either. She would have listed him as about mid-low class in terms of magical power. Above the average wizards who usually never low-low class in magical power, but still very weak. The only thing he had going for him was the accuracy of his spells against the Chimera. Unfortunately for him, his arrogance led to his downfall. And that was always the thing she found funny about wizards and witches—their sheer arrogance that they dominated the magical world. The joke was these wizards, especially the pure bloods, didn't even know where they actually came from! They were actually failed experiments created by the Devils a thousand years ago to try and create decently powerful foot soldiers. They were to be used basically as fodder against God's endless army of angels that he was churning out constantly.

God and his angels were so proud and protective of the humans that the idea was they would struggle to fight back against an army of them who had been infused with a bit of devil magic to grant them easy casting abilities. Unfortunately, the devils' plan didn't exactly go well, as the wizards and witches were immediately declared heretics and hunted on sight by the forces of the church. The survivors of the hunts eventually fled and created smaller communities that had basically stayed independent from any other supernatural faction for the next thousand years. And because of that, the modern witches and wizards not only didn't know that they were actually creations of devils, but that other far more powerful supernatural factions exist all over the world!

The reason Jake had taken so well to Hogwarts and been able to cast spells so easily, with no real effort in learning them, was because all those spells were actually severely toned-down devil magic... even the so-called light spells. She had all but interrogated Dumbledore on all he knew about Jake, which frankly wasn't much. But she was surprised to learn that he hadn't even known about magic until he turned 16! This led her to speculate that Zeoticus probably didn't even know he had a second son. His supposed lack of magical knowledge also made Jake's ability to time travel even more perplexing to her. He was truly a mystery she was becoming increasingly eager to unravel. However, she didn't want to solve it too quickly, as she was actually enjoying her mini-vacation at Hogwarts! Not having to constantly apologize to all the factions the younger members of her race consistently piss off is a real relief for her. Serafall has single handedly prevented more wars than any other being in history! She's more than happy to let Sirzechs and Ajuka suffer such a stressful responsibility for the time being.