A Nexus Devil

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Finally, Jake, who was on the verge of exhaustion from constant spellcasting, managed to successfully land a Bombarda right on one of the dragon's wings. It shredded a decent chunk of its leather-like flaps and caused it to shriek in rage and pain!

However, at that moment, something strange started occurring with the Horntail. It started to transform! Its brown scales, covered in blood from constant blasts, suddenly turned jet black. Its black eyes became an ominous, glowing dark red.

What's more, Jake, who had felt he was on the verge of a hard-won victory before, suddenly felt a renewed sense of incredible danger! Unbenounced to Jake, devils were tenacious beings would had fought against the forces of Heaven itself for thousands of years!

Their instincts were honed to perfection and most younger devils were always taught to listen to them!

"What the hell!? Did that damn dragon just evolve like a freaking Pokémon?" Jake asked himself as he was panting from near magical exhaustion. The crowd, witnessing the most epic battle of the tournament yet, was also confused as to what was going on with the Horntail.

Can dragons transform? Was that even a thing?... Apparently, it was because it was happening right in front of them!

Grok finally felt his nervousness slip away as he smiled with a nefarious vindication. The boy was sure to die now, and Grok's job and life would be secure!

Jake fired another Bombarda that connected with the now jet-black Horntail's scales. However, instead of blowing a chunk of them off with his powerful blasts like before, this time nothing happened!

His spell did absolutely no damage to the now black dragon! Everyone watching in the stands was also shocked at that.

Jake immediately felt a sense of panic wash over him as the dragon seemed to come to a realization that his spells were no longer effective against it!

Faster than Jake thought possible, the dragon charged right at him, smashing any rocks or boulders in its path as it lunged for him, jaws hanging wide open, trying to bite his head off!

Right before it reached him, Jake dove out of the way and fired another Bombarda point-blank right at the dragon's face! The spell connected, and as dust kicked up , his own blast's shockwave sent Jake flying back over ten feet.

The watching audience members held their breath as Jake landed with a painful "oomph." He felt as if the wind was knocked out of him...

When the dust from the blast cleared, the dragon was revealed in all of its terrifying glory once again, unharmed…

The spectators were dumbfounded and left speechless. That is, until Ron shouted out, "What the bloody hell is going on!? He had that dragon on the ropes, and now it's suddenly immune to magic.

It's cheating! Somebody's cheating!" Other members of the audience also started voicing their agreements and concerns. Something was clearly wrong here.

The dragon reared back its head, and Jake, who knew what was coming, leapt behind a large boulder just as a torrent of fire was unleashed at his previous location.

The flames now appeared to be much hotter and stronger than before. The stone it touched started to liquefy into magma much quicker than before, showing that not only had the beast gotten much tougher, but its magic had also drastically increased!

Jake leapt behind another boulder just as the previous one he'd hidden behind was fully liquefied by the flames.

He was in serious trouble now...

Up in the audience stands, Dumbledore was sitting next to Severus Snape as they observed the drastic change in the dragon.

"Severus, you're more versed in the Dark Arts than I am," Dumbledore spoke. "Do you have any idea what happened to the dragon? Even in his over 100 years of life, he'd never seen such a transformation."

"It has nothing to do with the Dark Arts," Snape replied. "It's the Berserker potion." Dumbledore, not an expert on potions, had never heard of it before and asked Snape what the potion was.

"The Berserker potion is incredibly rare, and only an absolutely desperate, suicidal moron would ever actually take it.

But in this situation, its effects are going to prove absolutely devastating. What the potion does is amplify the ingester's internal physical attributes and magic by over five times," Snape explained. "When ingested, the side effects are obvious for all to see.

The skin immediately blackens, just like the dragon scales have, and the eyes turn bright red, completely bloodshot, even the pupils themselves.

The worst side effect, however, is that within 20 minutes of the potion taking effect, the magic inside whatever ingested it will rampage, and they will die from internal hemorrhaging of all the organs shredded by the rampaging magic." He explained.

"So, all the boy has to do to survive is wait out the effect of the potion, and the dragon will die?" Albus asked as he watched Jake dodge away from another close call of rock-melting flames.

Snape simply sneered. "The boy looks ready to keel over from magical exhaustion. I doubt he'll last another two minutes, let alone 20."

Serafall, watching the battle from the top of the stands and not privy to the conversation between Dumbledore and Snape, was shocked. "What the hell!? Wyverns are supposed to max out at mid-class in power.

This wyvern is easily at the peak of high class in strength! That shouldn't be possible!" She exclaimed with shock. She was going to have to intervene immediately, or Jake would be killed!

Jake wasn't ready to face such a strong opponent yet, not without some proper training and real spells in his arsenal. Not those weak and magically draining wizard spells he'd been throwing around nonstop!

The dragon, tired of Jake dodging its flames, rushed at him once again and went for a claw swipe. Jake barely managed to roll under in just in time to avoid being bisected! Before Jake could make another move, however, the Horntail's namesake—its spiky tail—slammed right into Jake's torso.

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