After hearing Karkaroff's words, the expressions of several warriors were also different.

Clark, Fleur and Bruce looked at each other, and the three of them actually knew a little bit about the format of the Triwizard Tournament.

The so-called historical illusion is said to be an illusion, but in fact it is also true and illusory, and it should be said to be a piece of past history, with the help of the "Great Grail" system that goes straight to the root, with the secret realm as the carrier, a kind of reproduction, or projection.

This is not much different from the principle of Clark and his original summoning of the "Heroic Spirit" servant, and they also need to sacrifice the "holy relics" related to that period of history, and they also need to put some materials into it.

The only difference is that the former summons "people", while the latter summons a fragment of history that exists.

Of course, that's where the problem lies.

Although the prerequisite for the formation of historical illusion is that that history must be very famous, understood and sung by countless people.

But Clark: They're not historians.

Moreover, the history of the wizarding world is not the same as that of the Muggle world, which means that in addition to the so-called history, they may also need to know the mythological history and folklore of various places.

Compared to them, Victor Krum, who is also very nervous, is a little more confident.

As Durmstrand's warrior, he should have gotten a lot of information related to the background of the illusion from his own headmaster.

By this time, Karkaroff had returned to the referee's bench and continued to speak.

"Because it is an illusion space that evolves together with holy relics and secret realms, you will not be truly fatally harmed in it.

However, some special items in the illusion can be brought out.

But you only have one chance, and once you die, you will be spit out by the illusion.

Once you've come out, the judges will score you based on the value of the items you bring out. ”

After Karkaroff finished speaking, Bagman continued to preside.

"Well, thank you Principal Karkaroff for the introduction.

Next, let's invite the first warrior to participate, Bruce Stewart, and the fire dragon he challenged, into the arena together. ”

With Bagman's words, Bruce stepped out of Clark's ranks.

It's just that more of the people present still set their eyes on the other side of the playing field.

There, several dragon trainers led by Charlie, holding their wands high and controlling the large iron cage containing the fire dragon, slowly walked in.

The Swedish short-nosed dragon in the cage was still unconscious, but its silver-blue body still caused the little wizards in the stands to exclaim.

Charlie moved the iron cage containing the fire dragon to the flame portal.

As if sensing the approach of the fire dragon, the blue flames on the door began to spin rapidly, forming a huge vortex of flames.

Countless flame tentacles stretched out from the whirlpool, wrapped around the body of the Swedish short-nosed dragon, and swallowed it along with the dragon eggs in the cage.

After swallowing these things, the flame portal seemed to be full, and the vortex began to spin slowly.

At this time, Bagman shouted, "First warrior, you can go in, other warriors, please return to the waiting area!" ”

Bruce trotted headlong into the massive flaming spatial door.

At this moment, the conditions seemed to have been completely achieved, the flame vortex directly stopped, and the huge blue circular portal became smooth as a mirror.

Some blurred shadows also began to appear on the mirror, as if it had become a large screen showing the content of the environment.

And this is what Clark saw before they got into the tent.

The three of them sat down in the tent again, listening intently to the movement outside.

Everything was worse than they thought, and when Bruce managed to steal the treasure from the Swedish short-nosed dragon, the crowd screamed like a unity with many heads...... Shouting...... I gasp for air.

Krum was still staring at the ground, and Fleur was now following in Bruce's footsteps, pacing round and round in the tent.

Bagman's commentary makes everything worse...... "Oh, it's dangerous, it's dangerous." ...... "His trick is really hanging!" ...... "Very clever way - unfortunately it didn't work out!" ”

Suddenly, Krum, who had been silent, spoke: "The Ring of the Nibelungen! ”

"What?" Fleur, who was paying attention to the movement of the outside world, immediately stopped when she heard this.

However, after saying this, Krum continued to fall silent, as if the sentence was just Fleur's auditory hallucination.

Fortunately, Clark then followed Krum's words: "The Ring of the Nibelungen is a large-scale musical composed and written by the German musician Wagner. ”

"Big musical! What the hell is that? Fleur looked surprised.

"In other words, the setting for our first competition was based on a musical created by a Muggle."

Clark said.

"If I'm not mistaken, the stack of parchments that Principal Karkaroff put into the Goblet of Fire may be the original manuscript of The Ring of the Nibelungen, handwritten by the German musician Wagner."

"I don't want to know who created that story, I just want to know, what does that story tell? Can you tell me? ”

Fleur folded her hands and stared at Clark pitifully with her big eyes.

Obviously, she used her talent for seduction as a mixed-race girl.

Of course, Clark didn't eat it.

But since Krum revealed all the background information in Bruce Stewart's absence because of the union of the three schools, he naturally will not ignore the overall situation.

"The Ring of the Nibelungen tells the story of the legendary heroic epic of Siegfried, a young blacksmith.

In the process of writing, Wagner adapted a large number of medieval German folk narrative poems "Songs of the Nibelungen", mixed with many ancient Norse mythological epics, as well as some heroic stories of Icelandic history.

The whole story is grand and complex, and it is mainly divided into four parts, namely: "Gold of the Rhine", "Valkyrie", "Siegfried", and "Twilight of the Gods".

The plot revolves around the gold at the bottom of the Rhine......"

Outside the tent, Bagman's explanation continued, and Fleur was very anxious, but she could only listen patiently to Clark as he continued the story.

Legend has it that in Norse mythology, the world is supported by a gigantic world tree.

The World Tree is divided into three layers, with a total of nine kingdoms, and various races thrive in the nine worlds.

Among them, in Niforheim, the land of fog, which is full of misty fog, that is, the 'Nibelungen', lives a group of dwarves.

Nibelungen gnomes are small in stature and ugly in appearance, but they are known for crafting a wide variety of delicate and powerful instruments, and imparting magical powers and curses to them.

One day, Alberich, the dwarf, left his hometown and went to the atrium of the Nine Worlds, the kingdom of mankind, to enjoy the beautiful natural scenery.

When he came to the banks of the Rhine, he saw the fairies living in the Rhine.

In the eyes of this dwarf who lives alone all year round, these fairies are so young and beautiful.

Their beautiful bodies shimmer seductively in the light of the sparkling river, like the dew that shines with a rainbow of color in the morning.

Alberich the dwarf instantly fell in love with these fairies and began a mad pursuit of them.

However, with his ugly appearance and short stature, he is destined to be just a loser in this love game.

Alberich's affection was met with ridicule and contempt by the nymphs of the river, who rejected him from thousands of miles away.

Faced with such a situation, Alberich, tormented repeatedly by the flames of love and desire, wandered on the banks of the Rhine, unwilling to leave for a long time.

As time passed, the dwarf, humbled by love, gradually learned why the fairies lived in the Rhine.

It turns out that these fairies have been guarding a piece of gold that has been stored here since the creation of the world.

The gold has a powerful magical power, and it is the embodiment of a bit of the origin of the world that dissipated at the time of creation.

Once you use this gold to build an artifact, you will have magical abilities.

And if you make a ring out of this gold, you can connect to the supreme authority of the origin of the world.

However, the fairies were not worried that someone would steal the gold.

Because if you want to take away the gold nurtured by the original power of this world, you must exchange it for a more precious and rare "love" and sacrifice.

Upon learning of the news, the fire of power in Alberich's heart outweighed the flame of love.

He gave up the right to love someone and be loved, abandoned his "humanity", and finally succeeded in stealing the gold of the Rhine at the cost of it.

Having obtained the gold, Alberich returned to Niforheim (Nibelungen), the Land of Fog, and with the help of his brother Mime, he created a magical ring capable of wielding the supreme power of the world.

That is, the Ring of the Nibelungen, which can obtain supreme power.

It's a pity that this kind of artifact that can communicate with the origin of the world and control the supreme authority is not something that dwarfs from the lower world, like Alberich, can covet.

When the ring of the Nibelungen was forged, the god-king Odin sensed its presence in Asgard, the godly domain of the Aesir of the Nine Worlds.

In order to ensure that his status as king of the gods would not be threatened by the Ring of the Nibelungen, Odin first invited the giants to help build the majestic Valhalla of Wahala in return for Freya, the god of love and beauty.

Then, under the pretext that he could not give up Freya, the god of love and beauty, he found Loki, the god of fire and trickery, who was also a giant, and sent him to provoke the fire of the giants' desire for power.

When men have to choose between love and power, they will always give up the former because they choose the latter.

Loki, the god of fire and trickery, traveled to Jotunheim, the land of giants, and told them about the gold of the Rhine and the legend of the Ring of the Nibelungen, according to Odin's teachings.

During this time, Loki exaggerated the ring, successfully arousing the giants' desire for power.

So they agreed to Odin's terms, agreeing to release Freya, the god of love and beauty, in exchange for the Aesirs supporting them in seizing the Ring of the Nibelungen and helping them resist the intervention of the Warners.

After signing a contract with Odin, the giants set out for the Nibelungen in the Land of Mist, and with the help of Alberich's younger brother, the dwarf Mimmey, they managed to find his brother.

Because Ymir, the ancestor of the giants, was conceived before the opening of chaos and was the source of the birth of the world.

Therefore, they will not be restrained by the Ring of the Nibelungen, which connects to the origin of the world and holds supreme power.

As a result, under the power of the giants, Alberich the dwarf lost the ring, which symbolized endless power.

And just before the ring was taken away, the dwarf craftsman had also completed the final process of forging their race.

That is, at the cost of life, a curse on this golden ring - whoever wears it will surely die.

For this so-called curse, the arrogant giants did not pay attention to it.

However, retribution soon came.

As the giants are confronted with the many treasures and Nibelungen rings scavenged from the gnomes, they are also caught in an insatiable thirst for power and wealth.

None of the giants remained calm in the face of these things, they quarreled first, then verbally.

In the end, for this ring of supreme power, the giants actually fought each other.

In this brutal and bloody battle, the land of the Nibelungen was shattered by the majestic power of the giants, and the sky was torn apart by the aftermath of their battle.

Even though the entire Nibelungen world was on the verge of destruction, the giants did not give up killing each other, and the desire to kill and greed completely blinded them, and countless giants went forward for this small golden ring.

Eventually, a giant named Fafnir was given the Ring.

And when he stepped on the corpses of his people and put on the ring excitedly, the dwarf curse attached to the ring, combined with the resentment of the dead giants, turned the giant Fafnir into a giant dragon.

"So, what we just saw in the flames is that the giant Fafnner became a dragon after obtaining the Ring of the Nibelungen?"

After listening to Clark's story, Fleur asked.

Clark nodded, "That's right, the time node in that historical fantasy should be after "Gold of the Rhine" and before "Valkyrie". ”

By this time, almost fifteen minutes had passed, and Clark had heard a sparse round of applause outside.

This only means one thing: Bruce Stewart has successfully passed the test of the illusion and brought the treasure out of it.

"Very good indeed!" Bagman shouted at the top of his voice, "Now ask the referee to score!" ”

However, he didn't report the score out loud, and it was the referees who held it up for the spectators to see.

"One went down, and there were three more!" When the whistle sounded again, Bagman shouted, "Miss Delacour, please play!" ”

Fleur, who was about to continue to ask Clark about the illusion, trembled when she heard this, and could only clench the wand in her hand, and left the tent with her head held high amid Clark's blessing.