Benares simply explained the situation.
The reason it was lying on the ground asleep was simple, it was waiting for Eula's arrival.
However, after hearing these words, Eula's mind automatically conjured up other potential words.
Like a girl who had been hungry for a long time and was grumbling.
【"I've been hungry for a long time, and finally, I get food."】
"Damn Su Xuan, is his real purpose in taking me back to feed me to the dragon?"
"Is this dragon's brain not very bright? There's clearly a Stigma Potion behind it."
"Isn't that stuff supposed to give people supernatural powers? Wouldn't drinking that be more satisfying than eating me?"
"I'm just a kid, not even enough to fill its teeth."
Eula felt a buzzing in her head.
She had been relieved that the screen didn't show her being killed, but now here it was, waiting for her.
The white dragon was going to eat her.
Being swallowed whole would be acceptable. What she feared was if this dragon had a habit of chewing slowly.
First biting off half her body, then swallowing the rest.
That death would be too cruel, too ugly, too undignified.
"Damn it, damn it, it's just too humiliating."
Eula clenched her fists angrily.
Su Xuan tormented her like this, she wished she could make him experience being bitten too.
【"You're waiting for me?"】
【Eula asked in bewilderment.】
【The dragon nodded slightly and said, "I know your name, Eula·Lawrence."】
【"My name is Benares, the mount of my master Su Xuan."】
【"Hiss..." Eula gasped.】
【She had already guessed that this place was related to Su Xuan, but she didn't expect the dragon before her to be his mount.】
【As a knight of the Knights of Favonius, she had some understanding of the term "mount."】
【A good war horse was very important to a knight.】
【However, she had never imagined that anyone's mount could be a dragon.】
【The clear and crisp girl's voice made Eula feel inexplicably strange.】
【Is Benares a female dragon?】
Benares' self-introduction caused a brief silence in the world of Teyvat.
The mount of the fifth Descender was such a terrifying dragon?
In the minds of the humans of Teyvat, dragons were the Elemental Dragon Kings, who had a subtle relationship with the Gods of the Seven Nations.
In terms of status and identity, the Elemental Dragon Kings were no less than the Seven Gods, they were special existences.
But in Su Xuan's mind, such a terrifying mutated dragon was his mount?
And most importantly, Benares admitted it herself.
Dragons, creatures born with arrogance, actually willing to endure such humiliation, to become someone else's mount.
Just what kind of existence was this fifth Descender?
This matter had overturned their imaginations and perceptions.
Fontaine's Tribunal Office.
Hydro Archon, Nahida, furrowed her brow.
As the Hydro Elemental Dragon King of Teyvat, no one understood the pride of a dragon better than she did.
She stared intently at the screen before her, her gaze heavy.
Suddenly, Nahida figured it all out.
"This dragon is not very old, it's still a girl, it must have been deceived by the fifth Descender through some means."
【In less than a day.】
【Eula had experienced things she had never experienced in her life.】
【Amber didn't tell her about the Stigma Potion, she didn't understand the significance of the Stigma Potion behind Benares.】
【She just knew that her time was running out.】
【The reason Su Xuan didn't kill her but took her back to his lair must have something to do with Benares.】
【The worst-case scenario was that she was slapped to death by Benares, or else she became its food.】
【Death either way, Eula had found her courage.】
【"You're waiting for me, what do you want me for?"】
【"Are you going to eat me, or slap me to death?"】
【"Or is Su Xuan that guy trying to have you play with me like a cat with a mouse, until I die?"】
【Benares' huge head tilted slightly.】
【A hint of confusion mixed with the dull voice.】
【"I am a dragon born from a form of energy, I don't need to eat."】
【"So I won't eat you."】
【"This is my master's Imaginary Space, you, as a normal human, can't adapt to this environment."】
【"You don't need me to do anything, you will eventually collapse and die as the energy erodes you."】
【After hearing Benares' explanation, Eula finally understood everything.】
【No wonder Amber said Su Xuan could summon mutated Hilichurls out of thin air.】
【And that night after the fire in Mondstadt, the mutated Hilichurls collectively went into something like a spatial vortex.】
【It turns out they all returned to this Imaginary Space.】
【"So, the reason those slain knights collapsed and shattered is related to the energy of this space?"】
【Eula was shocked, and a hint of anxiety flashed in her eyes.】
【Information, this was very important information.】
【Unfortunately, with her current situation, she wouldn't be able to get this information back to Mondstadt.】
【Benares thought for a few seconds before answering, "Sort of, but not quite. You can think of the energy that makes up the Hilichurls and the energy of the Imaginary Space as the same type of energy."】
【After saying this, Benares suddenly raised an arm and pointed a sharp claw at the workbench not far away.】
【"Before you collapse and die, I should tell you our purpose as soon as possible, so you can have time to make a choice."】
【"That potion is called the Stigma Potion, the person who takes it will become a Valkyrie, and gain supernatural powers."】
【"My master initially had his sights set on your friend Amber, but unfortunately, she is too naive and doesn't understand the meaning behind it."】
【"Humph! You mean you want me to accept supernatural powers and become your pawns?" Eula interrupted Benares coolly.】
【"Su Xuan is the one who led those Hilichurls outside to kill the knights of Mondstadt, and he wants to attack Mondstadt City."】
【"My friend almost died at his hands."】
【"Do you want me to betray my friend?"】
【"You underestimate me, I'm not that kind of person."】
【Benares watched Eula with interest, her arms crossed and a sullen look on her face.】
【The enormous body lay down on the ground once again.】
【Its head rested on its arm and it slowly closed its eyes.】
【"Eula·Lawrence."】
【"My master knew you would say that."】
【"He asked me to tell you."】
【"I hope that before you collapse and die, you can use your brain that's like glue a bit."】
【"With Mondstadt City's current strength, can they defeat those weak Hilichurl monsters outside?"】
【"Wasting your life would be foolish."】
【"Humph!" Benares let out a human-like chuckle.】
【Yawned, then began to mutter to herself before going to sleep.】
【"Valkyries are not something those weak Hilichurl monsters can compare to in my master's eyes."】
【"If you do well, asking for some rewards isn't too much to ask for."】
【"Like hoping not to hurt a certain someone, I think my master wouldn't be stingy with that."】
【"That's none of my business, I'm going to sleep, human knight, I wish you a good time before you collapse and die."】
【After hearing Benares' final mutterings.】
【Eula was enlightened, quickly lowering her arms that were folded across her chest, and anxiously looking at Benares.】
【"Benares, what did you just say?"】
【"Wait, please don't go to sleep yet, can you just answer my question first."】
【"Benares? Benares?"】