So this was the Demon Hunters' true purpose.
They weren't here to hunt the "Countess of the Red Moon," whom no one dared provoke, nor had they come to stop Vivian's revival. Their true purpose was to prevent the madness and disaster that would follow Vivian's revival. Hao Ren didn't know how closely the Demon Hunters of Korperos had been monitoring Vivian, but it was clearly far more than he had previously understood or guessed. Vivian's disappearance for longer than a certain period would even trigger a warning mechanism in Korperos. Hassu and the Hunt Group he led were clearly part of that mechanism.
There was just one thing Hao Ren couldn't understand. The Demon Hunters had always been indifferent toward other races. Aside from being consumed by their endless hunts, they didn't actually care whether humans lived or died, much less go through fire and water specifically to protect them. Their limited "offensive and defensive alliance" with humanity was built entirely on the premise of carrying out hunts. Once they lost their only objective, "hunting," they would no longer pay attention to any suffering endured by human society.
So why had Hassu led a group of warriors here to protect a human city?
From his earlier investigation, Hao Ren had more or less determined that aside from Vivian's slumbering ground, no other nonhuman beings had been active in the area for any length of time. There was only a human city and several villages. To the Demon Hunters, the worst consequence of Vivian awakening in a frenzy would simply be the humans here suffering. Vivian herself wasn't even a target of the Demon Hunters' hunt. So what was Hassu doing here?
It definitely wasn't for the group of witches Madam Mary had brought along. A mere group of witches