Mary wasn't surprised by these four people, swaggering arrogantly into their space and demanding their equipment and resources.
These types of people are dubbed as the Night Intruders, specifically targeting other people in the wilderness for their loot. They only operate at night time and focus on a small group of people or others that they deemed are weak.
To mercenaries and other people that came to the wilderness to hunt for monsters, they were the most despised group of people and are considered worse than animals.
"Woman, I don't have all day, so either you give up your resources willingly or we'll have to use force. Though let me kindly remind you. If we must use force, then I can't guarantee that you won't be sullied." Layn laughed heartily and said.
It was clear that he was attempting to threaten and gaslight Mary into giving up without any resistance.