Very likely. I agree that's probably the case, and I do hope it returns to something at least similar to what we had.
My worry is the author has forgotten how to write romance the same way. Villager A is a bit of a comfort romance for me - I find such a genuine warmth to it.
Relationship felt very stiff in this chapter. We mossed a lot of the joy and are just seeing a slow simmer. Hopefully it'll return to the romance of before this disaster.
To put my theory into the mix, I believe we'll see Hai Bin gain the blessings of the goddess for a straight +alpha levels to allow him to use aura proper, teaming with the inquisitor he's currently fighting after the order of the inquisitors inevitably falls
Indoctrination is a powerful tool, though it seems he does have some doubts. If all you've seen and heard are the horrors caused by a race, you're likely to believe it.
For those asking:
More detail is given in the novel. Lord Grim is a character that has never been played with before but was setup to be an unspecialised. The umbrella was stored in the equipment editor which is not reset by changing server as an over-sight by the developers.
In King's Avatar there are quite a few "gunslinger" classes, launcher is more appropriate as it's use cannons rather than pistols. It might just too invested in the franchise...