"Do you realize what you are doing is against the law? Don't do anything stupid." He dispersed the crowd, but the parents who had lost their children were not buying it. Instead, they erupted with great resentment and started accusing and cursing at him.
"You monster!"
"Give me back my daughter!"
"It's all your fault!"
The head sheriff had led the team to abduct people, and most of the sheriffs under him were involved. This inevitably made the townspeople lose their trust in the sheriffs. Soon, this sentiment spread rapidly among the crowd.
The scene just now had awakened the dormant beastliness in those townspeople. With no outlet for their anger after the death of the bandits, the sheriffs who had just arrived became their targets due to their identity.
