The mortals immediately started panicking and blaming each other.
Why did the hunters not fight the monsters?! Weren't they supposed to kill stuff like that?!
How were the hunters supposed to fight?! They didn't even have any usable weapons?!
How were the smiths supposed to produce weapons when there were no materials?!
How were the gatherers supposed to gather materials when the hunters didn't keep the area safe?!
No one was taking responsibility, but after a while, the people all started to focus on the hunters.
Yes, the hunters didn't have weapons, but still, it was their job to kill these beasts.
All the different people gathered and started to blame the hunters collectively.
The hunters grew nervous and found one justification after the other, but the people kept shooting them down.
Eventually, some of them cracked under the pressure and confessed.
They were scared.
They had simply been too scared.