(MC POV)
We encountered another two more of those bandit groups before they finally ran out of people to throw at us.
That's almost a hundred different people we had to deal with, this guy must be really desperate to get us... Was he on the verge of bankruptcy or something? Otherwise I don't understand why he would send this many pests to disturb us.
When we reached the gates of the town, I thought our troubles with the bandits had ended but boy was I mistaken.
When we tried to enter the town, the guards at the gate demanded to do a thorough search of us if we wanted to gain entry. It was obvious they were specifically targeting us when they didn't even bother to check the other people moving in and out of the town and allowed them to pass through unmolested.
None of the passers-by even paid us any mind as though this was something they have seen one too many times, which may very well be what's going on here.