Shouldn’t the top priority of the sages and everyone else in the world be to issue a decree that under no circumstances should they engage in any sort of violence against him under penalty of death? That way, they can keep his ability from spreading, as well as his wrath, and it would look like the ruling body was behind the death count (since they kill recklessly anyway). But then, we had a dragon rape a bus in the opening chapter, so I guess nuance isn’t possible.