If Barron had actual eyes it would have not only turned wide but it would have twitched out, due to the bad luck he had stepped on. Somewhere, Barron felt that he probably did step on bad luck when he had descended down on the land of the living. First, he got stuck in the mansion, and then he had the highest bounty on his head when he was a poor soul and now, he was being hunted!
Death reapers were stupid but they could also be tricky. One of the death reapers had turned from a low level to become a Grim because of the years of work and excellence. That was only one lucky case but it also showed the rest of the low-level reapers that there was hope. Hope to kick the existing ones because the Hawverts did have a plan to extend the list. Not to forget, now that there were a bunch of fallen Grims, the death reapers would not only try to take the bounty.