Once the mercenary team returned to little leaf town, they quickly disposed of the items they gained. The townsfolk helped them to quickly process and categorize all their items. At the same time, they also informed everyone of the changes in the ever green hills. Since the bandits had spies in the town, they quickly learned of it as well.
At first, nothing changed. Since the mercenary team could not enter the valley easily, they would often go out to kill the demonic beasts in the outskirts. They quickly found that the demonic beasts in the outskirts were becoming more numerous as well as stronger compared to before. But thanks to their recent strength increase, they could handle them easily.