As life was quite relaxed and calm in the village following the failed attempt at communication with Mifuyu by the Dark Hand, they inevitably caught wind of what happened as the sole lieutenant who fled from Seiya's newfound village reached the nearest base which is etched into a medium-sized hill surrounded by trees.
One would think this was not a good indicator for Dark Hand members to find the base but luckily that was not the case.
The trees were covered in a dense miasma that would ward off anyone with a weak resistance to this corruption.
To this end anyone who did try coming without resistance would begin eroding and either become possessed by a will beyond their own if not just completely be eroded into organic mulch and since this was pretty far away from the valley where Seiya's village was, chances that someone would stumble upon this area was unlikely.
