They had been warned but failed to listen to that warning.
One of their people had been injured badly as a result of blindly walking into a situation that they were unprepared for and had greatly underestimated.
If they had never doubted those warnings, none of that would have happened.
If they had waited, as everything had been agreed upon, then the chances of there being any casualties would have been greatly reduced.
They could have just gained more from clearing up the area around the village before finally heading up there.
There was still something for them to do around the village, so it was not like they would be sitting around and losing out on anything.
They would still have ways to make contributions that could result in them getting a better reward after everything was over.
If they had just waited and done that, then there would likely still be an opportunity to head up to that same area along with Hauntico Investigations.
