I wonder if this exchange between the chied and Wataru is what happened in the LN. In the WN, the chief wanted to send a representative to prove Wataru wasn't lying, but he refused since he didn't want to go through the forest again. So he forced the chief to decide between having his village...
You mean volume 5 from https://www.novelupdates.com/series/i-was-reincarnated-as-the-older-brother-of-a-villainess-destined-to-die-so-i-want-to-change-the-future-by-raising-my-younger-sister-with-my-own-hands-i-am-the-strongest-in-the-world-but-my-little-s/ ?
In the novel, some of them were hiding with the cargo. When they got ejected, a teleportation circle appeared under them and sent them out of the ship.