Do you have a save file where it is taken just before advancing to empty bandit party?
Also, to help you further and continue our investigation of the reported issue, we need the crash report identifier. You should see a pop-up window when the game is crashed. Please follow the instructions there to complete the upload and get the crash report identifier. It will be copied to your clipboard automatically. You can find more info about the crash report identifier
here. Trying the workarounds for common crashes detailed
here can also fix your issue. Thanks for reporting and sorry for any inconvenience!