ok so i got my battle tower up and running - it's quite a party atmosphere in there - and managed to upgrade weapons, armor etc on my runners, upgrade my demon, and even upgrade the alchemy gardens...

i've been doing the quests, so to speak (primordial cave (but only have 1 of the seeds i need), old cave, camp eagle's nest, depleted ore mine, and the dark cave)...

i also chatted with the blind guy and got a level up from him. BUT... there's no place else for me to travel except back to the destroyed valley. i can't travel out to sea to go around, and two of the inlets have blocked me - like a force field.

i've tried the telporters, and the o nly one that i can get to work is the one that took me to eagle's nest. the other one i found i set for camp sentinel but the voice tells me "you could stand here all day but you're not going anywhere..."

i also found Laura on one of the outcoppings and so i'm trying to see if anyone else is around...

anyone have any suggestions? thanks...