There must be some sort of glitch of something. Because if you hit all of the stumps with the Force Psynergy, the last Ape and the Killer Ape, the boss of the Mogall Forest, disappear. They won't if you don't...talk about weird.
After fighting the Killer Ape, you'll get the Douse Drop, which bestows the Douse Psynergy. This is a pretty useful power to have later on.
Visit the town of Xian to get things moving and some potential extra stuff in the next game, too. Be sure to get the Lucky Medal and the Mist Djinn before leaving.
Head north after the events that take place in that village until you get to a peninsula where you can see Kolima across the river. Here is a random encounter with Corona.
Mist attacks while having a chance to lull opponents to sleep. And Corona can raise the party's defense.
After that, head west into the Altin Crossing to find that it's been blocked. Someone had dropped rocks to block our heroes' path forward....who could it have been?
So with no choice, head north to find the flooded mining town of Altin.
