stuck after defeating troll shaman

[grass toucher 69]

on my second playthrough after beating the final boss because I wanted to keep the sweet final boss loot, blasting through the story to get back to where i was and get the true ending but after reaching melm and defeating the troll shaman my witch report isn't triggering and I can't move on to the next area. perhaps it's because I didn't go back to base after every prompt because I figured i could just blast through witch reports.

Anyways, there are no more red !'s in Melm and no with report to move me to the next area. I have been skipping everything as this is my 2nd playthrough. I have another save from days ago I can revert to but I really don't want to. Anybody know what to do? I even went out of my way to defeat Junon thinking it would get me through to the next area...

I am playing on the switch, otherwise I'd provide screenshots of my map for proof.

[eharper256]

There is another transporter palace that leads to the next world in one of the dark areas near the centre of the map. Make sure you smash all the elegible walls.

There's also some secrets in Melm you can only reach by falling down appropriate pits.