In short, I'm stuck on a task, progress is not cyclical, which means have to do something, but what? If that's what I'm going act 2, the name of the assignment is It's time to go visit Beastman Village.
After you talk to Leng inside your house, he tells you to go get a map from his room
(Inside the Adventurer Guild, up the stairs, second room on the right.)
Once you click on the map on his desk, go to the world map and there should a new village icon north, just below the mountain.
That's the beast man village.
Of course, if you're using a really outdated save file, that can cause progression issue too. And you might need to start a fresh game