I hadn't seen the village chief yet, just the hunter that's playing hide and seek. There's a spot where a plant stops me from going further, does being covered in mushrooms let me pass the plant, or am I missing something obvious? (probably) Given what happened the first time, not sure I WANT to try it again (although some of the comments were quite funny!)
Having played this (and the original LD) a ton, I should have realized that there was a hidden path - heck, there's a hidden path to the faeries, and a few other areas too. I just wasn't thinking "secret path" until accidentally hitting the spot where the village was! Oh well... hope you have a great day dude!