I've had this reported, its weird. This is the first relic right. Can you progress forward in the story when you have it?
No I cannot, and yes I assume this is the first relic or at least the first one I've found. There is a wall with vines that have a life of their own that keeps me from passing further out of this small instanced area. Plus I have to exit game and load back up to get out of that area. It will not let me exit back into the forest from the doorway where I entered in the first place. If I try to talk to the female adventurer again in the camp with nuns it just says she's busy looking for bags to pack her things. I thought maybe If I dropped all my current relics or destroyed them I could start the quest anew and see what happens but I cannot seem to find a way to do that.