tinyE: I just want to GET to World 2. :P I feel like I'm running in circles here. XD
I don't know for sure that it's how you get past the first level, as I haven't finished it yet myself, but... explore deeper and you'll run in to something that sure looks like it's your goal for the first one. Just, uh... don't play with the "boss" enemies until you've got the highest tier weapons available on a couple of dwarves ;-) You
can damage them with lower tier weapons, but good luck surviving for long enough to kill them. I lost a few dwarves to the first one I came across because I forgot about the "Danger!" signs you can put up and they kept running back to battle it...
EDIT: Okay, and now I see in another thread that you finished the first level! Congrats :-D