When you have to Relic, you have to activate both if you want to activate the second.
You can not activate only the second.

Maybe try change keys in controls settings.

In the Forest the barriers sometimes do not disappear.

And when you enter the arena for the bigger fights, sometimes the barrier shuts you out of the arena, appearing ahead of you.

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UPDATE:

Bugs
- sometimes El Pollo Diablo runs through walls
- items can appear inside "wall". It happened me at shop, the bought item/gold appeared inside one of the wagons
- there is a handy little bug where a character (maybe Apan, but the mechanic can work for others too) get a once-use shield charm, and also picks an trait which gives shield at X condition. The shield becomes permenent, meaning it regenerates to its max at periods. I'm not sure if the shield ceases to exist if all of it is used up.
- the last monster can be a boss, which can spawn an item. Being the last monster it will also spawn the portal. How this bug works is, the two thing (the portal and the pickable) are practicly on each other, so when entering the portal, the program will immediately offer swapping your item with the item on the ground. This option covers half of your screen, and is carried over to the next level!
Later I found out that the item on the ground actualy carries with you - but can easily spawn inside walls, so getting rid of the bug can take many levels with such hugh hinderence!

Things that needs to be adressed:
- assume I'm at a shop. I buy a couple of items, namely charms, or even relics, which I don''t intend to use (misclick, or spending money for unlocking stuff). It can be impossible (especialy with charms) to get access to the item I want, and to get rid of the items I don't want.
- the combo requirement for Family Trials is ridiculously high (30-45), and the kill w/o getting damaged is ridiculously easy. Switch the requirements between the two please.
- the Anai Reha boss (the one which spawns scorpions) for Family Trials, especialy as dlvl 13 boss has to be altered. As bare minimum don't give it lasers! If it gets lasres, you can't move at all in the areana, and that's DEATH.