Third Island [1]
When Damien's foot made contact with the third island, he immediately felt his physical strength get suppressed.
He definitely had the right to assume that it was just a part of the island's mechanics, but what kind of idiot would follow a thought like that?
Without hesitation, he put up a domain like the ones he'd seen from others. His physical strength didn't rise back to its original level, but it definitely increased to an extent.
With his barrier and the enemy's colliding, the level at which they matched was decided as the middle ground between them.
That made Damien curious about who exactly he was fighting.
Nothing else changed other than physical strength, after all. That could only mean that they were already equal in most aspects.
Damien looked around, trying to find the person who enacted the domain. They couldn't be far.