Warlock – “Cultist” [Campaign 4, Mission 3]

Watched a walkthrough on Hugolex. I came to the conclusion that in version 1.2, this is an easy task compared to what they did with this mission in version 1.5. In version 1.5, in the middle of the first week, another fairly strong hero of level 22 appears. Then, different scenarios unfold. 1. In version 1.41, I captured the 2nd city on the last day of the 2nd week while playing as the Warrior. In version 1.5, this ended badly for the hero. At the beginning of the 2nd week, 2 enemies appear. One of them is Letos. If you defeat one of them in an open field, there are no forces left to deal with the second. If you stay in the castle, they combine all their troops into one hero and attack. There is no chance of survival, at least with my combat skills. 2. I decided to take the second city in the 1st week, of course, on the last day of the week. To do this, I gave Shadia 3 Hydras. She took it without losses. And Railag cleared out the mines and defeated the 3rd enemy. Almost nothing remained of the army. But now the enemies have split up. Letos went to Shadia, and the second enemy went to Railag. Railag, with some losses, dealt with his enemy. But Shadia faced a much more serious opponent. Even Railag wouldn't want to fight Letos with a small army at the beginning of the week. Therefore, Shadia bought troops from the castle and ran to Railag, hoping that he would first capture the city and then chase after her. The hope was justified. The Demon stopped after Letos captured the city. Shadia didn't want to waste precious time on him, especially since she couldn't defeat him without losses. And Railag desperately needed soldiers. I really didn't want to leave the city that had become familiar and that I had partially rebuilt. But even less did I want to fight Letos in the first half of the week. If it were any other hero instead of him... Therefore, Railag and the newly acquired Irbeth, level 22, rushed to the southern portal. There was no choice of target - only the city near Utopia, because after losing two cities, I received a task to capture any city before the end of the week. This city was defended by a level 1 Druid. Therefore, there were no problems. It seems that Letos had Logistics skill upgraded. He almost caught up with Shadia near my new capital, despite the fact that he captured a city and stopped to pick up some goodies. It was the last day of the 2nd week. Railag took the troops from Shadia and returned to the city, and Shadia and Irbeth rushed off in whatever direction. Letos attacked the city. It's good that he didn't chase after Shadia. He immediately poisoned all my units, except for the Assassins. Only they survived this battle. Even the upgraded Hydras fell. I had about ten Assassins left, and the enemy had 4 stacks of melee units, which would take Railag 2 Magic Defense to destroy. I was already going to use Armageddon, but I decided that I could do it after reloading. And then a miracle happened. Instead of defeating my Assassins in one blow, Letos spent 2 turns reviving Vampires. I don't know where he got them from. The next day, another enemy ran to the castle. But it was already the 1st day of the 3rd week. Railag defeated him with almost no losses. First results: Railag has only 1 weakly developed city and a small army. This is a minus. Railag reached level 21 and was covered in artifacts from head to toe. Many enemy heroes of level 22 were destroyed. Unskilled aliens are now roaming the territory. This is a plus. I made a discovery for myself. Experienced players have known this for a long time, but I only recently started playing Heroes. I went to Utopia, but I was denied entry. It turns out that the 4-week period applies regardless of who visited it. The enemy visited it before me. I thought that every player could visit Utopia once every 4 weeks.