"only XL-5"

I played a difficult hand, developing very slowly; I only went for cons on the third week, and before that, I was just running around the map with some trash (luckily there were many roads). We met twice on the third week; in the first encounter, I attacked, breaking through with tactics and mass haste, killing an angel and 4 ducks, while in response a bolt took out two bears, leading to a buyout. At the end of the third week, Tazar suddenly flew over the mountains and attacked Dessa! The opponent started the second encounter with a blast for 900 (minus 4 angels), but that's where Tazar ran out of mana. I kept waiting for a buyout, but there was no one to buy out; in the end, Tazar simply fled. I managed to save an angel, 4 thunder birds, and one bear. A rather sweaty game against Tazar with control lay ahead, but then a TP scroll arrived, which I used to quickly build up the tower in the Tower village, and they immediately gave flight and DD. After that, I just needed to outrun him or catch Tazar with chains, but the maximum Dragon Utopia that stood between us settled everything faster. Thanks for the game!