Demon invasion.

I completed the fifth campaign in 3 months and 3 weeks. Perhaps it was the only mission where the difference between a veteran and a hero was very noticeable. I didn't level up very effectively (and it turned out to be extremely critical here), so the first Necromancer that appeared didn't give me a chance and destroyed the Demon Castle (he also disappeared for some reason). Sandro's cloak also wasn't among the attacking mages (last time it dropped almost immediately). In general, everything was leading to a replay, and I decided to just go to the enemy cities as a test, and unexpectedly, I was able to turn everything around and achieve victory. The coveted cloak was right at the first Mage Castle, guarded by 25 Astral Dragons, but the enemies apparently didn't care. Thanks to this, I was able to defeat 10,000 Titans on the portal with 7 Gargoyles , and then survive in a hopeless battle with the last mage .

Overall, replaying the campaign took 859 days (Astral Dragon), for comparison, the first playthrough took as much as 1404 days... I think I can still improve this result significantly; in each mission, I have ideas on how to complete it faster. And once again, a huge respect to the Master for this masterpiece; I never cease to be amazed by his ability to balance the maps on a fine line between simple difficulty and super hardcore, which at first glance seems impossible to overcome :smile20: