Gave up Rampart, but bought the color. Ended up +800. (I think I could have sold it for more, but didn't take the risk). I took all three resets instantly. Then things were very bad, but 111 from the opponent, the next hand was very good, but again 111. We played the middle hand: there was money and Grindan, but no Hives or Griffin Conservatory, while the opponent had an external dwelling of horns and a Griffin Conservatory right by the Castle.
A couple of days I gathered the respawn, then went out to the adjacent zone, and there was an exit to a one-way and 6k comp. at the end of the week I found an exit to brown. Blue had already killed green a while ago, fighting pink Flax-Ciel (not without the comp returning the Castle). Still not a single Hive (very critical for the swamp), but there is a Griffin Conservatory in a side treasure zone.
On 121 I broke into the side area, where I powered up until 134. I found two Dragon Utopias (a 5th-level and a 3rd-level with 4 pieces of Haven and the Air Book with the Speaker's Hat), 4 Dragon Fly Hives, a couple of useful artifacts, and a 3rd-level Griffin Conservatory. Thanks to Air magic control, I picked up Shield +5 all, and Armor +1 all = Haven on 135. Blue started collecting everything around the same time, but ended up with more Wyverns there, and also more Angels. So in the end, I took the Utopia there earlier, and the KZ reward and helmet +11/-3.
Everything is going great, but there is no army and no objects to build it. A couple of days later, in the far corner of my super-treasure zone, I take three Hives, life got easier.
On 142 I notice Kyrre, who breaks into the last untouched mega-treasure zone. From the replays I see that I can reach it, but only with Grindan's boots. I decide "all or nothing" and kamikaze fly to him (I didn't see an army there, I knew there were 40 ducks and that's it, but it looked like there was more, given my 25+ stats on Tazar). The plan was for 2700 explosion, or at worst 850 lightning, and there was a ball.
Essentially, the fight was my 46 ducks against his 70. I thought long over the moves, but still snatched victory, thanks to stats and wild speed from Haven and +2 cape.
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