The Necromancer's Path.

Yes, they kept attacking relentlessly... In the second month, things got really tough. The Blue Orc and BENEDICT, with Lorenzo nowhere to be found on the map, invaded my territory. The Orc hunted down a brown hero and killed him, a rather weak hero. Benedict then attacked Arantir, and I didn't have time to reach the castle. The battle was quite difficult: I didn't know he had a Darkness Dampening skill, so the Plague spell didn't work, but I still won the battle, albeit with losses. I didn't want to replay, but maybe I should have. The Orc arrived without any losses, and immediately after him, Giovanni attacked with a heavily upgraded Chaos skill. I had no mana, and my last save was before defeating Benedict. I defeated him easily and started building up my strength. And then I remembered that quest. Arantir rushed to complete it, killing Giovanni along the way, but then Benedict showed up again. Kaspar, level 7, was in my castle, and of course, he couldn't defend against the attack, so I had to return. I repelled the attack and forgot about the quest... For a month, I developed Kaspar and then went to attack the Blue Orc's castle.