OFB-12

I spent 4000 on the Castle and got 600 for the color. My opponent somehow gave me blue. Okay. He ate all the resources; I had only 2 left. Labeta, Moner, and Erdamon arrived, along with air units. 18 air units from the start – not bad. Further ahead were crypts, so there was gold, and the prospect of getting birds on level 116 loomed. And that's what eventually happened. I killed Rampart to avoid searching for Ivore there (that annoying creature he also built), placed a citadel and dendrites, and turned back. I gathered more crypts and ran with firebirds and air units to kill the Castle, and used the birds to attack the Necropolis. On level 121, I took both Castles. Then came the question: which treasure zones should I run to? I went to all three, and in the first one, there was a surprise – a block of 50-99 Crusaders, which couldn’t be taken with the army I had. Luna also appeared on level 117, but I failed miserably trying to save time and mana (by the way, she returned on level 131 and was one of the parts of my victory). As a result of Luna's death, I didn't go to the second zone; instead, I went to the third treasure zone with 3 birds and 1 angel. There was a block after another block; at first, I repelled Tyutya and Greenie and rejoiced, but then there were more blocks. I almost wanted to turn around, hide in a corner, and cry, but suddenly I realized that I could bring an army to level 131 to break through the block of 20-49 Greater Liches and Demons 50-99. At the cost of consuming everything, I finally broke through to the town and realized that I had hit the jackpot. Four Dragon Utopias (I found five more later), many hives, artifact merchants. And besides the Dragon Utopias, behind the Greater Liches lay the Skull Helm, giving me three pieces of AOTD, and I saw the fourth shield behind the Crusaders. What can you do? The Town Portal was rebuilt, the bird teleportation spell was cast, and I used Luna to break through the blocks with eight birds and took the shield. With the rest of the army, I started taking the Dragon Utopias one by one, gathering clues (Labeta retrained Resurrection and taught Greenie). Suddenly, my idyll was interrupted when my opponent flew in and took my main town. Of course, I bought almost everything from there, but it wasn't very safe anymore. Also, I boldly went and took his Necropolis within one turn. Naturally, he learned about this using scouting spells and erased the Town Portal with Resurrection, but Dimension Door didn’t work. I had to destroy the Dragon Utopias and defend myself against the arrogant fools who tried to invade the Castle (where, remember, there were no defenders). Well, near the Necropolis, exactly two turns before my opponent arrived, I got КЗ, and with it, I destroyed the Dragon Utopias one at a time, using Greenie for each one. I was leveling up Moner because the main town was intended for the final stage. After the third Dragon Utopia, I had all the equipment – KШ and Sphere of Penetration. After the fourth, I also got boots + necklace. On level 141, finally, I got Dimension Door, so on level 137, I took back my main town, and starting from level 141, I began the reconquest. First, I took the Necropolis; then, on level 142, I took his main town, took the Swamp, and upgraded the library there. It was also good that I killed his controller without any problems (a newbie and finished off with birds). So, on level 143, my opponent took back his Swamp and main town, where he settled Craig. I bought meat in Conflux for wyverns and attacked. The battle ended quickly.

Thank you for the game!