Favorites, to battle! - 11 - The Battle of Favorites! - 11

I paid 1200 for the color, wasted my own 3 restarts, my opponent had one more restart, saw 2 native towns, and was happy. Too soon. When the opponent didn't take the restart - I saw nothing but horror around. A block on the road with 50-99 lizards (turned out to be 70), a wood mine far away that ended up being blocked. I decided not to build nagas, because there was barely any gold, so I decided to rush with GMs. Due to a misclick in the max-level crypt, I lost 20 gremlins, and everything became sad. On day 121, Gosh'han appeared in the tavern, and the Necromancer's Cloak was lying around, so things got a bit cheerier, but I understood there was nothing good yet. On day 121, I broke through to the Conflux, and lo and behold - 20-49 greater gorgons guarding a box and an obelisk (turned out to be 39 gorgons and 10k experience). On day 122, the opponent exposed himself - Kyrr stood near the portal. At least some chance. I attacked the opponent with Solmyr, thinned out the elves and shaved a pegasus, then bought units and attacked with Galthran. The opponent surrendered with 5 horses and 38 centaurs, no elves. Well, at least some respite. Then I doubled Solmyr's mana and thinned out the gorgons a day later. But since there were 39 of them, there was a risk of level 4-5 or all elemental. So I decided to take the box not with Galthran, but with Solmyr. It turned out to be 10k experience after all, but I wasn't upset. Solmyr looked very solid with Intelligence and Expert Air Magic. After killing the Conflux, I poured everything into money, built a university, and leveled Earth Magic for Solmyr and Galthran. Then I used Galthran for necromancy, and with Solmyr I broke through 6k monk guards. I reached a village and realized there was literally nothing there. Luckily, at that moment I built Resurrection at home and realized I could take the Utopia under double mana on days 1-2. At level 5, I got Fly and Implosion. I took the only conflux I saw under Fly, because near it there was also double mana not far away. Then I split up at double mana, and with 280 mana I went into the Utopia. By some miracle and calculation, I managed to take the level 3 one, which I thought I would lose to. I had exactly enough mana (Implosions and Resurrections decided it). There I got royal rewards: +6 all, +4 all, a sword of +6 attack, and the Blackshard of the Dead Knight. Then I thought about taking another Utopia and then on day 137 taking the dwelling of Azure Dragons, but the opponent interrupted my idyll. He captured my Barbarian castle and holed up there. I thought I'd attack; judging by the tavern, he hadn't taken any Utopias, and if anything - I'd buy him off if it was a Recanter. It turned out not to be a Recanter. The final battle went one-sidedly, though due to inattention I missed 3 angels that were covered by horses. But it was nothing. There were 6 birds and 120 skeletons left, and with them I still took the Azure dwelling on day 137. But the opponent surrendered after losing the final battle.

Thanks for the game!