Demon invasion.

Well, in the new version, you start with a tunic and no random elements. The enemy hero arrived on day 2 months, 2 weeks, and 7 days. He leveled up better than the previous one, reaching level 16, Nimues https://c2n.me/3ZtHNiD, but is weaker than the previous Sigryph, level 22 https://c2n.me/3ZtHO4x, who can't cast Hellfire and hasn't attacked the Necropolis yet (no excessive luck with 16 SP + feather, the Witch gave machines instead of education). In the first city, Imps are upgraded, all units up to the horses are unupgraded, and the other cities have upgraded and basic Imps and dogs. If it gets stuck, it will be easier, but the Knight doesn't have 1 adept, and Nimues needs to say goodbye to 2 Death Messengers and go home to gather an army. The guild isn't great, but upon returning, I'll get some resources and have 5 units. It seems playable, but there's no logistics, and the mentor is with 250+ Thunderbirds (I probably won't be able to defeat him). But with this setup, at least I can move around. So, the Knight went straight to the Castle with the tavern through the Dark Elf portal – didn't touch the rich castle or the lower one, went straight to the tavern – the result is somewhat predictable. The caravan from the lower castle didn't make it. I have to replay again. I replayed – this time, the enemy castle suddenly had Death Stride in its defense, which made me think, "Oh no," but it wasn't that bad. With 36 Succubi, I barely defended the castle. The drunkard ran straight to the tavern again, but ice solved the problem – although the catapult managed to break down the wall, which cost me very expensive (not in gold, but in quality) Vampires, to whom the Imps gave mana for a couple of conversions. (But he would have killed them anyway with his hero, the tent was weak). Before that, I wandered near the lower castle, and in a raid, I took out 300 archers, 3 angels, and 2 war machines, which made things easier, and portals took away 2 angels and some other troops, which also didn't hurt, because the Blood Drinkers are very strong. The hero is level 23 (before the battle, 20 with advanced war machines, darkness, education; before the battle with the trident and armor, 2 SP). https://c2n.me/3ZvBuU2, Sigryph, level 26, with BDP, is doing well with 10 SP, BDP, and a feather. https://c2n.me/3ZvBBLQ. Well, let's play, but the mentor is with Phantom Dragons, so I'll have to develop my own. But all the castles are intact. The biggest mistake in this battle was not taking Dispel from Alastor, who was always hanging around doing nothing. Advanced Dispel can easily disable monks for 5 turns (per SP). After that, everything goes smoothly – here's a screenshot, "how to properly beat 1 kg of Manticores, level 7" - https://c2n.me/3ZwSfxF. Things are going well, the flight is normal. Due to the lack of logistics, I lost the nearby Demon city – I was chasing livestock, but I didn't make it – I was in front of the mentor, who was guarded by legions of Phantom Dragons with "medium" danger. To catch up with the enemy, I sacrificed Imps and half of the dogs (I thought they would destroy at least half of the army), defeated the dragons, and took logistics – but I was 1 turn late. 4 Inferno castles are intact, and in the destroyed one, there was only a Phantom – that's the most annoying thing, that the Phantom hero doesn't have one. But at the stage of upgrading, he couldn't afford logistics. I later took care of the enemy, but unfortunately, I couldn't get the castle back. I don't feel bad about the troops, because there's just no money for them, but that castle also gave 1k gold. In the end, I cleared out the Gnomes, Grol, level 34, and 3 other heroes, level 31, with BDP and maximum damage – only Berserk is missing, it didn't drop in Dragon Utopia or the cities, but that's okay. Upstairs, in Dragon Utopia, I found Vampirism and Blindness – I got the Vampirism spell in an unequal battle with an opponent who was twice as strong, losing only Imps, 3 horses, and 1 archer – as Gerther wrote, Demons don't go to Dragon Utopia, so I attacked from there, and after 8 attempts, I won the unequal battle, then I killed the wandering Deleb, who lost her fear due to the strong Jezebeth nearby. Subjugation/Berserk, Dragon Utopia, and the castle near the portal didn't give me anything. I had to fight without Demons, because if I took them, the initiative scale gave the enemy Succubi a turn before my clever hero, and they would remove my Succubi in the first turn, leaving only one. I'm attaching an unequal battle; all the battles below are unequal and interesting. Using a similar tactic – Vampirism in 1 HP with BDP – I defeated Grok in the castle's defense, losing Imps and dogs, and 3 horses and 3 offspring for resurrection with a summon. Ahead are 2-3 final battles, and that's it, I won with this hero. And since I found Sigryph's Mage Staff in Dragon Utopia, things will go even easier. Screenshot of an attempt to defeat 100k Astral Dragons: https://c2n.me/3ZzosBu, disappointed that I need to gather an army, I decided to smash the Astrals, guarding the ring with 20% initiative, and then beat 35k Phantom Dragons, guarding the tree, the 4th Gnome item (armor), and the 8th Dragon item (cloak) + arena + 1 SP + ring with 10 initiative. I'll have to do all this even at the cost of the army, because the 8th Dragon item is more valuable than 100 creature bonuses. And there was no Wall of Swords anywhere, which is a pity, so I have to fight the Dragons with education and a set for experience. https://c2n.me/3ZzoXGW. It's a pity it crashed. https://clip2net.com/s/3ZzqmOR. I replayed, put on the Scholar's set, the Elf set, boots, and a shield with the Dragon ring for initiative - https://c2n.me/3Zzta6q )) 112k. I killed him in an hour. https://c2n.me/3ZzAM5m It would be annoying if the next week of fame turns out to be useless. The ring with +20 initiative is mine. The hero jumped from level 31 to 35, now it's time to get Phantom Dragons for a full set of Gnomes and Dragons. YOUR HERO RECEIVED: 26,948,025 experience! YOUR HERO RECEIVED: 8,800,000 experience! (for the Phantom Dragon garrison) YOUR HERO RECEIVED: 7,889,844 experience! (Wyverns for the garrison) and twice a million and a half for Golden Dragons and Champions at the arena. I killed the Overlord; his army is huge – I gathered all the buffs, except for the Idol of Luck, and attacked in the week of rest (-20% initiative for Dark creatures) – I lost logistics, so I couldn't take the Idol buff in time, so I took the Flag of Luck and the Sacrificial Altar (2 luck). His army, unsummoned creatures, gave 1.2 million experience without percentage bonuses (no items or skills left). * 188 Phoenixes, Astral, and Phantom Dragons * 282 Archdevils * 470 Banshees and Cave Lords * 752 High Liches * 1594 Nightmares * 2631 Vampire Princes * 2350 Cerberi * 3948 Fire Demons and Rotting Zombies * 5400 Red Imps * 5170 Skeletons with Clubs For the week of -20 initiative for him and me, I didn't even take the Idol buff (I didn't wait for the week specifically – it just came up, and I decided it was time). Outfits, 2 rings of speed 20/10, Archer set, Gnome set, necklace +1 damage, clover (nothing better was available, on this slot, clover, horn, and the Markal skull, the last one to put in, I didn't get a horseshoe), luck in the end is 4, not 5. Light – Storm Wind, Anti-Fire magic of light, protection (without BDP, because it's useless), attack, machines. The army gathered without the stupid accumulation mode – while it was gathering in the castles, the hero was dealing with the dead dragons. https://c2n.me/3ZzMn03 – this is what my strongest hero has – I hope that 3 assistants will figure out how to reduce it, because there are two of them (and this one is weaker), it's scary. Assistant 1 in action http://c2n.me/3ZzMPkv :) I won :) 3 assistants, level 31, reliably destroyed hopeless armies, then Grol came and personally, in the Gnome set, finished everything in the open field. All they were able to do was break the lower castle and kill the dogs and half of the jumping demons (Duncan destroyed, the Elf destroyed 30 Succubi, and that's it), but this battle was the last and didn't matter – I won