«SM-masters II»

The schedule played out. There was a block on the road leading out of the castle, but it could be bypassed off-road through the stable. There was a Grindan, and on day 113 Luna came in as the 9th hero. There were 3 +SP, so I broke through to the rear flank with Grindan (the only road led there), and with Luna as a second front with 10 pegasi (5 from the castle and 5 from the dwelling) I was leveling her SP. On day 122 I took a level 2 Conflux. Labeta also came in during that time. I had the impression that it wasn't my opponent, but rather I who was playing Conflux. I poured 2 out of 3 angels while forging the sword +6 from the obelisk and the sword. The calculator showed a maximum of 45, and I had either 44 or 45 minotaurs. Well, there were still the hives and 2 treasuries that were fairly accessible from the Conflux town, where I farmed 24 ducks and saw that my opponent was planning to dig for the Grail. I decided that based on the replays there seemed to be no Utopias (even though I had Grindan with Resurrection), so I rushed to attack my opponent. On day 127 I broke through the Dragon Utopia with a ton of Scorpicores, sped up the disco, and stood on the well within daytime reach of the castle. My opponent tried to outplay me but lost a hero with +2/+2 SP for a single pegasus (there was still one left) and surrendered.

The reveal showed that I had chosen a super lucky moment to attack — my opponent's army was far away and couldn't be brought back in time. Otherwise, everything could have turned out differently, and it would have been a roughly even final.

Thanks for the game!