I couldn't find anything to hold onto. The only good things were the boots and, as I later realized, knowledge of where the Grail was.
At the start of month 2, I began spending resources and time on digging up the Grail, while simultaneously getting completely wrecked by the orange Conflux.
On day 1 month 3 week 1, my entire army consisted of a few Wyverns and 8 Gorgons. But by then, I had already finished off the computer and finally found a Dragon Fly Hive in zone 4.
This allowed me, with stats around 8 8 and no mass magic, to take the first Dragon Utopia on day 1 month 3 week 4, at the cost of losing 18 Gorgons and 4 Wyverns.
Since the Dragon Utopia contained Wings, I managed to roughly catch up to my opponent in army strength and began expanding into his lands.
There were maximum rebuilds there, which delayed the upgrade of 16 Hydras and 40 Wyverns, and of course slowed down development.
2-1. Thanks for the games!
