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Finally, I made progress. I came up with such a trick that I was even surprised myself. In short, I go to the ghost, receive a quest, go to kill the assassins, come back to the ghost, and the game shows an infinite hourglass, while at the same time, the troops in the castles and with the hero can be viewed, but everything else is loading. I tried to send the assassins to the demoness, but alas, the same thing happens. After restarting the game six times, I gave up on the ghost, broke through the gates, and went to the Castle (successfully defeated it, filled it with corpses). Unfortunately, I didn't get to use the portals, which is a pity, I was counting on getting the "Supreme Artifact" from the Dryads. Has anyone else experienced this?
By the way, in this last mission, Arantir developed to the level of Ornella, although I was leveling her up in all the previous missions.
It just kicked me out of the game when capturing a city; therefore, I had to finish the scenario, being forced to tolerate the presence of an opponent that I could have crushed long ago.
In your case, it really turned out badly; you, as I understand, were going for the ULTIMATE ABILITY (if I correctly deciphered the abbreviation "Supreme Artifact") and you didn't get it... but Arantir won't be in the following Campaigns, so in my opinion, it's not a big loss...
А в таверне тихо плачет скрипка,
Нервы успокаивая мне...
И твоя раскосая улыбка
В бархатном купается вине...
Нервы успокаивая мне...
И твоя раскосая улыбка
В бархатном купается вине...