The first stage of the annual John Van Caneghem Memorial Tournament.

So, did anyone join?

No – I’m not talking about the entire map, but rather within a one- or two-day journey from the castle... no one joined, not even the Genies.
Everything that is beyond a two-day reach is irrelevant!

In general, I remembered from past experience that you can get Genies on this map...
So, I decided to use them to fight the dragons – no problem (stolen boots helped).
On the 3rd day, I reached the southwestern part of the map and bought Genies... the chain is ready, and I placed 3 heroes to attack the dragons (I gave one of them red boots and 3 other artifacts – I didn’t see the medal either). In general, it’s the same as completing it in 2 days, only now on the 4th day I transfer the Genies and kill the dragons, 3 castles, 6 heroes.
Result: 4 days, 17 parameters, and 14 mercury.