Next, there's the quest on the Isles of Freedom. As I understand it, do I need to get there through the swamp in the Marshes?
I've also started the quest for the Mad Paladin, but I've only consecrated 5 crosses. I can't find the last crypt. Is it located somewhere else? I've been to the crypt to the left of the area with the red, flashing, round thing (where there are 2 crosses), then to the right, then to the one in the lower area, and to the one near the cemetery, but I can't find the last one. I also went to the crypt near Eminem's Castle, but it has artifacts for a different quest; there was no cross there. Maybe I'm not looking in the right place?
Look harder; you're looking in the right place. ;)
Also, explain how often the army is updated in the recruitment halls. I've hired all the units; will they appear again?
In "non-quest" recruitment halls, units never increase in number!
In "quest" recruitment halls, they increase when you complete the quest.
Regarding the money, that's the most difficult part of this game for me personally. I've already looted the entire sea. I also came up with another trick: I leave a valuable army in the Castle and run to the crypts, where I use "sleight of hand" to quickly reach the vase with money. There's about 1000 lying there, and then, if I'm quick enough, I run back; if not, let them kill me – the entire army is still in the Castle. Then, I get new units for free, send them back to the Castle, and go to a new crypt. I raised about 5,000 this way, and once, I even managed to reach a cross before the guards caught me; there was a real treasure there!!!!
My advice: play without losses, or at least with minimal losses.
At the end of the game, I had 4.5 million in cash. :)
Sincerely, VDV_forever