I confirm that everything happened as described. The handwriting wasn't the best, although the Dark faction didn't bother me. But when Sinithar arrived, and with no better options available, I realized things were going downhill. After the first five upgrades, I was certain it was over. I only got the education skill at level 14, while I was running away from Shaka. My stats were terrible: attack 3, defense 2, magic 15 (5 from artifacts), knowledge 8. In battle, I deployed 6 stacks of Hunters and managed to attack three times. In principle, it was a good time to retreat to the castle, as I had killed about a thousand and a half of their units. But I decided to go all-in with three stacks of Hunters, and all three were revealed. I don't regret this ending; I was asking for it. The game clearly turned against me. Well, that's how it sometimes goes, and thank you, Vasya, for the game!