SEM_56 (blue, Stronghold, Terek, Terek) def Hermit (red, Inferno, Marius, Marius) 2sm4d(3) 321!!!
The start was good, a lot of gold allowed me to place bears in the Castle on turn 117...
After that, everything went according to plan, although I only took the secondary Castle on turn 134. There was only one road, and it led to the Guardian. I went around. I found 3 Condors and +6 Angels. In the treasure, I took 3 Hydras on turn 217. I took 6 Hives, but they were all minor. On turn 225, a hero appeared with 30 Efreet Sultans, and I killed him, losing 7 Thunderbirds. On turn 321, a powerful hero appeared, and I killed him with shackles and all possible magic without any losses (he had troops from level 1 to 4, more than 100), and my opponent surrendered. Thank you for the game...

I confirm. Only Marius also had Hellhounds, as far as I remember.
I started playing underground. The initial underground was very rich. It's always like that underground. There were even kennels! But then I broke through to the surface through a monolith, and into that part of the map where there wasn't even a trace of the opponent. I found a city - a Castle - and captured it. It became more fun to play. Underground, I found another one - my native Inferno. Marius and Xeron were leveling up and collecting artifacts, I hired a hero who gives sulfur, scouted a Tower not far from another exit. I also found a Necropolis, but I couldn't figure out how to get to it. I looked at the opponent's tavern and saw that he had fewer cities.
I started to think I was cool. But then, looking at Terek in the tavern, I saw that all his skills were already over 10, they were [11; 12]. Unlike Sephe in the previous game, he was leveling up evenly. Am I going to have to confirm another report?!!! But Xeron was not losing to Terek fatally, so I decided to continue fighting... After two turns, I looked in the tavern, and Terek's attack was already 25... I broke down mentally... I panicked... I decided to do something. I gathered 30 Efreet for Xeron and ran along the bright white stripe to the Tower. It was very scary, and not without reason. When there was very little left to the Tower, Terek jumped out from the side and attacked... I couldn't run away.
Then he went up with his entire army to Utopia. And Marius went with the rest of the army, except for the Devils, to capture the Tower. But near the city, the same thing happened again: he had a city portal, Berserker, and Restoration. The parameters in total probably amounted to more than 70...
In general, there was a chance to win. I just had to not panic, calmly level up the heroes, gather an army from two Infernos, and wait for him to come.
I had a Castle and two Infernos, and my opponent had a Stronghold, in which, as I saw after the game, Cyclops and a Tower were not built, in which almost nothing was built, except for the Guild of Mages. So, in terms of troops, I would have surpassed him. Of course, there was a Berserker, but still, the chance to win was high...
Thank you for the game.