Right before leaving the castle — a crowd of dwarves (guarding a mill), fortunately the starting hero was given 4 elves... But the secondary native hero has 3 dwarves, and the non-native one has 15 zombies :) Cool. But the roads are good... I decide to see what happens.
1.1 I hit the dwarves and some others, small fry. Capture a mine with 3 piles of wood. Quick upgrade of the elves will happen :) I see a beehive.
1.2-1.3 I get Solmyr, use him to take out a crowd of orcs, and to my surprise I see a stable. I boost all my heroes, the main one with 11 Grand Elves. I get Earth magic.
1.4 I clear the guard on the passage — zombies. The road splits, but the shifted guard is a group of Ogre Magi... Even with 11 elves, it will be tough, and there are also Lizardmen standing on the passage. Trees in the castle. I see a good artifact for +4\4 attack, guarded by a hundred Nomads.
1.5 I see guards... a choice — either a crowd of Swordsmen, or a crowd of Hell Hounds, or a horde of Archers... I'm afraid to attack, because my entire army is elves. That's it. I stand next to them to fight next week. Pegasi.
A conservatory is visible.
1.6 — A scout discovered an external elven dwelling and — oh wonder, a Dragon Cliff. True, guarded by a few Naga Queens. But still! Considerable prospects.
1.7 — 1-5 in the Stronghold. No money.
2.1 — I clear the guard and 100 dwarves, though they got morale and killed 4 Grand Elves.
2.2 — On the road I head toward the secondary hero... even on such roads and with Kyre — it's miles away...
Towards the end — Expert Logistics, Expert Archery, Expert Earth Magic. True, without the spell book, but already on the first turn a secondary Conflux hero.
But then news of surrender arrives — the opponent folded against a horde of pokemons (which I later, though not on the first try, smacked with the loss of 1 Goblin. Neither side had morale).
Thank you to my opponent for the game.