Ranger - "Higher Vampire" [5th Campaign, 5th Mission]

At the end of the 4th month, I finally managed to give the dwarven armor to the Seer, received 5 Phoenixes, and went to defeat Nicholas. I exited the portal on "his" side and saw a castle nearby. Vlad was lurking around with a sizable army, but he didn't engage in battle. So, I quickly captured the city (there were as many as 2 Undead there, haha), and then Nicholas ran past. I thought he would enter the city, but he started heading towards the portal to attack my cities. Overall, the danger was moderate; he had 586 Ghosts, 80 Death Knights, 272 Zombies, 30 Archliches, and some Archers (they were eliminated before the battle even started). As a result, I used 4 Phoenixes and about 15 Dragons. Voila! Oh, yes, I also bought some kind of staff in a cart that reduces the initiative of enemy units by 20%, and it really helped.