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

I completed the mission in three stages (that is, three days, spending about 2 hours each day in front of the computer). First stage: I found a walkthrough online like this one (the first one). It provides a very detailed plan for the first week of actions. I followed that plan for the entire week. I only didn't build the Druids on the day specified in the walkthrough, and I already had green dragons by the end of the first week. Oh, yes, I had some problems with the garrison; in the end, only a few archers remained after the third attempt; before that, they all died. I did it like this: I divided 58 archers into two squads, one smaller and one larger. I lined them up in a corner next to my hero, and then surrounded them with smaller units so that they wouldn't be attacked. I defeated all the smaller units. The first stage was completed, and I was thriving. :cool: Second stage: I also followed the walkthrough. I started clearing the Dungeon, conquering only the lower Castle. There were no problems. I had about 100 archers and some Druids, I don't remember how many. That's basically it. Third stage: It turned out that there was one hero and one Castle (in the center) left in the Dungeon. I conquered them without collecting mines (I had plenty of resources). Then I headed to the Castle of Death that I had built, where I learned the Astral Gate spell. With this spell, I bypassed all the garrisons and collected all the artifacts (I didn't want to mess around with dragons). I exchanged the artifacts for 5 (!) dead Phoenixes. I thought they would give me about 20... I quickly gathered an army from my two Castles (40 Emerald Dragons, 111 Ancient Ents, 130 War Unicorns, 95 Druids, about 300 Archers, 522 Imps, and about 200 Dancers). I left the Dancers in the Castle; in their place in the slot were Phoenixes, and I headed to the left side of the map. There, I conquered the Castle closest to the portal, and then went in the other direction, and there was Kolya running with 79 Death Messengers, 161 Air Elementals, 422 Ghosts, 70 Archliches, some Skeletons (I defeated them at the beginning of the battle), and about 600 Zombies. I defeated them without any problems. My skills were (in addition to the starting ones): Logistics, Luck, Education, and in this mission, after the first garrison, I also learned the basics of Chaos Magic. I think that's all. Attack 20, Defense 30, Magic around 20, and I had 360 mana. Cutscene.