MrLucefer,

1. I decided to try "turn management" and "buying/selling heroes":). What do you advise me to do during the learning phase? What should I pay attention to?

To learn how to play quickly, you need to:
1. Create a clear action plan "who-where-why," similar to how chess players think through their moves many steps ahead. So, create a plan, follow it, and make adjustments if the computer starts acting outside the plan.
2. During the game, don't pay attention to resources, chests, artifacts, towns, or dwellings if it's not part of the plan.
3. Avoid an excess of troops, resources, or heroes; try to manage with the necessary and sufficient minimum to achieve victory.
4. Play the map at least twice because, during the first playthrough, you often get ideas on how to shorten the game time.

I was just going to ask why the 1 Angel from the Dwelling was never used. And was there any point in taking the Dwelling, other than leveling up Shakti? Or could you have skipped taking that Dwelling altogether?

Initially, I planned to use this angel to break through the guards, but I didn't have enough gold for it in the first 4 days, and by the 5th day, it was no longer needed, so, in principle, there was no point in taking the Dwelling, and if I were to play a second time, I might not take it.

I checked. It didn't work for me. How many attempts are needed?
The result doesn't surprise or raise any doubts for me; on the contrary, it can be even faster. But what about the starting hero...

I tried again, and on the fourth attempt, Vedomina turned out to be the starting hero, even though I started with a Castle. I'll learn how to record videos and post how I do it. And the fact that it can be done faster is something I say myself :) because this was a rough draft of the playthrough. Now I can see how to cut it down by 2-3 days.