We each picked 2 restarts, every time the game gave us Underground, and the last time was also Underground, but there was an external dwelling of Vampires, Liches, and 3 roads, so I decided to play. The passage to the secondary zone was in the Underground past 20+ Gargoyles and an elevator past Arch Devils. A bit later I got close to the Gargoyles and saw that behind them there were 20+ Trolls right away for a box... I got upset. And there was no Sulfur anywhere at all. I gathered everything available on respawn, hired the Vampires, didn't buy out completely, and attacked the Arch Devils, praying that the guard above would be breakable. There were Arch Demons - I got lucky. I painted the Swamp, ran around there a bit, found Sulfur, and managed to place Cavalry in the citadel.
On the second day, I captured the external dwelling of Liches using Efreetis, and there was also a box with 5k exp there. I clear the dungeon, captured the Sword 2/2. Upgrade for Cavalry and Liches, the box gave 20 Harpies. I go to the elevator to find the opponent. There Ivor was with 2 Angels, I killed one, he removed some of my troops and surrendered. With a Lich I took the Pendant of +1 Speed and a Naga Bank (3), then pulled back. Ivor chased me with 60+ Grand Elves and other meat. I sat down in the dungeon and accepted the battle: the Grand Elves didn't hit very hard, even with Ivor, and I managed to win.

Thanks for the game!