Awakening of Evil

Maybe I'm missing something, but could you share replays of completing the first mission?

I'm especially interested in how to defeat 114 Daughters of the Sky and Earth with an army of 70 Imps, 18 Beasts, 24 Minotaurs, 8 Minotaur Overseers, and 1 Mistress.

Or with the same army, defeat 555 Plague Zombies + Rotting Zombies.

And on the way to them, there are 16 Harbingers, 47 Greater and Lesser Vampires, a couple of squads of 15 and 18 Liches/Archliches/Greater Liches, etc.

At the same time, the army must maintain its combat effectiveness to defeat one and a half hundred Cerberi + who knows what else on the surface.

Ideally, I'd like to see replays of defeating a dozen Necropolis Dragons guarding the hut, and also defeating Demonesses + Temptresses for +1 to Knowledge.

What are these units for?

Secondly, it's clear from the start that Chaos and Summoning won't be effective. So, either Darkness or Set. Choosing between them, Darkness is obviously the better choice. The question is: why does a Darkness hero need such a fast growth rate for magic power? Slowing down later for 30 turns to cast on a legion of mobs with zero attack and kick them for 30 minutes?

How much does the building for buying Beasts cost? Is it really 10k?

For large groups, a Demon, Elf, or Knight is more suitable due to their damage, and a Necromancer due to the large number of units, but not a mage hero.

For large groups, a Demon, Elf, or Knight is more suitable due to their damage, and a Necromancer due to the large number of units, but not a mage hero.