The starting zone was quite disappointing, just a couple of chests and an external dwelling of birds, that's it, a bunch of one-way portals, a block from a tray of Grand Elves (which blocked the marketplace and teleport), the only road to the swamp, there were though two native towns, which helped a lot, without those, even the external dwelling of birds would hardly have been taken. In the treasure zone, I spotted two Dragon Utopias and a Genie.
Sacrificing the birds, but bravely breaking through to new zones and earning gold back, after upgrading the birds, I broke the Grand Elves at 117, exchanged for Bears in the Citadel.
Kreg leveled up perfectly, and even Learning didn't ruin the Pope's development path; Earth, Logistics, Armorer, Tactics - that's all that was needed.
By 124, I had already collected 4 Dragon Fly Hives and a Genie, and destroyed two Dragon Utopias (both were level 2), they gave the winning Cap's Hat, a bag of money, +10sp, +3all, not great, but oh well, at least a ton of money. Using scouting of the terrain, I saw where the opponent was located, but there were no direct roads to him, so by hopping one-way portals, I found the right direction (killing two computers along the way), upgraded 33 Monks, in the computer's castle, and caught a not-so-formidable army on a one-way portal, that's GG.

Thanks for the game!