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There was still some rest left apparently, but it kept producing something incoherent, while here at least there were doubles, although I didn't see anything interesting on the first day, but I had to play. Then a bugged passage through the mine to the purple swamp was found, where the computer immediately built and bought a Wyvern, and on the second day Nilai attacked a hero with Wyverns, and the Wyverns, of course, chickened out in the first round. I was only lucky they didn't hit the Gremlins.
Barely managed to get Nagas in the Fort and Wyverns in the Citadel by the first week.

On day 121, I build a Smithy, demolish a Dwarf Cottage, just to afford buying out. Then I take over the native computer's territory. There isn't a single external dwelling in my native area, nor in the computer's. Next came difficult chains, sweaty fights with a hundred Earth Elementals using a scout hero, etc. By the end of the week, timer down to zero, but 21 Wyverns.

On the third week, I gathered 7 Angels. Since the first was taken by a zero-mage hero, several Wyverns were lost there, leaving only 14 by the end of the week. The computer finally built Nagas. No Dragon Utopia in sight. Nila ate the boxes for all of the second, third, and fourth levels of magic, but from the schools, she only has Air and Earth, which she won't get until the end of the game.

On the fourth, I take the pink Citadel, find a passage to the opponent, but I have almost no artifacts and consequently no stats, so I'm in no hurry to meet, and besides, the opponent flaunts control, which I don't have. In the middle of the second week, far away in a dead-end treasure zone, I find a Dragon Utopia, go to it on day 147, take it; it gives useless КЗ and КО, as well as a Teapot. Nila taught Ignat to cast Portal with Expert Earth, it became a bit easier.

What to do next is unclear. From the sandy zone, where there's a road to purple, there remains one unbroken road (only after uncovering it became clear that it was a corner treasure zone of purple and pink), I go there. They might ambush me, but there's nothing else to do. There I collected a few maximum Hives. Meanwhile, Isra ran into my domain, I return Nila to the second Tower, where there's a Level 5 Mage Guild with a Library. No Air control, but there is Town Portal (unnecessary for me, but necessary for the opponent). Isra doesn't attack, moves on. I return to defend the first Tower, where the Mage Guild isn't built yet; Isra takes the Tower with Town Portal... And the first one only gave Fly, but didn't give Dimension Door.

After that, the only plan was for Isra to attack and I could fight back successfully, but Isra never attacked. At the end of the game, I twisted and turned and grabbed another Dragon Utopia, and there was a Teapot, Sword of Justice, and Captain's Hat (if it had given the Red Ball and Book of Air/Loophole, I could have fought on even). I could have assembled AotD, but without the Red Ball it was pointless.

After uncovering, it turned out that the red player had Griffin Conservatories very neatly placed along the roads; the first two Dragon Utopias gave a Loophole and Wings; and Isra's leveling is just beyond comment, especially compared to my Nila with Ballistics and Eagle Eye.

Thanks for the game.