I had to take a painful 112 restart due to a throw (I went into Conservatory 2 and couldn't handle it), and before that 111 as well – it would have been unpleasant to get completely screwed because of that, but in the end I got lucky. At respawn, an external dwelling of Minotaurs, a level-2 Conservatory, though very few Troglodytes and the roads are really crooked.
The first week I struggled with a lack of money, built/portal-summoned Minotaurs, buffed secondary heroes, managed to pick up a chest for 5k, another level-1 Conservatory, a couple of Dwarves. I haven't seen such a bad Shakti in a long time – first it shoves Leadership, then Artillery, then Earth Magic, Intelligence, and Fire Magic. Well, at least there's Malsomething, and thanks for that.
On day 123, I break 27 Royal Nagas in the center, in the center I pick up a +2+2 sword, find a passage to a super treasure zone and a Conservatory in the sands.
On his turn, Mullich bursts into the center, but after breaking through, he basically stops at the entrance. The army there is 5 Birds, a couple of Angels, about 40 Air Elementals and small stuff; my stats are slightly higher, by no more than 1-2. In terms of army: 3 Angels, 24 Royal Nagas and small stuff. In theory, the Minotaurs should have crushed everything, but I got scared of Mullich with his +2 speed, and who knows what magic he has, so I decide to blow it off and head into the treasure zone.
Mullich didn't chase after me; he decided to take all my towns, as usually happens on Balanced – quite foolishly. After 5 days, he brought 70 Dwarves, – and I even managed to catch Mullich with all my power before the start of the new week, followed by his surrender.
Thanks for the game!