"only XL-2"

I got a normal layout with +1 speed, a beehive, an external dwelling of pegasuses, and 13 elves from the start. As it turned out later, my opponent had a chocolate start.
I quickly took out a swamp enemy. Mephala got Earth magic and I switched her to it.
On the first week I built Hydras in the fort, and at home pegasuses from the external dwelling.
On the second week I took a small utopia and went for cons. 2+2 Angels, Mephala with Expert Earth. I got a chest with 10 experience, and they also threw in Water magic.
I built a Mage Guild in the ramp. Ressurect, Meteor Shower, and Implosion, but only 2 spell points and 40 mana.
Home utopia for 8 and with a buyout, on day 134, I break a small Dragon Utopia. A level 5 hat (it happens). Next, I go to the home Dragon Utopia, it's a tier 2 KZ and armor :smile11:. It's been a long time since I got full control from two small utopias :smile44:
Next, I go for the third Dragon Utopia, again a small one with a Captain's Hat :D . But a dolphin was revealed for me and a neighboring respawn with my main drowned!!! :D
After that, there was simply no choice and I had to use the Admiral's Hat feature, since there were also Pearls.
On day 142, I took the dolphin with cheap losses, dragged it home in a chain, and Mephala started gaining movement points. I decided to stop at 313k :D
and I still had 45 minutes of turn time left :smile43:
I cast Fly and started methodically devouring the map, though I didn't finish completely because I was spotted and my opponent also had to leave :o
After a short negotiation, the opponent surrenders.
Thanks for the game.