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This was an amazing game!!!
A couple of times during the game, I thought all was lost.

We started the game on the first day of the second round, and we saved the game 4 times.

Briefly about the game:
In the second week, I took the Dock from the AI and made this city my main one. In the third week, I took the Dock town. On the starting territory and in the surrounding areas, there were many Workshops (Giants) and Outposts (Cyclops), and I scouted a total of 1 Utopia in the first month. In the third week, I killed another AI (Inferno). On the starting territories, there were 2 bird nests and one Pirate and Nix town each. I built all 3 cities.

Towards the end of the first month of the game, or at the beginning of the second month, the opponent had stats that were an order of magnitude higher, and it was clear from his finances that he had taken more than one Utopia. I took my "level 3" hero and received the Book of Fire Magic and the Titan Armor. Near the Utopia, I took the Sphere of Fire. The damage from Armageddon was 1850. I see that the opponent is attacking me with 5-9 Angels, Vivs, and Cyclops (I might be slightly mistaken), so I bought everything I could and, most importantly, took a stack of Nix with a total HP greater than the damage of Armageddon.
Cassia attacked, Implosion removed about 60 Sea Wolves (the entire stack) from me, and I used my turn to cast Armageddon (there were no other options), and in the end, only one Nix survived. I received the Sword of Justice and the Lion Shield, and many other things, but most importantly, I received a scroll of Death Ripple. My stats after this were approximately 25-20-25-25.

The opponent did not give up and said that we would continue playing. I relaxed a little, took some AI towns, took the opponent's starting Dock (without a fight), and gave the Titan Armor to Solmyr. The armies and artifacts were enough for 4 heroes who could defeat the AI and gradually put pressure on the opponent.
Approximately on day 222, I brought three of my strongest heroes to the city where Desser (the opponent's next main hero) was located. I was very concerned that his income was higher than mine, and I assumed that he had a Grail in this city (Stronghold).
The stats in the guild showed Desser with 30-12-12-12.

I decided to attack with Solmyr to thin out the opponent's army with Chain Lightning.
To my dismay, he had a Grail, and Desser's attack was 50 :eek:, and he also had a Cloak of Invisibility. Desser's army consisted of 10 bears, a lot of ogres and wolves, 25 Cyclops Kings, I don't remember how many birds, but there were enough.
I removed two bears with Ice Bolt, he slowed me down, I realized that something was wrong and ran away.
But it turns out that I did not correctly understand the concept of Hit-and-Run, and we reloaded the battle, and as a result, Solmyr died.

Jeremy panicked, I felt that I could not defeat him in the city, and I could not continue (I was just tired of this game).
After a week's break, we continued, Jeremy gave the Book of Fire and the Sphere to another hero, who ran to the Inferno for Efreet. Jeremy himself hid behind a hill and, literally in the next turn, with the help of Death Ripple, captured the opponent's castle.
Desser, with his entire army, fled in an unknown direction.
I ran to take the Conflux from the AI.
And approximately on day 2-4-2, I noticed that Desser was hanging around in Treasure and that only a couple of Death Ripples separated me from him. I bought 3 Phoenixes, 12 Aspid, 100 Acid and Sea Wolves each, 5 Angels, 9 Giants, and 30 Enchantresses.
I attacked the opponent, according to him, unexpectedly; I have tactics, and he doesn't. He cast Haste on the first turn, Angels remove the threat from 10 bears, then Aspids and Acids eliminate the bears. As a result, the opponent buys himself out with 16 Thunderbirds and 82 Ogres, my losses are 5 Angels, 3 Aspids, 2 Phoenixes, and 50 Sea Wolves.
But the opponent still did not give up and decided to play to the end.

With the help of amulets and skillful play, he killed a couple of weaklings with mini-armies and captured 3 of my cities, and also took one AI town.
I, with Efreet and Armageddon, killed the last AI and brought Jeremy to a strategically important position, where the enemy's chains were built and constantly threatened my peripheral cities.
The opponent dug up Cassia in the tavern and somehow lost Desser.
I realized that he could not find control and, in the end, on day 3-1-7, I attacked with my main hero on Cassia in the Stronghold (without a Grail).
My army:
13 Aspids, 130 Acids, 50 Wolves, 9 Giants, 40 Nix, 1 Phoenix, 40 Enchantresses.
The opponent had:
82 Ogres, several Thunderbirds, and a stack of Goblins.
My stats: 27-23-25-25 (plus or minus)
Cassia's stats: 41-17-25-15 (plus or minus)

The forces are not equal, the opponent is defeated.
During the entire game, I took only 2 or 3 artifacts (there were only 6 Angels in total) and 1 Utopia.
Everything was decided by that Armageddon and the Death Ripple obtained with its help.
The opponent played better, but the lack of Teleportation, Death Ripple, or Flight did not allow him to fully apply his skills.