121 trade from 2 markets. Re-split through the vortex, again a ton of mana. Bought what I could and went to shake the hives, spotted 3 of them. Gathered 18 wyverns, upgraded pits along the way, but there was nothing left to cut, and no money anyway. With this lot — 18 ducks, 20 magogs, and 14 demons with ones and mass course — I entered console 3 as Inteus, deciding to save Marky some moves. Left 4 ducks and 3 demons there. Both centers are flux-based; I took them without a fight because Dark's road to the centers was blocked by treasure zone guards — 20+ monarchs. By the end of the week, adding wyverns up to 24 and a box of 30 fish, I went into the Dragon Utopia; luckily, there is plenty of mana, earth and air are leveled up, and even offense prod. is already there. Checking — it's max. I realize it's pain, but I really want it, so I take it on 127. I come out with 18 wyverns; 3 angels and everything else died. But they gave me the cap for all of 5th and a teapot.
131 The opponent is planning to hit monarchs with a miner. I buy up everything I can, re-split for double mana with the teapot and exp intelligence, and cover the miner in 2 DDs. Without the teapot, stats are roughly equal and Marky's SP is only 4th, though there is an earth orb, so impl is still decent — at 900. The army there is clearly better, and sensing something wrong by the amount of mana and DDs, Dark bursts in with mass haste. I use oil, then impl. In the same way, I cut everything except 23 demons; the opponent pays to retreat.
I immediately dive into Dark's treasure zone, shake hives, and rebuild my army. In the confluence of the orange computer in gm4 they gave TP. Well, basically, I ran around for another week and a half gathering an army and eating utopias. Judging by the views, the opponent stayed in his own corner. As soon as he made a move — I covered him via 2 DDs. ГГ, thanks for the game! A frustrating block, of course.
