All were resurrected, then Alexei generously gave me a rest on the block (though I was planning to hit him — 10-19 pit lords for the tower are quite breakable if there are no morale rolls). However, with the condition that we start with the same castles and the same heroes. A fairly decent respawn appeared; I scouted 6 hives and a Griffin Conservatory in a few days. A lot of gold came in, along with external markets in various places. The 115 scout ran deep into the center past the shifted ГО, and I began to control the opponent's exit. The best part — Neela and Crag Hack got Pathfinding at level 2 — just as ordered. Thanks to that, everything came together well. I built giants in the fort with an external dwelling. At level 9, Neela got Diplomacy and became a mama. 123 — a crucial join of 7 giants, and I leveled Diplomacy right in front of them in a hive. 124 — Crag Hack takes a good double Dragon Utopia with a chalice, a bag of gold, Cape of Speed, and gloves. Opened the Cartographer right away. The opponent came out into the center, but in terms of army and stats, he was an order of magnitude worse than me. The presence of Cyra, who apparently hadn't been revealed before, was no longer frightening. 12 titans under the defense specialty — a fearsome force. Pyre ran into the center, leveling up along the way and getting Archery and Diplomacy. Seeing the army and stats, Alexei turned back home. There was a bugged passage to the barbarian's adjacent zone where a Dragon Utopia was, which didn't give control to the opponent but very nicely killed his archers :). 127 — Cyra locked herself in the capital of Castle, expecting my attack. Lacking anti-magic artifacts, I decided not to tempt fate (who knows, a cloud of mana, summons, etc.) and turned back to the center. Surrender follows. Thanks for the game.

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p.s. If Lekha has Cyra in the 3rd game as well, I suggest banning him :D.