[TOURNAMENT-HotA] Second Snow // 2nd Snow

Repelled all the rests and off we went, a janky respawn with a fast exit through efreets with GS, near the main there was a fat Pandora's Box with pits, which I cleared on 113. Instead of experience, they put 35 stone statues, which came in handy, but experience/magic would have been better. On 117, I took a triple Griffon Conservatory. On 121, I grabbed a double with chains, stocked up a bit on artifacts at the trader, and Solmyr went without checking GO to break through on 121 with Mass Haste and 6 spell power. Naturally, the line got torn in 3 places, -3 angels and a ton of meat, only gremlins remained untouched. But that was just the beginning. The center turned out to be completely overblocked to the brim. Behind boots of resistance + a zephyr were Greater Basilisks, which slapped just as hard. Next, 50+ monarchs and 50+ scorpions, and everything had to be fought! I had to split up and regenerate mana before the monarchs. Luckily, I managed to seize a couple of hives on 12 Vivi, and inside the box they gave 4 Chaos Hydras behind the monarchs. I ate a couple more hives, and the scorpions fell for a Pandora's Box with all fire resistance and a level 20 hero who then sat in the central town. Along the way, I picked up a captured workshop on 1! So the lizard didn't take the central town (400 moves from the workshop), turned back. As it turned out, there was a similar situation with neutrals there, but instead of meat, they gave full control. However, Kostya messed up a bit, losing a couple of turn moves, and seeing that I had occupied the central town, he surrenders. Post-mortem showed he could have still put up a fight, but alas... thanks for the game.