Favorites, to battle! - 8 - The Battle of Favorites! - 8

I chose all the rests, my opponent had one more but he didn't follow. We played Jebus Cross on middle roads.
Start was weak, but thanks to Melody's 5th level from the prison, I got 50+ centaurs. One road was blocked by a group of 50+ flies for an external dwelling of horns and a bunch of junk.
Soon, the second road was also discovered to be blocked by death knights for +4+4 armor. I ran around, finding an external dwelling of elves along the way.
On day three, I scouted the Pandora's Box. This gave some hopes for a positive outcome of the game. 2 external dwellings of horses, 1 Griffin Conservatory, 1 University - if the Guarded Object isn't too nasty, it will be breakable thanks to stats.
On day 4, I reached the road; on day 5, I revealed a view spot on it and saw that there was nothing further. Guarded Object - a group of nagas, right behind them - a swamp town, a bit further - a tome of earth behind death knights. Normal. I split my army, run to hit the external dwellings. Breaking through the flies, I discovered a second University behind them. Built horses in the castle, thanks to the external market I had money to buy everything. Didn't reach the refugee camps.
On day 121, I took the first University, and it was a max! I was happy, beat the Pandora's Box. On day 122, I replenished mana, split my army, and ran to the Guarded Object. The army took the Griffin Conservatory, which turned out to be level 3, which also made me happy. The second University on day 123 gave another 8 Wisps. The army is decent, stats are there, but Kirr is level 8 with expert Pathfinding.
I barely broke through the Guarded Object and the tome of earth on day 124, receiving Estates and Tactics. In the center are Dragon Utopias, but it's not very clear how to take them without losing everything.
On day 125, I made a very tough decision. Ran to the town. Built a tavern, I see my opponent's Guarded Object, breached, nearby Galtran, heading somewhere off-road. Troops about like mine (if, of course, 20+ Wisps aren't 40+), stats about like mine. Perhaps I should have skipped a day in the castle, then built a Mage Guild there, so that at the end of the day after dumping mana in the Dragon Utopia, I could calmly spend the night here, replenishing magic. But the Dragon Utopia was also very dangerously placed, right by the road. Anyway, I jumped into the Dragon Utopia. It turned out to be level 3, I gave up the remaining centaurs, 1 Roc, and 1 Wisp, dumped all my mana. Gave a second tome of earth, a tome of fire, and Boots of Resistance. The situation was extremely dangerous, but luckily, Galtran, also left without mana, ran back to his respawn to take Dragon Utopias.
On day 126, I just took a Pandora's Box for experience, spent the night in a dungeon. On day 127, I doubled my mana, thought I was immensely cool and jumped into another Dragon Utopia. It was a max. Devoured almost all the unicorns, but gave fabulously: +5 all, +4 all, +3 all, and a tome of air. With stats of 20-30 and control, you feel quite good. I leveled up Air Magic, finally got Armor in the second-to-last slot.
On day 131, I upgrade Wisps, bring up troops, fly around the wasteland, but only find 1 Hive for 8. On day 132, I fly completely into the wasteland, another University for 6 (already without upgrade), Pandora for experience (Expert Armor), I stop at a Dragon Utopia. If I had Scouting, I could have ambushed and killed Galtran at the start.
However, he took nothing valuable from the respawn, and by day 133, from the view, it was absolutely clear where to look for the main Necromancer. Dimension Door, Visions - stats low, mana for 1 cast. Many troops, but thanks to stats and fast units on home ground, I should have easily won the Fireball even under Curse Shots. I attack - no Curse Shots, no Cloak, the battle is won without difficulty.
Thank you for the game!