"only XL-3"

I don't remember how much I paid for the red Rampart, but I placed Ivora there just for fun. At the end of the third week, I found a teleportation scroll and immediately built his dwellings, built air control in the Utopia, and started upgrading Dessa. In the fourth week, I started taking cities from the AI and my opponent. The advantage was on my side: the armies were equal, but my hero's stats and combat skills were much better than the opponent's, and I had full control of the map. Further, in my desire to capture as many cities as possible, I used several heroes to transfer armies, and I put a not-fully-upgraded Dessa in a vulnerable position under the opponent's Castle. In my haste, I didn't leave enough mana for teleportation. And here it happened: Dessa lacked mana, she didn't have a red orb or a cloak (and this was after 4 Utopias, although she could have gotten a cloak on the next turn), and I also forgot to equip the antimagic scroll. Then, without even checking Dessa, who had much higher stats (compared to his +3 attack), the opponent attacked me with his main hero, without even scouting. In the battle, my +3 morale didn't help; the opponent won the battle with magic and shackles. He survived with 9 angels, finishing it off beautifully with Armageddon. Seeing such a clumsy opponent, and having an excellently upgraded hero Ivora and 3-4 other mages of level 10 and higher, who would soon have teleportation and other spells from the home guild, which I had already rebuilt 4 times, I, to the great surprise of the opponent, decided to continue. Next, I accumulated a new army while maintaining control of the map and avoiding encounters with the enemy. In terms of army, we eventually became equal, but I still hadn't gained enough stats; the 2 captured Utopias didn't give me much. On the 5th week, after the 8th game with the opponent and almost my 24-hour stream, I again put Dessa in a vulnerable position (she was fortunately found in a tavern on the second day after the first Fortress Battle). Dessa was no stranger to this:smile34:. Half of my troops were still with Ivora, and the opponent, using the Armageddon spell, destroyed all the troops, not just mine. He had only 1 angel left; the phoenixes died, including because of the black orb he was wearing, but this didn't bother him. Considering the larger number of Castles and the growth, and the fact that I had a Cloak of Disruption within reach, I naturally didn't give up: I had 12 unicorns in my dwellings and another +2 hidden units, and I still had 4-5 heroes with full control, while the opponent only had his main hero. It was now easier to win than after the first Fortress Battle. However, the opponent decided to make it easier for me and, on the next turn, attacked the Flax Castle without a hero and, for reasons I don't understand, used the Armageddon spell with the black orb equipped, destroying his main hero. Then there was a discussion about how I should, according to the rules of honor, give him an automatic win, and this was motivated by the following: I didn't know how the black orb worked; someone had told me once and gave me incorrect information (allegedly, it only removes immunity from the enemy, so why wasn't he confused by the loss of phoenixes in the battle with Dessa?); I misclicked and forgot to transfer troops (what does this have to do with it, and even if that's the case, why attack the Castle instead of immediately writing about it?); and finally, the classic - I'm a noob, you're a pro, so you should give me a break. I don't see the point in explaining why I didn't give him an automatic win; I just happily went to sleep)).
Thanks for the game.