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Battle. Labeta: 2 snipers + 1 gargoyle + 1 gargoyle + 1 gargoyle + 1 gargoyle destroy 53 snakes without losses using the spells Slow, Lightning, and Magic Arrow.

Labeta learns Literacy.

Battle. Aiden: 2 dragons + 1 griffin + 1 griffin + 1 griffin + 1 griffin + 1 griffin + 1 pikeman destroy 7 archangels, losing 4 griffins, 1 pikeman, and a tent.

Battle Description:
01) Archangels destroy 4 griffins and 1 pikeman.
02) Slow, dragons and griffin – forward.
03) Haste, dragons – 5th row, last cell, griffins – 3rd row, last cell.
04) Archangels destroy the tent.
05) Create a "defensive" wall with Power Field at (8, 13) – 2 cells to the right of the lake.
06) Griffins hide in cell (11, 7), dragons – in (11, 8).
07) An archangel attacks the dragon through the gap in the wall.
08) An archangel is blinded, and the defensive wall becomes solid.
09) 1st Archangel: wait with the dragon, then attack.
10) Power Field, the dragon returns.
11) 1st Archangel: arrow, wait with the dragon, then attack, the archangel is in heaven.
12) Power Field, the dragon returns.
13) 2nd Archangel: arrow, wait with the dragon, then attack, the archangel is in heaven.
14) Power Field, the dragon returns.
15) 3rd Archangel: lightning, the archangel is in heaven.
16) Power Field.
17) 4th Archangel: lightning, the archangel is in heaven.
18) Power Field.
19) Slow, etc.

Aiden recruits a nomad, takes 5000.
Labeta takes Armor, takes 2500.
Adjit takes 1200 and enters the portal.
Aiden enters the portal, gives artifacts and the army to Adjit, leaving a gnoll.
Adjit is dismissed.
Labeta enters the portal.
Labeta teaches Serena new spells thanks to Literacy.
Serena takes Armor from Labeta.
Adjit takes snipers and gargoyles from Labeta in exchange for a dragon.
Labeta exchanges the dragon for 3000 and is dismissed.
Serena destroys 45 harpies in the Pandora's Box with a lightning bolt and snipers (+10000).
Serena destroys a lone harpy guarding the portal entrance and enters the portal.
Serena, taking a rider from Fiur, frees Dessa from the Dungeon.
Adjit enters the portal, recruits 2 riders.
Fiur, taking all the artifacts and the necessary army, attacks the Conservatory.

Battle. Fiur (4-1-14-4) with an army
4 riders + 5 snipers + 4 swordsmen + 19 archers + 38 pikemen + 1 griffin.
against 80 griffins and 20 royal griffins.

01) Slow.
02) Snipers attack the royal griffins, riders wait.
03) Griffins fly away, swordsmen retreat.
04) Royal griffins fly in.
05) Archers attack the royal griffins.
06) Pikemen retreat.
07) Griffins fly in.
08) Riders attack the royal griffins.
09) Blindness on the 1st griffins.
10) Snipers retreat.
11) Riders attack the royal griffins.
12) A griffin flies to the snipers.
13) A swordsman attacks the royal griffins.
14) Royal griffins attack the griffin – without result.
15) Archers and pikemen retreat.
16) Blindness on the 2nd griffins.
17) Snipers wait.
18) Riders finish off the royal griffins.
19) Another blindness, and then Magic Arrow, shots from snipers and archers destroy the remaining griffins without losses.

Adjit takes 1 angel, opens the Quest Guardian and is dismissed.
Serena takes 2 riders, opens the Quest Guardian and is dismissed.
Fiur takes the Blade and Necklace.
Fiur and Dessa exchange the entire army for gold, leaving themselves with 1 pikeman each.

TOTAL gold: 34041.

Yaroogle

1) The number in parentheses at the end indicates the number of units in the army at the end of the turn.
2) Description of the difficult battles at the end (losses occurred once in a battle with archangels, resulting in 4 griffins and 1 pikeman lost).

Aiden: archangels. recruits a nomad. gold. teleport. trade (gives all units to Ajit, receives a gnoll). [dismissed with a gnoll]
Labeta: flies (takes logistics). gold. armor. teleport. soothsayer with a dragon (gives the dragon to her). [0]
Ajit: gold. teleport. trade (takes a green dragon from Serena). trade (gives the green dragon to Labeta and takes the rest of her units and artifacts). teleport. trade (gives the rest of the snipers, the nomad, and artifacts to Serena). trade (gives all units to Fuyr, takes 1 angel). ranger with an angel. [0]
Serena: trade (takes the green dragon and snipers from Ajit). pandora. teleport (attacks 1 harpy). trade. prison. trade (gives 5 snipers to Dessa). trade (gives all units to Dessa and takes 2 cavalry). ranger with 2 cavalry. [0]
Dessa: trade (Fuyr gives 5 snipers and 15 dragonflies). trade (Fuyr gives all remaining units for a zoo). [1 pikeman]
Fuyr: conservatory. ranger. recruits 2 cavalry. necklace. ranger. blade. guild. [1 pikeman]

ARCHANGELS:
(breaks down the griffins into 5 stacks)
1. slow, dragons and griffin to the right.
2. haste, griffin and dragons to the lower right corner
3. force field to the left of ours, dragons and griffin defend
4. blind the archangel that attacked the dragons
- as a result, our units are in a box formed by the force field and the blinded archangel
5-99. force field, lightning, force field, lightning...

SERPENTS:
slow. lightning on the dragonflies. chase the serpents with gargoyles. shoot with snipers. cast magic arrow and slow (when it runs out)
P.S. I was very lucky that the flies never had morale issues. But for an emergency, I split the gargoyles into 4 stacks, and if the flies' morale had triggered and one stack was killed, another stack would have chased the flies.

CONSERVATORY:
(5 snipers and 15 dragonflies participate)
1. slow, snipers and dragonflies up (the griffins never reached our units)
2. magic arrow, snipers and dragonflies down
3. magic arrow, snipers to the left, dragonflies to the right
- the situation is as follows: the flies chase three stacks of griffins along the right edge, the snipers chase one stack for a couple of turns (we kill it with a magic arrow) and shoot at the right griffins. We also deal with the right griffins.

Ataman

1) Labeta attacks the dragonflies.
Battle sequence:
1. Slow, snipers attack the upgraded dragonflies.
2. Magic arrow on the upgraded dragonflies, snipers and gargoyles attack the upgraded

dragonflies.
Then, snipers and gargoyles run away from the dragonflies, on which a magic arrow is cast every turn.
Labeta enters the portal, taking gold along the way, and moves southeast.
2) Aiden attacks the archangels. Army arrangement: 2 dragons, griffin, griffin, griffin, griffin,

pikeman, griffin.
Battle sequence:
1. Slow, everyone runs to the right.
2. Speed up, the griffin moves to the bottom right cell, the dragons two cells above.
Then, blindness is cast on the approaching archangel, a power field is cast every other turn, and lightning is cast on the archangels every free turn.
The remaining army after the battle: 2 dragons, 1 griffin.
Aiden recruits a nomad and takes the gold.
3) Ajit enters the portal and moves down. Aiden enters the portal.
4) Ajit gives all the army, except for the dragon, to Aiden and enters the seer's hut.
5) Labeta takes the army from Aiden (except for the gnoll marauder) and gives everyone, except for the griffin

to Serene, who is passing by.
Serene takes the cube. Battle sequence: The gargoyle and nomad take turns attracting the harpy's attention, making

it run back and forth. The sniper shoots at the harpy at this time.
6) Serene enters the portal, takes 2 cavalry, and stops under the Fury. The Fury exchanges armies with her and, with 19 crossbowmen, 5 snipers, 4 cavalry, and 4 crusaders, enters the conservatory.
Battle:
1. Snipers shoot at the upgraded griffins (slow), cavalry also attack them, swordsmen move back, snipers also shoot at the upgraded griffins.
2. Snipers move away, cavalry beat the griffins (no cavalry should die), swordsmen finish them off.
Then, a cavalryman runs around the map, distracting the griffins, while snipers and crossbowmen shoot at them.
7) Serene frees Dessa (Dessa takes almost all of her army), runs to the guard, receiving an angel from the Fury along the way (but giving him all the remaining army), and opens the passage, remaining without a single warrior.
8) Labeta also receives only 2 cavalry from the Fury, opens the passage, and leaves.
9) Now, Fury and Dessa sell all the army, taking an artifact and Armageddon's Blade along the way.
Result: 34041 coins.
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Radik

Walkthrough description for the fifth blitz tournament

1. To start, I decided to smash the Archangels:
Deployment – 2 dragons, 5 griffins (1 per slot), and a pikeman. Starting the battle:
Round 1 - Archangels kill 4 griffins and the pikeman; two of them attack the dragons. We cast slow and fly forward as far as possible with dragons and griffins;
Round 2 – we cast haste; the dragon flies down-right and occupies cells 1,2 on the third row from the bottom; the griffin flies to the bottom-right corner. The Archangels move closer but cannot reach anyone to strike.
Round 3 – we set up a power field and go into defense; one of the archangels hits the dragons.
Round 4 – we blind the archangel standing near the dragon and go into defense.
Round 5 – we set up a power field.
Round 6 – we blast one of the archangels with lightning.
Then rounds 5 and 6 are repeated.
Round 14 – we cast slow.
Round 15 – lightning; the archangel who was in the bottom-left corner flies closer..
Round 16 - lightning
Round 17 – lightning on the arch angel standing near the dragons. 17 mana remaining.
Next, with Aiden, we take a step down, thereby attacking the nomad and recruiting him, pick up the gold, and unlock the guard. We stand and wait.
2. Switch to Ajit. Rearrange units – 2 snipers on the left and a gnoll on the right. Pick up gold and a scroll (this isn't strictly necessary). Run to the monolith and stop near it.
3. Switch to Labeta. Rearrange troops, simultaneously preparing them for battle with the snakes: from left to right – 2 snipers and 4 gargoyles (1 per slot).
Attack the snakes: tactics are activated, we deploy troops – snipers (hereafter S) stay in place, the first gargoyle (hereafter 1G) moves in front of S, the second gargoyle (hereafter 2G) moves below S, 3G moves one cell up-left, 4G stays in place. Starting the battle:
Round 1 - Dragonflies fly toward the snipers, we cast slow, shoot at the bottom group of snakes (6 remain), 1G and 2G wait, 3G moves to the 6th cell of the bottom row, 4G waits. The top snakes fly toward the snipers, the others toward 3G. 1G moves 3 cells forward, 2G stands behind 1G, 4G stands behind 3G.
Round 2 – kill the dragonflies with lightning, S shoot at the same group of snakes (5) as last time, 1G and 2G wait, 3G moves 2 cells back, 4G waits. Then the snakes move, result is in the screenshot:

then 1G and 2G move forward as far as possible, 4G does the same.
Round 3 – kill 8 snakes with lightning, those standing last in the row of 4 snake groups, all S shoot at the same snakes (4), 1G and 2G move forward 2 cells, 3G moves as close as possible to S, 4G to the bottom-right corner. Then the snakes move:



Round 4 – kill the dragonflies near S with lightning, S shoot at the same snakes (3), 1G, 2G and 3G wait, 4G flies up-left as far as possible. Then the snakes move:


1G moves as far back as possible, 2G defense, 3G moves to the 4th cell of the third row.
Round 5 – kill the top snakes with lightning, S shoot at the same snakes (2), 1G flies toward the snipers, 2G waits, 3G waits, 4G moves left-up as far as possible.
And then, on round 6, we cast slow again, lure the snakes with gargoyles, and shoot them with snipers. It is important that starting from round 7 we switch to magic arrow (since mana is low) and thus weaken the snake groups, then lure them with gargoyles and shoot them with snipers.
Yes, and if snake morale triggers, we replay the battle (in case a gargoyle was killed).
Snakes are defeated without losses, Labeta has 2 mana left, leveled up (we choose literacy). Then Labeta runs and stands to the left of the gold pile, then takes the gold, picks up the titan armor and runs to the monolith.
4. Aiden dives into the monolith, emerges, and takes a step down; Labeta also dives into the monolith and takes a diagonal step down-left. Serenna takes 2 snipers, 1 gargoyle, armor, and the horn from Labeta, and learns all spells Labeta knows, then takes the dragon, nomad, griffin, and spirit of despair from Aiden. Serenna attacks Pandora with harpies – without losses (blast with lightning and finish off with snipers and the dragon). Then run back and give the dragon to Labeta and take a gargoyle from her.
5. Labeta enters the hut and exchanges the Dragon for gold (Labeta is left without troops). Ajit takes a step right-down, takes the gargoyle from Aiden and leaves him the gnoll. Serenna takes a step right, then right-up, gives Ajit the nomad, griffin, gargoyles, dwarven flail, scroll, and takes 2 snipers.
6. Serenna dives into the monolith, emerges near the "can", and stands on the guard (where the angel is requested). Fyur stands above Serenna, gives Serenna all troops except the cavaliers, takes all artifacts and snipers.
7. Fyur runs right, unlocks the guard, recruits the cavaliers, and attacks the "can" – without losses (cast slow, run around with snipers shooting occasionally, blast with magic arrow, finish off with cavaliers). I have 23 mana left.
8. Ajit dives into the monolith, emerges near Fyur and takes all his troops, leaving him only 2 angels. Fyur runs and stands above Serenna. Takes all her troops and leaves her only 1 angel.
9. Serenna unlocks the guard and is left without units. Run to the prison and free Dessa. Dessa runs and stands over the guard (where 15 units are requested). Ajit runs and stands over the guard (where cavaliers are requested), gives Dessa all troops, leaving only 2 cavaliers, unlocks the guard (left without troops), and takes a step right-up to clear the passage.
10. Dessa unlocks the guard before the blade, takes it, runs right and stands under the necklace, takes it, enters the guild and sells everyone except the gargoyles.
11. Fyur runs to Dessa and gives all troops and artifacts, leaving only 1 pikeman.
12. Dessa sells everyone again. Total 34041 tugriks. (for interest, one could have built artifact traders in the city, then more gold could have been gathered).

That's it, Game Over!

Regards, Radik.

Kamikaze

Walkthrough description for the fifth stage of the "Conservatory" blitz tournament.

At the start, there are five heroes, and one more is in prison.
Aiden – the most powerful of all – against seven Archangels.
Labeta – against fifty-three hydras.
Adjit – to be honest, it's unclear who he is against, probably Pandora (45 harpies).
Serena – against one harpy, seemingly just so they would allow her to take Armageddon's Blade.
Fyuir – the trendiest hero in the latest series – against the Conservatory of griffins specifically.
And finally, Dessa – he is the one who will remain in an "interesting" position at the end of the game.

Battle #1. Aiden arranges his units (1 Griffin – 1 Griffin – 1 Griffin – 1 Pikeman – 1 Griffin – 1 Griffin – 1 Dragon).
With this arrangement, the Archangels kill five griffins and deal 90 damage to the dragon. We cast "Force Field," behind which the pikeman hides. The next task is to manage to blind the two bottom Archangels before they kill the dragon. This is doable if the tent is utilized to the fullest. And so on, alternating "Force Field" and "Lightning" spells, we destroy the enemy. Losses: 5 Griffins.
Aiden then takes the nomad and a pile of gold (5000), exchanges one dragon for passage through the guards, and stops near the portal to wait.
The tent remains intact – I never found out if it is needed later.
Battle #2. Labeta. In the first moment, she moves the snipers to the left (it's more convenient on the snow). To the right stands the seer's tree, who exchanges the Spirit of Despair for 500 coins. The artifact is useful, of course, but I don't recommend taking it anyway. Losses in this reported battle are unlikely to exceed 500 gold. In the starting arrangement, she also split the gargoyles in half. There was just enough mana to avoid losing a single unit. A hit-and-run type of battle, slowed flies against fast units and magic.
Battle #3-4. Adjit. There is a very interesting quest here: it's offered to exchange very useful snipers for wooden ones like Dendroids. Specifically two for two, and the most interesting part is that the dendroids are cheaper than the snipers. So Adjit runs for some gold (1200) to the swamp (don't forget to move the snipers to the left of the gnolls). Then back to the portal. But first, Labeta and Aiden's movements must be completed.
After the battle, Labeta learns literacy, takes the cash (2500) and the Titan's Cuirass, and runs to the portal. There are just enough move points left to jump out of the portal, take the dragon from Aiden, and go exchange the green one for cash (3000).
Aiden leaves through the portal. Just one move left to give the dragon and the tent to Labeta. After that, our heretic resigns.
Adjit again. He learns Lightning, takes the snipers, tent, gargoyles, nomad, and Titan's Cuirass from Labeta; gives a gnoll in exchange and waits.
Now it's Serena's turn. She learns Lightning from Labeta and takes the gnoll. Labeta is left with one dragon and runs to the seer to exchange the green one for money. Serena, with one sniper and one gnoll, heads to the portal and kills a harpy (12,12) along the way. Meanwhile, Adjit cleans up the glade by taking Pandora (10000), who is however guarded by 45 harpies. Lightning and the Cuirass help a lot with this. He then stops at the portal, waiting for Serena.
Battle #5 start. Serena meets Fyuir on the other side of the portal and exchanges a wolf from him for a sniper and a gnoll. Next, she releases Dessa from prison and returns to the Conservatory. She takes a pikeman from Fyuir and attacks the Conservatory (after first taking the cuirass from Adjit). Serena has one wolf and one pikeman, but she has the Titan's Cuirass. The Royal Griffin attacks the pikeman, the wolf moves. A lightning strike on the royal one and minus 20 enemies. Serena leaves the arena.
Battle #5 end. Fyuir exchanges with Adjit: gives air elementals, a gnoll, pikemen, and takes the artifacts. Dessa runs to his friends. He opens the quest guards, takes 2 riders, gives the hydras and riders to Fyuir, and takes the swordsmen from him. Fyuir attacks the conservatory and ...... wipes out the remaining beasts without losses. The main thing is that his own units rarely clash. Fyuir's army (19 archers, 4 riders, 5 snipers, 15 hydras).
Zoo. Here is another little nuance. Give Dessa 1 Angel and 2 Riders, he opens the quest guards and is left without units (this way we save another pikeman). The bottom guard opens, he takes the Blade, picks up the Necklace. Adjit takes his units to the guild. On the way to the Freelancer Guild, Fyuir receives the artifacts from Dessa and turns the beasts into the zoo - Freelancer Guild, we have 33838 gold! Victory.

TOTAL GOLD QUANTITY:
5000 – Aiden near the nomad
2500 – Labeta immediately after the dragonflies
1200 – Adjit in the swamp
3000 – Labeta for the Green Dragon from the seer
10000 – Adjit in Pandora
2100 – Angel
1400 (2*700) – Riders
2520 (15*168) – Hydras
1400 (5*280) – Snipers
1330 (19*70) – Archers
840 (4*210) – Swordsmen
140 – Nomad
49 – Gnoll Marauder
1470 (35*42) - Pikemen
364 (4*91) – Gargoyles
525 (3*175) – Air Elementals
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33838

PS. Another decent option is for Dessa to attack the conservatory instead of Serena with three hydras. He blasts lightning four times, dealing 335 damage at a time. Then +pikeman+wolf-3 hydras (+42+70-3*168=-392), which amounts to 33838-392=33446

Perpolken

1. Labeta defeats the enemy without losses (we take the Training skill). She gets gold and the Titan's Armor.

2. Aiden defeats the Archangels. Losses: 5 Griffons. The Catapult and 2 Dragons provided cover with a force field, slowed down the Archangels twice, and killed them with lightning.
He recruits the Nomads, takes the gold, and enters the Monolith. Labeta also enters the Monolith.

3. Adjit takes the gold, gives the Battle Chain and 2 Snipers to Serene. He exchanges the Gnoll Marauder for a Stone Gargoyle with Labeta.

4. Serene takes the Dragon and the Spirit of Oppression from Aiden, 2 Snipers, 2 Gargoyles, and the Titan's Armor from Labeta. She also learns the Lightning spell (damage 510). Labeta and Aiden are dismissed.

5. Serene takes the Pandora's Box, exchanges the Dragon for 3 Treasures, kills 1 Harpy. She enters the entrance portal, recruits 2 Horses. Adjit also enters the portal.

6. Serene gives Fiur (5 Snipers and 2 Horses) and takes (a Rider and 3 Elementals).

7. Fiur keeps (4 Horses, 5 Snipers, 19 Archers, 37 Pikemen). The rest goes to Adjit (4 Gargoyles, 1 Nomad). Fiur opens the Conservatory without losses.

8. Serene frees Dessa. The rest is obvious; everyone is left with 1 Pikeman, and the rest is sold.


Result: Losses - 5 Griffons.

Gold - 33817