I continued getting all the resources in my area, and I started venturing into the maze area with my main hero. Plenty of gargoyles were guarding parts of the maze, but they were easy for me. I had to avoid the ghosts.
This is Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest, released in 1995 for DOS. I am playing the Barbarian campaign with self-imposed Ironman rules. This means I cannot save-scum. I can't load a save that is old in the game's timeline. I can't load a save to redo battles, looking for a better outcome. All mistakes and bad outcomes must be accepted. I can restart the current map from the beginning. This is from my streaming on Twitch.tv.