Thank you for playing this game!
I designed the First Task to be the most difficult, so it’s very helpful to hear that the 2nd Task is actually harder!
I’ve been thinking about the reason for this based on your feedback, and it might be because I didn’t mention anywhere in the game that “when the queen is pregnant, HP loss is greater for all actions.”
I’ve quickly added that information to the “HowTo” section on this page.
I’ll give the implementation of Easy Mode some more thought.