Set a beacon near Lord Xeen. Start your buffing tour at 5 am in Nightshadow. Use all fountains in the cities, and even others. Gain 10 temporary levels in Nightshadow, get +50 str in Winterkill, get luck in Rivercity, ....
Use the town mirrors to get to town wells fast, you can use "Teleport" and "jump" to save time if you also need wells outside the cities, maybe you'll find one which increase resistance vs the element Lord Xeen is attacking with (I don't remember which it was). Don't press the space key after drinking to save time.
Buff up your party before the confrontation, "Day of Protection" and "Day of Sorcery" are must have (Don't buff before you gained the 10 levels however)
Only the "Xeen Slayer Sword" (can be found in your dungeon) can hurt Lord Xeen, you can trade the sword around so everyone can attack with it when it it is his turn.
To make your party stronger you can gain XP in the Arena if you want, fighting the maximum possible number of level 9 monsters yields the most XP (Don't forget to buff up however, cast "protection from poison" after "day of protection"). You can only have 99 arena wins, so if you also have "Darkside of Xeen" installed leave some fights for the darkside arena. But in this case you'd better gain fast and easy XP by doing the easier quests on darkside.
Another option to gain experience is exploring the lava sea and the dungeons there if you haven't done it yet. With 10 temporary extra levels, protection from fire, shield, luck and temporary raised fire resistance you should be able to absorb most of the fire damage. But you can still investigate the dragon and vulcano cave after defeating Lord Xeen who shouldn't be too hard for a fully prepared party.
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