[SOLVED] Help with Reaping Fire please! (python)

The biggest problem with this code is while being faulty it works!

    riders = hero.findByType("griffin-rider", hero.findFriends())
    # riders = hero.findByType("griffin-rider") # all griffins are friends
    # not an error but needless computations
      
    enemies = hero.findEnemies()
    if enemies: # will be always true even when there are no enemies
# code 
    if nearest and riders: # if nearest exists check will be always true
                  # if riders true even when there are no riders 
# code
    coins = hero.findItems()
    if coins: # always true even when there are no coins
# code
    peasants = hero.findByType("peasant", hero.findFriends())
    # not an error: simply hero.findByType("peasant")
    if peasants: # always true even when there are no peasants
# code
return((deltaX**2)+(deltaY**2)**0.5)    
# last round bracket is misplaced                  

see hero.findEnemies() Quiz