How many numbers are there in between “alliance” and “important” in step III?

The words are rearranged in increasing order of their length and when there is a tie in length then they are arranged according to the dictionary, from left to right. Numbers are rearranged in descending order from right to left. In each step a word and a number is arranged. Input:  25 mythologic 54 length 96 words 41 alliance 87 76 important analysis Step I.  words 25 mythologic 54 length 41 alliance 87 76 important analysis 96 Step II.  words length 25 mythologic 54 41 alliance 76 important analysis 87 96 Step III.  words length alliance 25 mythologic 54 41 important analysis 76 87 96 Step IV.  words length alliance analysis 25 mythologic 41 important 54 76 87 96 Step V . words length alliance analysis important 25 mythologic 41 54 76 87 96 Step VI.  words length alliance analysis important mythologic 25 41 54 76 87 96