You think strangely...
okay, let me propose a complete "judgement" solution and you (without writing 3 times - one formulation and that's it, from each)
then I'll give a situation and we'll reason again who gets what :D
Added 4 minutes later
In fact, before breaking the GO (Guard Outpost), he is prohibited from running around the treasure in any way. Since Monarchs are the only GO in the passage, he is prohibited from even flying over the Monarchs and breaking them from the sand.
The mountains are not the treasure - therefore, his shortest path was through the mountains - as I show in the screenshot.
According to the current rules, the interpretation of permissible actions should be exactly like this. The lawyer explained everything correctly.