Most survivor settlements in the oases were laid out in rings.
The main reason for this was that the miracles bestowed by the Spirit of the Sand Sea—the "riverbanks"—were mostly circular.
Under such circumstances, the closer one got to the center, the wetter the climate became.
Therefore, princes, nobles, and aristocrats mostly lived in the central districts, where important administrative institutions were also located.
However, because of this, The Alliance did not need to carefully select its bombing zones at all. It only needed to estimate the distance and altitude, then drop the bombs as close to the bullseye as possible.
The moment The Alliance began airdropping leaflets, Falcon City's defense commander, Bofu, ordered the evacuation of the city center.
The headache was that His Majesty refused to relocate, saying that he intended to remain seated on his throne until the war was won.
Anyone with eyes could see that they had already lost this war.
But that man did not see it that way.
Even during Midar's final audience, his respected Majesty stubbornly believed that everything would be fine as long as Triumph City declared war on Utopia City.
"His Majesty refuses to leave the palace. He wants to wait there for Prince William's triumphant return... There's no helping it. We have to do everything we can to protect the palace. Not a single shell can be allowed to land there."
Hearing the captain of the royal guard, Bofu's brows knotted, and a troubled look appeared on his face.
"The castle is too large a target... We can't exactly negotiate with our enemy and ask them to move His Majesty's court out of the bombing zone."
Besides, he did not believe the enemy would obediently drop bombs according to the areas marked on the leaflets. For all he knew,