I became a cannon fodder villain. If I want to survive, I must take care of my baby first.

Thesis slowly opened his eyes as if waking up from a dream, but found that there was no one around him, and a sense of loss surged in his heart. Medusa's figure kept appearing in his mind, as if she was right beside him, but reality told him that it was just an illusion.

He began to search for any trace of Medusa in this desolate land, leaving no corner untouched. However, no matter how hard he tried, he could not find any clues related to her. He became more and more frustrated and his body gradually became exhausted.

Finally, Thesis stopped, knowing that he had done his best. Facing the facts before him, he had to admit that all this was just his delusion. Medusa might have gone away, but he was still immersed in the memories of the past.

He didn't want to die, he really didn't want to die! No matter what, he didn't want to die, because he still had too many things to accomplish and too many dreams to realize.

His heart is filled with nostalgia and reluctance for life, and expectation and yearning for the future. He longs to continue living, to pursue those beautiful things, and to feel the warmth and beauty of this world.

Especially when he thought of the person he loved so much, he felt a surge of emotion in his heart. He longed to see her again, to hug her and cry with her, and to tell her how much he loved her.

He hopes to accompany her through every spring, summer, autumn and winter, and share the joys and sorrows of life. The time they once spent together flashed in his mind like a movie, and those sweet memories made him feel endless happiness and satisfaction.

However, now, all of this might come to naught, how could he be willing? So, he secretly vowed in his heart that he must live strong, for himself and for her.

Rather than believing that it was just an empty illusion, Thesis would rather believe that Medusa was actually working hard to reunite with him.

At first, Thesis also thought about escaping from here, but he soon discovered that he had a prisoner's mark on his hand that could never be erased for the rest of his life. Even if he tried his best to escape from the sea prison, he would be nowhere to hide.

If one does not want to die and tries to erase the prisoner mark, one must submerge his entire body in the deep sea, but doing so will cause one to be pulled by the curse and fall directly to the bottom of the sea.

Other prisoners in the prison also tried various methods to obtain sea water, but the curse of sinking was too terrible. The containers used to hold sea water would disappear the moment they touched the sea surface. Trying to absorb sea water with magic would also result in falling into the deep sea.

The offshore prison was originally built on the coast, but later on, in order to strengthen control, the ground next to it was directly destroyed, leaving only a road for the guards to communicate with the outside world.

It is almost impossible to escape. With the prisoner mark, magic cannot be used and the prisoners' movements will be greatly hindered.

After trying, Thesis realized that no matter how powerful the magic is, once it is marked with the prisoner's mark, it will be hindered. Even if he can still feel the magic power flowing in the body and can drive this power with his mind, it will not work and make the magic appear.

Perhaps the only thing Thesis can do is to keep persevering until the day of his departure.

The living environment here is extremely harsh, it is simply hell on earth.

Many prisoners could no longer endure the harsh conditions and cruel torture soon after arriving here, and eventually died tragically in some dark corner, with no one paying attention to them.

Although it is called life imprisonment, in reality no one can survive to death here.

Normal prisoners still need to work, even as mortals, at least they have food and drink and receive regular education.

But in the prison at sea, all of this is distorted beyond recognition.

There are many people who eat rotten food, drink dirty water, get sick due to the bad environment, and die quickly due to lack of medical treatment.

Thesis was in relatively good health. He had been used to a life of hard work, but he still couldn't adapt to this kind of life.

In this gloomy place, he had to endure the worst treatment every day.

Not only that, from time to time, one could hear the prisoners making almost crazy roars.

The sound made Thesis feel creepy, as if they had lost their minds.

Later, he learned from the jailers that the reason these people became so crazy was that they could not bear the harsh environment and cruel torture in the prison.

Even if you survive, you are always at risk of mental disorder.

In this dark and damp cell, the prisoners' painful howls rose and fell one after another, like a sad symphony, and the air was filled with the breath of despair and fear. These sounds seemed to come from the depths of hell, making people shudder.

New prisoners are sent in every day. They walk into this dark world with a look of confusion and helplessness on their faces.

Those who have been here for a while look even more haggard and exhausted, with despair for the future in their eyes. Some people even choose to commit suicide or go crazy because they can't stand the torture here, which makes the whole prison full of the shadow of death.

As long as you want to live, you will fear death.

Thesis was also afraid that it would be difficult to maintain his mental health if he lived in a dark and damp prison for a long time.

The prisoners would deliver rotten meals to their cells on time every day, and patrols would be conducted every few months to see who had gone crazy or which prisoner had suddenly died, and the bodies would not be discovered until they had rotted.

Thesis, who was once as strong as an ox, has now become skinny. His muscles have gradually atrophied, and his originally broad shoulders have become narrow, as if they would fall down if the wind blew. Although his physical condition is getting worse, his heart is still full of concern and longing for Medusa.

He knew that he might not be able to see her again, but he still hoped to do something for her to let her know his feelings. Every day, he would pray silently, praying to God to bless Medusa to be safe. At the same time, he also hoped that he would not die too unjustly, because he felt that he had not done anything wrong.

He was unwilling to die like this, he wanted to explain everything to those who misunderstood him. He wanted to tell them that he was not a vicious criminal, but an ordinary person who loved Medusa deeply.

However, reality is always cruel. His body became weaker and weaker, and the signs of life gradually disappeared.

The jailers witnessed Thesis's tenacity and were moved by his amazing willpower, and always tried their best to find fresh food and water for him.

It’s not that I sympathize with Tethys. There are many people who are wrongfully imprisoned in the sea prison, but few of them can hold on like him and not get into any trouble.

Providing him with help to the best of one's ability is probably a kind of respect for life.

However, no matter how much Thesis insisted, the status quo remained unchanged.

After he had been imprisoned for several years, a major riot broke out and the national situation was turbulent. Even the jailers of the offshore prison were transferred away and their whereabouts were unknown, leaving the prisoners alone to suffer in prison.

At first, there were shouting and crying around him every day, but as time passed, the noise became quieter and quieter, and Thesis gradually fainted due to lack of sufficient energy supply.

In a trance, he seemed to hear Medusa's voice again.

Just like the countless nights when he thought he could not survive, the same hallucination always appeared, and Medusa appeared beside him again.

I'm obviously in so much pain that I just want it to end, but as soon as I think of her, I unconsciously want to go on living.

Following his inner desire to live, an orange butterfly of light connected Thesis' life with his sand magic, helping him survive.

When the disaster was over and the prison gates opened again, the place had fallen into deathly silence.

The new jailer wanted to dispose of Tethys as a corpse, but unexpectedly discovered that he was still alive.