Reef Island is a coastal island more than 10 kilometers from the coast, covering an area of more than 10 square kilometers, and was once a dangerous area for fishermen to avoid before the establishment of a prison. As the name suggests, Reef Island is full of reefs and reefs, and there are countless open reefs and reefs, and fishing boats are in danger of sinking if they are not careful, and because of their proximity to the coast, the rough tides can make the boats uncontrollable, and after hundreds of fishing boats and merchant ships sank here, Reef Island was named Alcatraz.

Because of this natural and dangerous terrain, the Kingdom of Barron built a prison here to hold dangerous and important prisoners of the kingdom, and only at certain high tide times would ships come along special routes to transport supplies, and the name of the prison was based on the fishermen's name for the island, "Reef Prison (Alcatraz)".

The atmosphere of this isolated island seems to be a little different today.

The stingy warden gave all the guards new uniforms, and the poor prisoners who had been held here for many years finally had a little to eat, and although there was only white bread and not even sugar in it, it was much better than the usual mess that was stirred up with no idea.

The inmates who were being detained noticed the new set of clothes and were coaxing.

"Oh~ Is this the day the prison warden is transferred out of here? Finally willing to give us a decent meal, God knows how dark his heart is, I can guarantee that he is more despicable than all the prisoners held here. ”

The guards who delivered the food glared at the prisoner with a warning look: "Griffin, shut your beak, or do you want to be whipped?" ”

"Oh, come on, I don't mind being whipped by little Charles, hurry up ~ oh~ Hurry up, I haven't been so excited for a long time."

"Hahaha~" The prisoners laughed louder, grabbing the iron door of the prison and shaking desperately to make a loud clang.

The guards were angry and helpless at this scene, glared at the prisoner fiercely and turned to leave, the prisoners held here were chilling just to look hideous, no one wanted to deal with these dangerous people who licked blood at the knife all year round, although most of them were prisoners awaiting the death penalty or life imprisonment.

Reef Prison has not released a single prisoner since its inception, but this does not include the release of prisoners through normal channels, there was a notorious prisoner who was released for unknown reasons, and this prisoner was abused by the guards of Reef Prison, and he returned here a few days after his release, on charges of multiple murders, accused of killing a family of three members of a civilian family, and perhaps coincidentally, that family of three was a relative of the jailer who had abused him.

Another guard came in with a food cart, apparently more experienced, and when he saw the prisoners making a fuss, he complained, "Don't make too much trouble, maybe he will report your words to the warden." ”

"The warden doesn't want to come to this filthy corner to have a real deal with a prisoner, unless you assign a jailer to take his place, and then you can just deal with it."

The seasoned prison guard shook his head and said casually, "Maybe Turner was on duty that day." ”

"Hey, you haven't told me what's going on?" The other prisoners raised their hands and asked in a loud voice.

The prison guard thought for a while and said: "It seems that some big man wants to come here for some purpose, although I don't know if it has anything to do with you, it's better to be more relaxed, I heard that the big man is a well-known figure in Norton's social circles, and it seems that he came here in the name of sightseeing, you also know what kind of place the reef prison is, not to mention sightseeing, even if it is an official purpose, it must be reviewed by the royal family." ”

"That guy from the prison warden is going to be scared to pee his pants."

"Maybe it's a happy pee of his pants, he hasn't been looking forward to leaving this place for a long time."

"Sightseeing, what's so nice about a place named Alcatraz, this bird place has nothing but this prison, or come to see the prisoners, this prison is the only good, you can see murderers, rapists, political criminals, pirates, I can guarantee that guy will be scared to pee his pants."

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Scott, the warden of Reef Prison, was standing in the island's watchtower, looking through a telescope at the distant sea level, the only way to get into Reef Island, and he had been waiting for this day almost all the time since receiving a letter from Norton last week. A big shot coming to Reef Island? No, it's far from that simple for him.

He still remembered the surprise he felt when he read the letter, and at that moment he felt as if he had been favored by the Lord, the author of The Count of Monte Cristo, a brilliant legend of Norton's literary world, who had come to this place where there was nothing but seabird poop in a cold prison.

He had come into contact with the novel The Count of Monte Cristo a little more than a month earlier, a gift from the captain of the supply ship at the time, and it was not easy to survive on Reef Island, where the enemy was not the most vicious prisoners but the environment, lonely and oppressive, and the cold humidity of the sea breeze was even more desperate.

There is a lack of entertainment, doing nothing can drive people crazy, and there are many practical examples, and the suicide rate of the prisoners in the Reef Prison is the highest of any prison in the Barron Kingdom.

It is because of this that Scott cultivated his love for literature, and the stirring words could ripple his thoughts, awaken his long-lost passions, get rid of loneliness, and travel to different worlds to see different people's feelings and warmth, history and legends.

The moment he opened "The Count of Monte Cristo" he was fascinated, he had never read such a strange and attractive novel, he was still unsatisfied after reading it all night, he liked the plot of the Count of Monte Cristo suffering in prison in the novel the most, he saw his own shadow, he suffered like the Count of Monte Cristo all the year round, and the sense of empathy for the Count of Monte Cristo was stronger than anyone else, and at the same time, the words of the Count of Monte Cristo when he suffered inspired him like an empowerment.

At least he's still a prison warden, not an inmate.

He still lost count of how many times he had flipped through "The Count of Monte Cristo" and could clearly pronounce the name of any character in it, even if it was an inconsequential line.

"There is no happiness or misfortune in the world. Only one circumstance can be compared to another, and only those who have endured the misery of the sea with a plank in the sea can appreciate the preciousness of happiness. Enjoy the joy of life to the fullest! Always remember that before the Lord unveiled the future of humanity, human wisdom was contained in two words: waiting and hope. ”

Every time I think about this sentence in the novel, Scott will be excited, he is the person who floats in the sea, this sentence is the plank he grabbed, and it has almost become his life creed, at least now.

Because of the overlap between the plot of the Count of Monte Cristo and Reef Island, Scott also fantasized that the story of the Count of Monte Cristo takes place here.

He had been amused by his childish fantasies, but he did not expect that one day the Count of Monte Cristo would come true.

"It's coming! It's finally here! Scott used his telescope to look excitedly at the black spot on the horizon, which was a galleon.