As night enveloped the world, the workers came out from their well hidden low tents. For secretive individuals like themselves, it was time to go to work.
The adventurers began preparing food
After lighting the kindling, which was a white, solid material, coal was added into the flames. The light from the flames were concealed by the effect of ‘Darkness’. ‘Darkness’ concealed the brightness, but not the fire itself. In the darkness, the flame boiled water extracted from the Infinite Waterskin
The boiling water was poured into wooden bowls. The travel rations placed inside lost their shape and became fragrant soup. After adding hard bread, this was the food that was served to all
The rest was up to their personal preference
Although the bowl only had yellow soup—which workers liked for its nutrition and storage life, some people added thin slices of meat, other condiments, or they drank it as it was
Everyone stopped after having a bowl. Considering the job ahead, this amount was too little.
However, eating something too heavy would definitely affect the mission. Eating nothing would be dangerous as well. No one knew when they could eat again
The emergency food supply was also limited, since bringing too much would affect their agility. There was a need to gauge it precisely
After handing the empty bowls to the adventurers, the workers put on their backpacks
As the adventurers watched on, the workers started moving together. The adventurers were in charge of the base camp’s security and would not be taking part in the infiltration of the ruins