Unlike the Uzumaki camp, which stood atop a mountain, the Temple clan's camp occupied a stretch of flat ground facing the World Tree. An array of technological equipment filled the site, and everywhere they looked, researchers in white lab coats were busily recording and analyzing data on the World Tree's energy reactions.
Even more remarkably, the entire camp did not have a single guard. No one so much as glanced at the car driving in. Of course, this was because all the major powers knew the Temple clan had its own principles: they had come to Rota solely to study the World Tree and would not take part in the struggle over the Fairy Plate. There was no need to send anyone to monitor them, and consequently, the Temple clan had no need to assign extra personnel to guard duty. However, anyone who thought that made them easy targets would be sorely mistaken. Researchers were by no means incapable of fighting. If anyone actually came to cause trouble, they would turn into truly terrifying opponents!
Although Matriarch Kalasina was already elderly, her burning enthusiasm for research rivaled that of any young person. When Liu Qing and the others found her, she was processing World Tree data submitted by the various research teams.
Seeing her granddaughters and their partners arrive, Kalasina temporarily set aside her work. After she had chatted with the four of them for a while, a researcher came over to report a new discovery. With little choice, Kalasina asked Cynthia to show Liu Qing, Lusana, and Liu Yuan around while they waited for her to return.
None of the four minded Kalasina's departure, and Cynthia led them around the camp. As a member of the Temple clan herself, she was familiar with some of the research and offered