He really hated that bastard!
Countless cruel experiments had taken place in the Biological Laboratory sealed away inside the castle. The bloodstains covering the floor alone were enough to show that.
As a civilized man, Assath had felt his scalp prickle when he first saw what was inside the Biological Laboratory.
Fifteen years ago, if the True Ancestor Vampire had not attacked the City of Divine Blessing, he would probably have become research material in that laboratory.
Now, faced with Assath's curses, Pope Elohim was not angry in the slightest. Instead, he signaled to Cain behind him and had him push him to the barrier.
Separated by the barrier, Pope Elohim stared expressionlessly at Isabelle.
Isabelle did not dodge or retreat.
Pope Elohim said, "Tell me, Isabelle. What do you want?"
"What I want, I'll obtain myself." Isabelle smiled faintly. "Besides, I'll have it very soon, so I won't trouble you with it, Your Holiness."
"No. You don't understand it." Pope Elohim shook his head. "At the very least... your understanding isn't complete."
"I have plenty of time." Isabelle spoke calmly. "Your Holiness, you should return to Laputa. That is where you belong."
Elohim sighed. "This barrier still can't stop me."
Isabelle chuckled. "It doesn't matter. Go ahead and destroy it. Once you break it, I'll immediately create a new one."
Unexpectedly, the frail old man slowly extended his hand and gently pressed it against the barrier... In an instant, his palm passed straight through it!
Isabelle's eyes widened at once. She instinctively took two steps back!
The old man's palm was clearly shriveled and weak, so weak that he probably couldn't even lift anything heavy. Yet in Isabelle's eyes, it was the most terrifying palm in existence!
It had pierced through the sturdy barrier... as though what it had