"Ancestral ability is the skill to pass down an ability from one generation to another however, most of them are only one-time use. Once the ability is used it consumes the life of the person and unleashes all of the collected rage energy of all past users, ending the ability.", The Destroyer's pupils turned red as the idea of witnessing an ancestral ability in person got him excited.
"Is she going to die?!", Axel asked as he watched all the ghouls fly from the cracks on the ground. The ghouls started circling around her. Her eyes opened, and her body was petrified and frail. The entire people present on the highway are about to witness a gruesome event.
"She was probably already dead as soon as she activated her technique. This is just a lifeless vessel reacting to rage energy.", the chief speculated.
"No, I have to stop her.", Martin tried to crawl toward her with the little power he had left.
"What are you doing? Get back here! The ritual has already started, if you try to interfere you are going to lose her and her final attempt to attack the enemy.", the assistant chief tried to stop him.
"All of you leave my friend alone!", Martin gathered rage energy in his right hand. He transformed the rage energy into a destructive lightning bolt aimed at the ghouls flying around his colleague.
"I said, leave her a-.", before he could launch the attack, he passed out from exhaustion. His body fell to the ground and his face was pictured with guilt and regret for not being able to save his friend.
"I said, come back here.", August used his ability to send Martin flying toward him.
"You are too old to be that naive, Mister.", he added.
"Is watching the only thing we can do now?", Axel looked around him trying to find someone who could provide him an answer.
"Yes, and please stop asking questions.", Jackson replied. The ritual progressed with the ghouls feasting on her bones and flesh filled with rage energy with no signs of stopping in sight until they devoured all of it.
"I don't think I can look anymore!", Axel covered his eyes.
"How come that guy is just standing there, we don't know what that ability does!", he added.
"With the amount of time he has been observing her, I think he knows what her ability does.", the chief said.
"But just in case it does something that could be detrimental for all of us.", Officer Jackson looked at everyone.
"I want you all to go far away from here!", he requested.
"August, help them escape this place! I'm staying here.", he ordered.
"Got it.", August started placing negative symbols on his fellow law enforcement officers and a plus sign on whatever object was far away while some covered their legs with rage energy and propelled away.
"If you stay, then so will I.", Axel was adamant about leaving.
"Then they are going to have to prepare two extra tombstones.", the chief responded after staring at him for a few seconds.
"Hmmm?", The Destroyer peeked behind Jess' dying body and the ghouls.
"Oh, no this one is staying here.", he projected a giant hand made up of rage energy and stretched it to reach Martin's location. He grabbed him and attempted to bring him to his location but one of the ghouls pounced on the attack which destroyed the projection. The other ravenous ghouls finished eating her body. They all slowly turned their heads to the Destroyer and glowered at him with their dark red eyes.
"Well, I guess you guys are going to attack me now?", he squinted his eyes at them. One of the ghouls roared. In an instant, the ghoul was covered with dark red rage energy and quickly charged to The Destroyer. The Destroyer jumped into the air. While in midair he shaped his hand as if he was holding a ball. Highly condensed rage energy gradually formed. He swung one rage energy ball one after another. He repeated his attacks every time he jumped into the air. As he continued his strategy, he started to notice the ghouls were getting faster and were starting to adjust to his speed.
"You guys are persistent!", upon landing, The Destroyer raised an arm to the air and smashed the ground with his enraged knuckles. The attack sent the ghouls back several meters but they quickly got up.
"Change of strategy.", The Destroyer shaped his left hand as if to hold something. Rage energy flowed through his body and extended to his hand. The extension of rage energy transformed into a sharp sword made up of pure rage energy.
"How strong are those ghouls and where did they come from?", Axel asked as they were observing from a bit far distance.
"Not sure about their strength, but If I have to guess I assume those ghouls were the previous holders of the ancestral ability and also the people they killed. If it is not them, then maybe they are copies of them.", the chief speculated.
"And they used Jess as food so they could access the dormant rage energy collected from the previous generations, thus powering them up.", he added. The ghouls charged at The Destroyer. The Destroyer sliced them one by one while dodging some of the attacks. After being sliced by the sword, the ghouls split into two smaller ones.
"Of course, this is an ancestral ability this can't be that easy.", The Destroyer spoke to himself. The smaller ghouls swiftly charged toward him. The smaller ghouls were weaker but faster. One of the ghouls instantly dashed in front of him. He wasn't paying enough attention and underestimated their capabilities. He locked eyes with the smaller ghoul and witnessed its dark red eyes glaring at him. The ghoul landed a scratch directly on his face. The Destroyer recoiled from the attack. Before the ghoul could land another scratch on him, he used his enraged right arm and slammed it away. Upon striking the mini ghoul away, several ghouls had already made it close to him and were ready for an onslaught. The Destroyer quickly conjured a giant club made up of rage energy and rammed all the mini ghouls around him away with it. He followed up the attack with a huge explosive energy blast with his left hand which damaged and pushed the mini ghouls away. The mini ghouls speedily regenerated and immediately got up. The disturbing image of the ghouls reassembled a mutated human whose spirit seemed to be stuck inside the rotting flesh with no other intention but to kill.
"The ghouls don't appear to be losing, but neither does The Destroyer.", Axel inspected from a distance.
"I think he is still holding back. He is incredibly strong and his power goes beyond the human limitations. He is something we have never seen before and possesses an unnatural strength, he is like some kind of anomaly.", Chief Jackson observed.
"How do we get Martin back?", Axel looked at him, seeking an answer.
"I can detach the ground he is lying on and control it to move here.", he answered.
"And I want you to shield him with your bubbles.", he added.
"I doubt my bubbles can survive if he attacks. With the power he is showing now, my bubbles might just evaporate if it gets close to them.", Axel explained.
"We have to try. The ghouls might get him occupied enough to not bother us.", the chief said. The police officers planned their strategy to rescue Martin as the fight continued at a distance.
"Let's try this one.", The Destroyer put his arms before him. The rage energy from his arms extended to form a projection of his hands. The hand projections magnified in size. He intensified the amount of rage energy and transformed the hands into a giant wall. He twisted his hands away from each other and circled them. The giant wall was expanded to cover the entire area where the mini ghouls were. He locked his hands together and the wall expanded to a sphere locking the mini ghouls inside. Meanwhile, the chief detached a piece of the ground Martin was lying unconscious. He controlled the rock to move to their location with his hands. The Destroyer's attention was focused on the ghouls and did not notice their actions.
"Can you move it faster?!", Axel peered at his peer.
"If I move it faster he might fall.", the chief kept his focus on Martin.
"I can't wait to see how this turns out.", The Destroyer sat down as he watched the mini ghouls try to break the rage prison. The mini ghouls were scratching and slamming the sphere but their efforts were ineffective.
"Something's not right.", he got up from his spot and shot himself up to the air. He covered himself with rage energy and froze himself levitating into the air. He scanned the area and noticed Martin was being rescued by his colleagues.