Chapter 6: Nandar The Destroyer

For Several decades Boros continued his journey across the universe to great enjoyment. He Fought myriads of creatures and warriors, explored new undiscovered worlds, and saw countless vistas of unparalleled beauty. He also made sure to keep up his workout of 1000 push ups, 1000 squats, 1000 crunches, and a 100 kilometer run every day. Every now and again between adventures he would go back to his home planet and take a cargo of Permium back to Perthast where he would give it to his friend Goolin. Goolin had by now achieved his goal of becoming a fantastically successful spaceship manufacturer and was now the richest man in Perthast. During these years Boros had grown a full head of spiky light purple hair which stood erect as if lightning had struck it. His power too, had growth. In fact it had reached its limit. But though the limiter was still intact it was dangerously close to breaking. Just one hard push and…

BOOM! Boros and Goolin looked out from the penthouse suite they were sharing their meal in. Through the wide window they could see several large spaceships loaded out with laser cannons had begun a barrage on the city. Below the ships a host of what only appeared as black dots from the penthouse were swarming into the city from the arid wasteland surrounding it. Boros stopped fiddling with the golden earrings he had picked up on one of his adventures and opened up the window and stepped onto the windowsill, feeling the cool breeze strike his face. "Hey Boros make sure you come back in time for the main course alright pal?" Sparkles wove their way through Goolin's transparent body, indicating the equivalent of a smirk. Boros grinned and gave a thumbs up before taking a mighty leap out of the window all the way onto one of the ships. He caused the ship to slightly dip with the force of his feet. Following this jump with and energy blast he managed to blast apart the engines of 2 other ships which were sent hurtling to the ground. He then jumped down from his perch and landed in the wasteland just bordering the city. This caused a dust storm which blew away many of the insectoid soldiers who were pouring across the edge of the city.

"You dare stand against the army of the all mighty Nandar?!" The remaining soldiers raised their plasma cannons and opened fire upon the alien cyclops. Boros moved with catlike grace to weave between the plasma bolts coming from each side. His decades of experience had given him many battles like tis so using his speed to take out a battalion of enemies wasn't anything new to him. In a short time he had taken out the rest of the soldiers and now had his eye focused on the last ship which was now landing in front of him. As the dust from the landing settled a door slid open stairs unfolded down to the ground. From out of the ship came more insectoid soldiers but also a giant muscle bound lizard like humanoid some 4 meters tall. The creature had glistening green scales and wore only a loincloth made from some furry monster. The lizard face opened its mouth to some a set of needle sharp teeth and from around the edges of the neck rose a bright red fill resembling the mane of a lion. The most disturbing part of the creature however was its long muscular tail with the blade of a scythe at the end.

"Rarely do I find people willing to oppose to me the great Nandar The Destroyer, mightiest in all the universe!" The lizard spoke with a great booming confidence. It was clear he thought others to be just his toys.

"Well i'm…" started Boros before the lizard punched him in the side of the head and sent him flying some hundred meters through the air, finally landing and cracking the earth beneath him.

"Did I ask for your name shit head!?" Nandar turned back to his sip and barked for it to resume its assault on the city. He was then kicked in the back of the head as Boros came flying back into the fray of battle. Nandar said with mild annoyance "You're still alive?" He then grabbed Boros by the leg and flug him further into the wasteland. Boros righted himself and looked around for Nandar but saw nothing. "Behind you moron!" A large fist crushed Boros into the ground and created a small crater filled with broken rocks and the broken body of the cyclops alien. Nandar looked at his handiwork with a pleased expression but raised his brow when he saw Boros rising. The spiky haired alien was already panting and barfing up blood, never had he felt such power. Nandar was by far the strongest enemy he had yet face but that just gave him all the more reason to enjoy this. His energy flared up around him as his healing factor started to kick in and he flew through the air with his fist ready to lay the smackdown on Nandar.

When Boros put out his fist he felt only air and turned to strike again. His relentless attacks got him nowhere as Nandar simply dodged them while having his arms crossed in superiority. The lizard jumped backward and put out his hand to bait Boros into attacking him. Boros didn't decline such a provocation and blasted off in hot pursuit of his scaly foe. The pair tore across the land, going back and forth in a high speed battle. For long stretches they were off the ground but when they came down a great of explosion of dust shot up into the air to mark where Boros had whiffed his punch or where Nandar had blocked it with but a finger. They circled around the areas at such speeds that to all but the most perceptive they appeared invisible at times and only a blur at others.

A loud thudding noise sounded as Boros was thrown back by a mighty punch. His bones had been crushed and his flesh flattened by the blow but his healing factor managed to hold him Together. Nandar strutted towards his smaller foe with an air of vanity. "You make a pretty good punching bag but you're looking pretty close to broken" he hissed in a mocking tone. Boros looked up at Nandar with the eye on his chest and his scars erupted with blue energy pouring out into the air. He shot out a beam of crackling blue energy which for a moment caused Nandar to widen his eyes. The blast proved to be ineffective when Nandar put out his hand and flicked the blast in a random upwards direction. "Ha! You though something like that could, could…" He looked behind him to see that the direction he had flicked the blast was directly into his last remaining ship. Nandar turned back to Boros his seething red hate in his reptilian eyes. "I'll gut you for what you did!"

Boros opened his mouth in confusion "But didn't you do that yourself?" He was then hit by a kick to the abdomen so hard and fast he hadn't seen any movement at all. His body was thrown back towards the city with violent force that he tried to stop by digging his feet into the ground. The sharp rocks cut his feet into a patchwork of gashes but he managed to stop himself. A shadow loomed above him and he noticed that the skyscraper sized ship he had shot down was falling onto him. His legs were still too badly bent out of shape to move so he raised his hands and tried to hold up the colossal vehicle. It crashed down onto his palms and Boros sunk down into the earth under the weight. His knees were buckling under the pressure and his back broke under the strain. Such a weight was too much, he was being crushed and could only hold it until his strength failed which was probably going to be any second now.

"That's what you get for destroying my ship, now you get to have it crush you!" Roared the fuming Nandar. Boros was failing, his power insufficient to keep the spaceship from crushing him into paste but still he tried just as his power tried to push apart his cracked limiter.

Boros managed to choke out "This… isn't… shit…" His power strained just enough to put strain on his weakened limiter and suddenly he began to rise. His body straightened even as his blood spat out of his ripping muscles. Standing tall Boros gave a mighty heave and threw the battleship into the air and on top of Nandar. It crashed down onto the dumbfounded lizard and sent a shockwave through the area as it shook the ground with its landing. "Take your ship back asshole."

Goolin raced through the streets in his luxury flying sports car. He passed the flashy neon lights adorning the sleek shiny skyscrapers in a hurry to get to the edge of the city. He had at first thought Boros would be fine for he knew his friends strength but he had heard that it was none other than Nandar The Destroyer attacking. Not only that but he had seen that the explosions where Boros fought were large and fierce. He doubted even Bros could handle something that destructive so he flew off to check on his friend. He knew this was pointless as he wasn't strong enough to help out but still he wanted to help Boros even if all he could do was cheer him on. "C'mon buddy, hang in there!"

Boros did all he could just to stay standing while his blurry vision centered on the fallen ship. From inside the ship something stirred and the side of it was sliced open by the blade of a scythe to reveal Nandar walking out without a scratch. The lizard spoke in a serious tone "you've been enough of a pain so i'm gonna blast you to bits. Photon Fist!" Nandar's fists lit up with fiery red energy. Boros knew it was hopeless, he had used up all his energy. He couldn't fight, he couldn't regenerate, he couldn't even move. All he could do was take his death with dignity. The fists of Nandar collided with Boros and the energy they put off caused an Explosion that turned Boros into a flying mess of blood and millions of stray bits of flesh.

"Boros!" Goolin shouted out of his car as he came to the edge of the city where he saw Boros turn into an absolute mess.

Nandar grinned, "that's what you get for messing with the strongest."

The strongest. That was what I wanted to be. I'm ok losing, ok failing, but not when it comes to being the strongest. I will be the strongest, no, I am the strongest! These thoughts raced through each and every scattered piece of him. He had wanted to become strong so he could win just once. Now he knew what that feeling was like, having won quite a few battles. But is wasn't easy, he always had to work for it and snatch it either from the jaws of defeat or come back from a defeat to claim that victory. That was what he was after, that feeling of accomplishment. Fighting was great, it was the ultimate joy for Boros and giving everything you had and more to try and succeed in a fight was the greatest treasure of all to him. He had lost and he was ok with losing but had he given it all he had. No, he wasn't ok with dying before he had a chance to throw every last bit of him at his opponent! His limiter cracked, allowing a small point of light to show through the jaws of defeat he had thought were closed.

The puddle of blood and flakes of meat began to come together. They twisted in a dreadful dance until new flesh grew around the body and Boros again stood among the living. He charged against Nandar and threw an endless torrent of punches. Nandar tried to guard himself and slash Boros to bits with his tail but the punches broke his tail's bade and pounded away on his arms until they were broken. A looked of fear came over Nandar and Boros in that moment realized he could win! This realization triggered a miraculous event never before seen in the universe.

Boros' limiter was blown open and reduced to nothing. His power surged out and kept going with no end. Purple energy erupted around Boros, spreading into a hundred meters radius column of chaotic purple rising into the sky and piercing into space. Within the purple maelstrom Boros grew pale until his skin had gone white. His scars became jet black and so did eyes except for the pupil and iris which went blood red. His body smoothed out and grew sleek as the energy washed over it. Lastly his hair exploded into a thick mane of white which grew to his knees. With the intensity of a collapsing star he let out a roaring surge of energy from his chest eye that blinded everyone in the city. The blast rose as high as a skyscraper and instantly reduced Nandar to nothing. The blast went all the way off into space to eventually crash into and destroy some object floating through space light years away. At last Boros ceased his cannon of power and fell to the ground in exhaustion. His skin had gone grey and his hair while still long had gone back to its normal color. He panted out a couple words as Goolin hauled Boros into his car to take his to a hospital. "I could use a haircut."

Bonus: meteoric burst

Using meteoric burst is something anyone who has broken their limit can do as it is essentially pushing every last bit of your power out of you and in the case of Boros this manifests in the form of a transformation. Doing such a thing would exhaust anyone and would require said person to take a long rest. For Boros his body loses all color and becomes gaunt and drained. If he rests for a few days then he will regain his normal vitality and his hair will shrink back to the usual size. One cannot use such a power until they have fully regained their stamina by doing nothing but resting for a couple days.