The Buck (Nightmare Soup)

==Summary==
The Buck is the main antagonist of the short story called The Hunt, that was published in the anthology book, Nightmare Soup: Tales That Will Turn Your Stomach.
The story follows Kyle, who was hunting during the coldest November anyone could remember, with a fresh blanket of snow covering the forest floor. He was looking for the biggest buck he can find, but for most of the day he hadn't seen a thing.
It was getting late, so Kyle decided to turn back, but that's when he saw it. The largest buck he had ever witnessed. A monster of a deer, covered in black fur and with gigantic antlers that were reminiscent of a goat.
The buck saw him but to Kyle's surprise, it didn't move, even as he moved closer and closer, or when he raised his rifle to take aim. A loud shot ripped through the forest with a thunderous echo, a perfect shot to the buck's heart.
Kyle's celebration was short-lived as the buck barely moved, it just cocked its head slightly as it continued to stare Kyle down. Kyle was going to fire again but the buck began to move towards him. Kyle was shocked as he realized that this was no deer - it was something "else".
He ran in the dark cold forest, rushing through the bushes. The creature was galloping towards him, with long ghostly strides. It was moving in an animalistic, yet human motion. Its hooves digging into the mud as it gained up on him.
Kyle saw and ran into a small cabin-like structure to see a grizzly scene. A dimly lit cabin, splattered with dry blood and decorated with severed human heads. The creature found him as he realized the horrible truth. It raised its large gangly hoof and pointed to an empty space on the wall of heads. There was Kyle's name scratched into the wood.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: 
Name: The Buck, The Creature
Origin: Nightmare Soup
Gender: Unknown
Age: Unknown
Classification: Deer-like Monster
Powers and Abilities: Peak Human to Superhuman Strength and Durability, Superhuman Speed, Bodily Weaponry (Antlers), Immortality (Type 2; Was practically unfazed by and survived being shot in the heart by a rifle), possibly Clairvoyance (Knew of Kyle's name through unknown means, and presumably without encountering him beforehand), Frightening Presence (Scared Kyle so badly that he was paralyzed with fear)
Attack Potency: Street level (Is described as a gigantic, absolute monster of a deer. Regular deer are this level. Decapitated several people. Which would either mean it tore their heads off or slashed them off)
Speed: Superhuman (Deers can run at speeds up to 30 mph. Easily/casually kept up with Kyle while they were running for his life)
Lifting Strength: Unknown
Striking Strength: Street level
Durability: Street level, its Immortality makes it harder to kill
Stamina: Superhuman (Was able to easily chase Kyle while having their heart destroyed by a rifle shot)
Range: Standard Melee Range
Intelligence: Animalistic (While still animalistic in nature, but has an understanding of human language as seen where it spelt out Kyle's name)
Weaknesses: Unknown
Note: Read the full story here
==Notable Matchups==
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Category:Characters
Category:Nightmare Soup
Category:Animals
Category:Antagonists
Category:Bodily Weaponry Users
Category:Book Characters
Category:Clairvoyance Users
Category:Cryptids
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Category:Immortals
Category:Monsters
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