The Mighty Manticore
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  • Reads 198
  • Votes 77
  • Parts 11
  • Time 55m
Complete, First published Feb 21, 2021
Mature
Once, Alan was the most feared creature in both land and air, The Manticore. Now he is but a simple farmer trying to get by while also hiding from monster hunters. But, with bloodlust and the thirst for vengeance grow ever stronger in the Manticore's brain, at night, he wakes up to kill and eat humans meanwhile, by day he returns to his "normal" life. Will he be stopped or will he continue to kill in secrecy being able to hide from anyone?

(ONC entry)
(My prompt is #15, I've got the idea to make a different perspective from DoraTama, what id the Manticore didn't died and was just reduced into becoming human... but cursed to become a monster when the time comes)
(I want to shed some light to the coolest ancient mythical creatures there is!)
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