
by RMCollinwood
For some wizards, Intelligence is just a dump stat. Joseph Sullivan is at an all-time low. He lost his job, his fiancée dumped him, he moved back to the Midwest and currently lives in his parent’s basement—oh, and his workout was just interrupted with the arrival of the System. Earth has become a playing field in a contest amongst the gods, where mortals are the pawns. The winning god gets the glory, and their chosen champion gets a single wish. The first stage of this game: Tutorial – Class Selection. Provided the ideal stat array for a physical, combat-focused class, the choice for Joe is obvious. Until he fat thumbs the selection screen and ends up selecting Spellcaster. His starting Intelligence stat? 1. With a useless class selection and only his raw testosterone-fueled strength to back him up, Joe decides class optimization is for dummies. Pumping all stat points in Strength, he hopes to not only survive the contest of the gods, but to win the whole damned thing. After all, a real wizard should be measured by how much they can bench! . . . . . . . . . . What to expect: - A slower-paced beginning - A System Integration story that will shift into a System Apocalypse story - GameLit / LitRPG elements weaved into detailed character arcs - Party dynamics . . . . . . . . . . RELEASE SCHEDULE: Generally one chapter a week, as time permits. Book 1: Chapters 1 - 69. Book 2: 70 - 120. Book 3: 121- ongoing. Book 4 (Series Finale): Forthcoming . . . . . . . . . . Enjoying SBW and want to explore other LitRPGs and join a community of other readers who love the genre? Check out the LitRPG Facebook Groups. In particular, Litrpg Books is a great one!
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One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 05:28 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 05:28 UTC
Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
Chart history contains only this ranking model's runs; legacy points are not spliced in.
Coupled 14-day outlook
rs-joint-entry-copula-v1
Any eligible RS entry
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Likely threshold order: Comedy → Action → Main → Adventure → Fantasy.
Leading bundle: Comedy (0%).
Estimated from one fitted shared story path; category probabilities are not multiplied as if lists were independent.
Separate entry forecast; this probability does not enter the ranking score.
Overall Rising Stars Shadow RS rank
#2121 of 12,145 · 2071 below RS #50
By genre
beats 40% of similar stories
beats 68% of similar stories
beats 93% of similar stories
Mid-pack, room on both levers
Traffic and conversion both sit mid-field for a story this size. Growth here compounds from consistency: steady cadence feeds traffic, and a sharper hook lifts what each view is worth.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 50–149 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
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