by Vryheid
A nameless man wakes in a trench beneath a gray sky. Around him, artillery tears the earth apart, soldiers wield rifles beside magic, and everyone seems to know who he is. Kaizer. The name means nothing to him. Then he dies. And wakes up at the beginning. Every death gives him another chance. Another lesson. Another opportunity to survive what killed him before. But the trench is only the beginning. Beyond it waits a world of mages, monsters, unexplored lands, and powers Kaizer barely understands. Somewhere within it are the answers to why he is here, why death refuses to keep him, and why something in the darkness seems to know far more about him than it should. For now, answers can wait. Staying alive comes first. And Kaizer is getting very good at it. Expect: • Time loops in an industrial-era fantasy world of rifles, artillery, and magic • Mystery, exploration, and an expanding world • Brutal progression, violent set pieces, and a morally dark protagonist Release Schedule: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (8pm EST/EDT At the latest) Cover art by @louie.thee.great on Instagram
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 05:38 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 05:38 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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Two or more lists
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Likely threshold order: Action → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Action (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
#3529 of 12,147 · 3479 below RS #50
By genre
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Hidden gem — exposure is the bottleneck
Readers who find this story follow it at a high rate; there just aren't enough of them. In our cohort data, near-daily posting lifted the odds of reaching 25 followers from ~0% to 17% — more chapters, shoutout swaps and ads buy the eyeballs this conversion deserves.
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.
