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by KennyTheAwkwardDonut
Book 1 complete! New chapters of Book 2 every Monday and Friday! From Author Kenneth Sellers ~ Writing as KennyTheAwkwardDonut. When violence comes for you, do you cower, or do you find the strength to fight back? In the world of a VR game, Nik the kobold lives in his own peaceful little corner of a defunct goblin dungeon. His life is turned upside-down the day he comes face to face with an adventurer; a looming figure, soaked in goblin blood and intent on killing anything that moves. Against all odds, Nik miraculously survives the battle and is forced to flee before bloody vengeance returns for him. With a mysterious System ringing notifications in his head, Nik must adapt and fight to survive. If he is ever going to create a home for himself and his friends, then he will need to be strong enough to become a light in the darkness. But not everything is what it seems within the Black Tower, and the Kings Crowned in Onyx will do anything to maintain the status quo. What to expect: - Weak-to-strong progression. - Naive loner MC to experienced settlement leader. - Hopeful hero in a dark and brutally violent world. - Depictions of PTSD and a panic disorder. Book 1 cover art by Ghostcat Book 2 cover art by some cool dude on tiktok named Ken🐟
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6/8/2026
Peak #46
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#10
5/20/2026
Peak #46
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Peak #49
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Peak #46
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2/23/2026
Peak #50
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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, 04:39 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 04:39 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
34%
Two or more lists
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Likely threshold order: Psychological → Action → Fantasy → Adventure → Main.
Leading bundle: Psychological (34%).
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
#10270 of 12,099 · 10220 below RS #50
By genre
beats 79% of similar stories
beats 47% of similar stories
beats 49% 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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