by Skarabrae
The scariest part isn’t the game. It’s remembering he’s in it. Dante Montressor is faced with the hardest challenge of his life: survival. Stuck without his memories, the only thing he knows is that he's in the world of the hardest video game he's ever played. Terrified that he'll get brutally murdered before he even gets past the first boss, Dante must find some way through the game's story with his head still attached to his shoulders and what remains of his sanity intact. With the Bloodbath Princess by his side, Dante faces horrors both physical and psychological. Mangy beasts with venom dripping from their maws lurk in the shadows as he has to face every gamer's worst fear: High School. Come see a story inspired by things like Trails of Cold Steel, Fear and Hunger, Red Princess, and Norse Mythology. What to Expect: -Heavy focus on character development with slice of life elements -Romance -No harem -Low fantasy early modern school setting -Psychological themes, including dealing with feelings of worthlessness and self-hatred. Updates every Saturday at 10 AM EST/9 AM CST. Read now! Cover art done by littleruby726
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
2%
Two or more lists
0%
Likely threshold order: Psychological → Romance → Main → Adventure → Fantasy.
Leading bundle: Psychological (1%).
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
#9674 of 12,147 · 9624 below RS #50
By genre
beats 46% of similar stories
beats 58% of similar stories
beats 60% 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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