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by M. T. Trinh
Volume One completed! [Participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge] He was the greatest hero in history, feared even by the gods. Couldn't he at least be resurrected by someone worth a damn? Orion, the brash, confident, and overwhelmingly powerful hero of old, sacrificed himself hundreds of years ago to seal away the King of Hell, Tarmak. A worthy end for an accomplished hero such as himself, or so he thought. Enter Ansel, a young, novice adventurer who just so happens to have obtained the coveted Necromancer class, only the third ever to accomplish such a feat. The issue is, he can hardly summon a pile of bones, let alone an undead capable of surviving a dungeon. Cast out by his former party, Ansel has lost all hope of becoming a proper adventurer... until he accidentally resurrects the once mighty hero of old. Brought back from the dead—unwillingly—and with the majority of his powers locked behind some kind of necromantic seal, Orion must learn to face the world that he turned his back on, confront the lurking threats he left behind, and whip his inexperienced master into shape. Because Orion isn’t the only thing Ansel brought back from the dead. What to expect: 📆 Release Schedule: 3 chapters a week at 5:30 AM PST ✍️ 1,500-word minimum chapters, Volume One completely written, 30+ chapter backlog! Volume one concludes at Chapter 55 💪 Weak —> Strong MC 📕 Non-crunchy LitRPG mechanics, OP Mentor and out-of-depth MC, adventuring, and dungeons! 😅 No Harem Support me on Patreon 10 Advanced Chapters! (2 weeks ahead) Cover Art by Duy Phan
#6
3/22/2026
Peak #30
19d
#5
3/22/2026
Peak #29
20d
#4
3/21/2026
Peak #50
0d
#3
3/21/2026
Peak #26
22d
#2
3/21/2026
Peak #22
23d
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 07:49 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 07:49 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
28%
Two or more lists
3%
Likely threshold order: Drama → Action → Fantasy → Adventure → Main.
Leading bundle: Drama (25%).
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
#8958 of 12,172 · 8908 below RS #50
By genre
beats 51% of similar stories
beats 42% of similar stories
beats 80% 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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