by Valknar
There were many things I expected to be doing if I made it to 87 years old. Joining an expeditionary army to another world was not one of them. But here I am in 2055 getting ready to be sent to the new world to see new sights, meet new cultures and fight eldritch abominations. If we fail, the world of Hylore will be destroyed, and Earth will be next. Death will be the luckiest fate for us then. I am getting ready to be placed into a pod and have my consciousness transferred to a new, younger body to be sent forth. Two waves went before us and failed. Now it's time for the old to feel useful one last time and maybe save two worlds. Author's note - This is not a story about an OP MC, hareems or broken skills. It's about a man trying his best and enduring the daily grind to save both the world and himself. Trigger Warning - This story will take darker turns. The MC will be in another culture with its own values, so be warned!
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, 08:09 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 08:09 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
23%
Two or more lists
1%
Likely threshold order: Horror → Action → Adventure → Main.
Leading bundle: Horror (22%).
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
#6669 of 12,176 · 6619 below RS #50
By genre
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Both levers trail the field
Traffic and conversion are both below comparable stories. Cadence is the first lever — stories posting near-daily reached 25 followers 17% of the time; stories posting every few days almost never did. Get the flow going, then re-check conversion.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 20–49 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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