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by Ayaise
One day, she's going to murder her own village. She doesn't know this because of some vague prophecy given to her or because she wants to do it as revenge, no, she's been Isekaid. Specifically the reincarnation kind, the terms aren't unfamiliar to her, she's read some books with this exact premise even. In those books, the person who gets reincarnated ends up in a peaceful world and becomes some kind of badass. That's their fate. Hers? She goes to one of the worst worlds anyone could have gone to, one riddled with giant rat men, monstrous creatures, and maddened sages. And to top it all off, she's destined to join this band of mad men and become a monster herself, one who will eventually wipe out her own village. But she wouldn't let something like fate or destiny take control of her future. She's gonna take it by the neck and wrestle her way out of such a tragedy, no matter the cost. The problem is though, in a world teeming with monsters, she might have to become one herself in order to save it. ============= What to expect: *Smart MC who knows how to game the system and work her way around it. *A fairly villainous main character but she's not outright evil however and has some morals. *A slightly grim-dark world teeming with poverty, inequality, and death. *Monster hunting and level grinding.
#2
2/9/2026
Peak #50
0d
#1
1/25/2026
Peak #30
14d
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 06:58 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 06:58 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.
Previously appeared on Rising Stars, but no supported current projection is available.
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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.