by Der Ritter
Settled in the World of "He Who Fights With Monsters" Melissa deLuca was born into power. Undeath as Legacy. Power as an expectation. Control through obedience. She refused. Just as the world stopped making sense. When magic was revealed to the world. When monsters made their entrance. And the rules that once held everything together quietly broke. She chose her own path. Melissa isn't a hero. She's just trying to survive. Because when everything falls apart, survival isn't about hope.It's about becoming strong enough to stand where others break. Once, Melissa had no voice. Now she forces the world to listen. She screams so others don't have to.
Current
7/3/2026
Peak #36
0d
#6
7/1/2026
Peak #35
2d
#5
6/23/2026
Peak #46
1d
#4
6/22/2026
Peak #47
0d
#3
6/1/2026
Peak #26
6d
Overall Rising Stars shadow rank
deep field · ~#2553 of 13,558 · 2503 below #50
By genre
beats 73% of similar stories
beats 69% of similar stories
beats 66% of similar stories
Firing on all cylinders
Traffic and conversion are both strong for a story this size. Readers are finding it and sticking — if Rising Stars is the goal, this is the moment to push.
At this conversion, the Adventure Rising Stars bar (≈9 new followers/day) costs about 2.4k views/day — the story currently gets ~62.
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.
