by almiraj
Automagic updates Saturdays at 10:00 AM EST. When a cyborg law enforcement unit bleeds out on the rain-slicked streets of a dying city, he expects nothing after death. What he gets instead is a ritual circle, a medieval mountaintop, and a king who decides that the heavily-augmented soldier from another world makes an excellent slave. Transferred directly from one master to another, he must bide his time and find a way to survive in this strange new world. Cover art by the talented Inês Toczyska.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 9 Oct 2026, 03:58 UTC
Entry forecast updated 9 Oct 2026, 03:58 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.
Not enough recent follower history to estimate a shadow rank yet.
beats 54% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 19% 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 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
