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by Richard Tyrer
Garek was a magical artificer, now he's a conscript. The Empyrean Army doesn't train soldiers. It forges them in the Hall of Trials - a sentient, ever-shifting pocket dungeon. Yet, survival isn't his goal, it's progressing. The Military Service Act only applies to those over the age of twelve. Garek has less than two years to reach the fifth grade - Sapphire - to claim his son as an attendant and save him from certain death. No one has ever progressed that fast, but what choice does he have... --- - Release Schedule: M/W/F - Chapter Length: 2300-3000 - An MC who has no Mana Core and must rely on his unique Soul Core to power his spells/skills - Combat is treated as a puzzle to solve with strategy and intelligence - An insulated beginning before the wider universe opens up in later chapters - Short term mystery which resolves into long term politics, war, and the metaphysical consequences of progression - Found Family with a group of characters who come together to enact change --- Illustrator: Pablo Dominguez
#16
7/17/2026
Peak #49
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#15
7/16/2026
Peak #50
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#14
7/15/2026
Peak #49
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#13
7/12/2026
Peak #49
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#12
7/12/2026
Peak #50
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Rank updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
Entry forecast updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
Overall Rising Stars shadow rank
deep field · ~#6336 of 7,531 · 6286 below #50
By genre
beats 78% of similar stories
beats 4% of similar stories
beats 90% 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 Psychological Rising Stars bar (≈2 new followers/day) costs about 586 views/day — the story currently gets ~1.0k.
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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