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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
0d
#15
7/16/2026
Peak #50
0d
#14
7/15/2026
Peak #49
0d
#13
7/12/2026
Peak #49
0d
#12
7/12/2026
Peak #50
0d
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 04:58 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 04:58 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.
Coupled 14-day outlook
rs-joint-entry-copula-v1
Any eligible RS entry
17%
Two or more lists
3%
Likely threshold order: Psychological → Action → Fantasy → Adventure → Main.
Leading bundle: Psychological (14%).
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
#1794 of 12,129 · 1744 below RS #50
By genre
beats 72% of similar stories
beats 8% 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.
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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