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by D.Pidge
Most mages study the System for a lifetime. Emil Prodit was remade by something the System never accounted for. The Gods gave humanity the System a thousand years ago. Every magic user is Graded. Every Affinity is recorded. And the Clergy investigates any heretic who delves into the forbidden. A struggling student facing potential expulsion, Emil discovers what he believes to be an opportunity during an expedition into the ruins beneath First Light City. But then he finds himself in cavern that puts him face to face with a being older than humanity itself. By the time he climbs back out, his Status has a second Necromancer Class, he’s gained a heretical Affinity, and he must now master these dark powers before they kill him. Meanwhile, the Clergy’s Inquisitors would execute him without mercy. His classmates and professors alike would turn him in. And the only one Emil can rely on is himself. With the power of Necromancy, reaching C Grade by the spring assessments should be easy. Hiding how he got there will be the hard part. *** About the Series: A fantasy progression LitRPG set in a magical academy with some slice of life. Features a cultivation-like magic system, a secret identity as a Necromancer, and uncovering forbidden knowledge.
#23
8/1/2026
Peak #50
0d
#22
8/1/2026
Peak #50
0d
#21
8/1/2026
Peak #50
0d
#20
7/30/2026
Peak #50
0d
#19
7/29/2026
Peak #49
1d
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 06:28 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 06:28 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
9%
Likely threshold order: Drama → Mystery → Fantasy → Adventure → Main.
Leading bundle: Drama + Mystery (8%).
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
#6898 of 12,157 · 6848 below RS #50
By genre
beats 56% of similar stories
beats 30% of similar stories
beats 80% 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 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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