by VMourne
Kael Ren is the lowest-ranked hunterin a city that measures worth by power. Then he dies in the wrong gate —and comes back wrong. The System calls him Candidate 0001.His level-up notifications count down,not up. Every time he wins,something he loves pays the price. Every time he saves someone,the number falls. He doesn't know what happenswhen it reaches zero. He's starting to suspecthe already does.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 23 Oct 2026, 22:48 UTC
Entry forecast updated 23 Oct 2026, 22:48 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 35% of similar stories
not enough data yet
needs about a week of observations
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 10–19 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views lifetime.
