by ADTauthor
Dave was a troubled kid who never got along with anyone including his family. After a tragic accident he dies at the age of nine. He then quickly discovers that his soul was sold to a devil that happens to be his father. He forms a contract of his own and is dragged into the demonic underworld where he must battle devils and other contract holders to become a true devil. Unbeknownst to him there is a secret organization plotting to revive the first devil and purge the world back into the chaos era.
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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 · ~#3842 of 7,531 · 3792 below #50
By genre
beats 97% of similar stories
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Hidden gem — exposure is the bottleneck
Readers who find this story follow it at a high rate; there just aren't enough of them. In our cohort data, near-daily posting lifted the odds of reaching 25 followers from ~0% to 17% — more chapters, shoutout swaps and ads buy the eyeballs this conversion deserves.
At this conversion, the Psychological Rising Stars bar (≈2 new followers/day) costs about 114 views/day — the story currently gets ~14.
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.
