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by JesterLegacy
What if the Dark Lord accidentally saved the Heroine? Milo Miles died broke and single. The afterlife bureaucracy assigned him the role of Dark Lord, giving him instant level 9999. However, he had zero useful skills and a demonic assistant who would rather dropkick him through a wall than take orders. On his first day, Milo saved Evelisse without realizing she was the Hero he was sent to oppose. Evelisse, who has only ever been the one doing the saving, felt something she has no name for. It would have been a small problem, except the afterlife is keeping score. If the Dark Lord does not spread fear and the Hero does not inspire hope, reality is erased. Unfortunately, the Dark Lord refuses to kill, the Hero's resolve is weakening, and they're starting to feel something they shouldn't. Together, they may be the worst thing that could happen to the world. What to Expect: ✦ OP MC that still has to earn his way up to unlock fun skills to spread terror and be useful in a fight ✦ Occasional comedy and slapsticks ✦ Alternating Dual POVs from Milo and Evelisse to really understand their growth (Mostly 1 POV/chapter) ✦ Escalating conflicts and stakes ✦ Gradually expanding list of side-characters that also get their own fair share of screen time✦ Romance as one of the key elements to drive the plot forward ✦ A mixture between Konosuba, Overlord, and Backstabbed at a Backwater DungeonWARNING: THE MC IS DESPERATE FOR A GIRLFRIEND IN THIS ONELight LitRPG elements, NO walls of stats here3-5 chaps/week
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Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 02:08 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 02:08 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
47%
Two or more lists
22%
Likely threshold order: Comedy → Romance → Adventure → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Comedy (25%).
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
#5822 of 12,235 · 5772 below RS #50
By genre
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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.
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