
by Scarlet Ghost
Synopsis is for the 1st Arc: All that Kenny has known is the responsibility his father thrusted upon him of cleaning up his half siblings mistakes and how much his step mother despises him. When the day the invitations to the Trial Grounds arrived, his best friend and crush left him behind while his mailbox remained empty. When frustration and despair of being told he wouldn’t amount to anything started to choke him, a mysterious person suddenly appeared to fix an error. Now Kenny has five days out the seven given to pass the Trial Grounds – The Key to the Tower that everyone aims to climb. Going solo and armed with only an ability meant to absorb poisons and fists filled with frustration, Kenny pushes forward to prove to not just those who looked down on him, but to silence his own doubts plaguing his mind. As loneliness slowly takes hold of him, he finds solace upon meeting Val, someone who was abandoned by her own teammates for not having a better ability other than her Slow Debuff. Pairing up, the two push forward, working together to not only pass the Trial Grounds, but to also show that they aren’t as worthless as the others claimed them to be. Hex and Venom is a LitRPG of slow progression, magical curses, and hard-won bonds—where the strongest magic isn’t in runes or venom, but in refusing to be told they aren’t worthless.
No streak history
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
2%
Two or more lists
1%
Likely threshold order: Action → Fantasy → Adventure → Main.
Leading bundle: Action (1%).
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
#10340 of 12,157 · 10290 below RS #50
By genre
beats 65% of similar stories
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beats 43% 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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