by K Mackay
All Emily wanted was to get into the closed beta for Blood on the Cobblestones: Welcome to the Revolution, the sequel to her favourite RPG. But moments after pressing enter on the website the world went black and she woke up 10 years before the first game. Now she is Lizette Vayndred, the leader of the revolution, but long before she ever picked up her sword and raised an army against the monarchy. Instead it is the worst day of her life, the day when she lost everyone she cared for and was pushed into a rage that would carry her through a decade of plotting. But Lizette is not gone, in fact, she's there twice as much as before. Floating around in Emily's head there is Young Lizette, naive, believes in the righteous power of the monarchy, and Mature (Not Old) Lizette who has bloodied her hands in the fight against the monarchy. LitRPG Isekai Entrant in the Royal Road Community Magazine Contest!
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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 main Rising Stars bar (≈11 new followers/day) costs about 679 views/day — the story currently gets ~1.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 5–9 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views lifetime.
