by EYESHINER
Participant in the 2026 Community Magazine! This is a story about a profoundly lazy man named Jerry thrust into responsibility he never wanted. He doesn’t want to be the Overlord of anyone; his sole desire is to stay at home and occasionally sell tomato soup at the farmer’s market. Unfortunately for Jerry, the Dark Realm doesn’t give a salted biscuit about what he wants. What to expect: - Very low effort secret identity maintenance - Snappy pacing (this is a short story! ~13k words) - Lighthearted tone, considering the apocalypse is actively occurring - Desalinator ray guns - Salt. So much salt.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 9 Oct 2026, 03:08 UTC
Entry forecast updated 9 Oct 2026, 03:08 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.
Not enough recent follower history to estimate a shadow rank yet.
beats 82% of similar stories
not enough data yet
needs about a week of observations
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.
