by Nat Wenty
After a truly spectacular death Zoran reincarnates into his favorite video game, and immediately decides he doesn't want to live the same way he gamed. Instead of Story Mode, he's chosen Free Play. In a world of dungeons, ascenders, and academies, Zoran prefers his lab where he can live a quiet life, tinker, and rake in the cash. Why chase the 'heroes' when the goddess herself is his best friend. Why be stuck in a plotline he never signed up for. Why throw himself into peril over and over for people who don't even like the real him. Yet while he should be living his best life, tinkering, playing with magic, and exploring an infinite dungeon, there's one obstacle to complete self reliance. He needs blessed stone, and there are few good ways for him to get it.
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, 07:49 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 07:49 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 95% 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.
