by Taslit
Five rats washed off a pier. One seal pup found in a crate. A single plank keeping them all alive. Lac knows the Black Ocean. He knows the water doesn't give second chances. But his new crew—a failed inventor, a fallen champion, a grieving brother, and a silent swimmer—might be worse than the sea. Because out here, the real question isn't who survives. It's who gets eaten first. And that pup looks like the weakest link.
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, 06:08 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 06:08 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 19% of similar stories
not enough data yet
needs about a week of observations
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views lifetime.
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