by D.D_Ran
It starts with a sugarcane crisis. In an alternate 1970s United States where magic and supernatural beings coexist with humans, a guild wizard NOT a mage is assigned an unusual job contract: help four vampires survive a growing sugarcane crisis. But sugarcane is only the beginning. As the story moves from the 1970s into the present day, the crisis reveals connections between vampires, magic, agriculture, and other realms. What seemed like a simple shortage may be part of a much larger problem; and the people caught in the middle may be the ones who have to solve it. A story of magic, guild wizards, vampires, other realms. One crisis connecting them all. Follow the story as the mystery unfolds, and join Patreon for early access, exclusive chapters, worldbuilding, and content beyond the main release.
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One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 5 Oct 2026, 07:58 UTC
Entry forecast updated 5 Oct 2026, 07:58 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.
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Both levers trail the field
Traffic and conversion are both below comparable stories. Cadence is the first lever — stories posting near-daily reached 25 followers 17% of the time; stories posting every few days almost never did. Get the flow going, then re-check conversion.
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.
