by Lemon_Rider
"Nestore, did you just wake up... with that strange scream again?" asked Clarice Vescante, a graceful and talented young aristocrat. Nestore looked at her with the sentimental awkwardness of a middle-class. It took him a moment to remember. He and Clarice had just been killed, by a Paladin named Mordred van Ennersault. Nestore had returned to the past, understanding that the traumatic day would come again, six days from now. What he didn't expect was how much revenge would change, the longer he chased it.
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Rank updated 14 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
Entry forecast updated 14 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
Overall Rising Stars shadow rank
deep field · ~#3931 of 6,880 · 3881 below #50
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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 Mystery Rising Stars bar (≈1 new followers/day) costs about 129 views/day — the story currently gets ~23.
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 over the recent window.
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