by Gha_De
Scorch, Kill, Notions and Bury.Four inexperienced youths have their lives entangled together by fate, to uncover the truth about their world that is buried beneath the surface. As hidden powers awaken inside of them, they face enemies that deems impossible. To survive, they will need to rely on one another or else the world may be consumed by into absolute oblivion.
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One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 8 Oct 2026, 18:28 UTC
Entry forecast updated 8 Oct 2026, 18:28 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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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.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 10–19 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views lifetime.
