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by Allegedly
A girl Isekais into her maxxed-out MMO character. A (hopefully) light-hearted tale of her re-emergence into the world hundreds of years after the end of the game, as the world moves on to the next phase of its development. Inspired by ArcaneCadence's "New Life as a Max Level Archmage", Dee Elle's "Melia the Magnificent"... and other OP MC stories that have flooded the platform recently... I have read most of them. Blurb: Lily was bedridden at a young age. Unable to move for the last two years of her life, her only solace in life was her favorite VRMMORPG: "Ascension Online". Considering she had absolutely no responsibilities beyond the arbitrary schedule her nurses kept her to, she played as much as humanly possible. Maxxing every class, completing every quest, gathering every item... those were all done within her first year of playing. It wasn't until the game released Grand-tier classes that she finally had a goal that she could work towards for a decent amount of time. Of course, while lengthy, that grind eventually ended as well. It was with excitement and despair that she awaited the final expansion. She knew the game would have to eventually end, and she would only be able to grind for More Grand classes... Even Lily wasn't looking forward to that grind. Of course, she did not expect that when logging in to fight the last boss of the game's last dungeon, she would instead transmigrate into her avatar's body! She was also not at all prepared for that Lich's last resort. An attempt to take her body for its own. While unused to moving, let alone fighting, she isn't completely without hope. Her avatar's consciousness seems to still be around, and it is more than happy to help. It may take a bit of time to learn, but Lily was confident that she would beat the damed soul. She had the home-field advantage after all! On top of that, familiar memories had started to pop up in her head, though from a slightly different perspective. She just hoped that it wouldn't take too long to eject the invader from her very soul. The fact that its strength kept growing was worrisome, but she would come out on top in the end... ************************* The first 4-5 chapters can almost be considered a prologue. They foreshadow many future plot points and introduce some of the core mechanics of the magic system. They are also significantly more serious than I intend for the majority of the story to be... Though so far i have not done a great job of writing lighthearted scenes. What to expect: OP-MC Progression! I have Numbers! They go up! I intend to have the overall tone be lighthearted and cozy, though I may end up with a serious overall story with a lot of lighthearted scenes. MC will have enemies that can push her... a bit. Trippy multi-dimensional soul stuff PoV chapters all feature the MC. Mainly to show how insanely OP she is. Some darker scenes... they won't be too long or common A simple seeming magic system, with a lot of intricacies behind the scenes. What not to expect: Romance Other stuff that you shouldn't expect.... I'm sure I should put something here. I am interested in artwork, if any readers happen to have an artistic side. For the time being, I am unable to commission anything, but in the future I most definitely want to get a nice cover made!
#5
8/31/2026
Peak #8
21d
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8/31/2026
Peak #7
21d
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8/30/2026
Peak #7
22d
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8/29/2026
Peak #8
23d
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8/26/2026
Peak #1
26d
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 24 Oct 2026, 13:38 UTC
Entry forecast updated 24 Oct 2026, 13:38 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.
A confirmed Rising Stars eligibility removal excludes this story from the Shadow queue.
beats 99% of similar stories
beats 13% of similar stories
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.