
by Maradina
He’s not the hero the world deserves, but he’s the hero the world’s gonna get. According to prophecy, the Hero will journey across the Blessed Lands, gather his companions, strengthen his relics, and defeat the King of Demons, who has terrorized the northern continent as its cruelest and most powerful ruler for a hundred years. But Orland accidentally killed the Hero, and now he’s left with relics he has no idea how to use. Born an orphan in the lowest of the lowest slums, Orland was supposed to die a dog's death. Now divine prophecies have set their eyes on him, demonic armies want him dead, and ancient gods and monsters bear grudges against his stolen name. If he drops his relics and runs away, he can return to being just another face in the crowd. Someone who doesn’t matter. But if there’s one thing he’s learned from the streets, it’s that if fate wants something back, it’ll have to bleed for it like everyone else. Fake it till you make it. Even a mistake of fate can save the world. What to expect: - LitRPG with gear-based progression - Very weak to very strong pretty quickly - Twisting, exploiting, and defying prophecies - Quick-thinking and unconventional MC - No harem Update Schedule: Monday and Friday
#9
8/27/2026
Peak #50
0d
#8
8/11/2026
Peak #23
15d
#7
8/11/2026
Peak #19
17d
#6
8/11/2026
Peak #19
17d
#5
8/11/2026
Peak #23
14d
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 08:38 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 08:38 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.
Coupled 14-day outlook
rs-joint-entry-copula-v1
Any eligible RS entry
5%
Two or more lists
2%
Likely threshold order: Action → Adventure → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Action (2%).
Estimated from one fitted shared story path; category probabilities are not multiplied as if lists were independent.
Separate entry forecast; this probability does not enter the ranking score.
Overall Rising Stars Shadow RS rank
#7812 of 12,184 · 7762 below RS #50
By genre
beats 92% of similar stories
beats 47% of similar stories
beats 92% of similar stories
Firing on all cylinders
Traffic and conversion are both strong for a story this size. Readers are finding it and sticking — if Rising Stars is the goal, this is the moment to push.
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.