by Balave Stephen
Seven millennia ago, in 4974 BC, there lived an angel who helped humankind. He possessed large white wings and constantly hid his face. Some humans feared him, others admired him, while still others hated him. One day, when the angel descended to Earth, he was attacked and tortured, and his wings were torn off. He couldn't understand the hatred and violence humans directed at him. So, he cursed humanity. Since that day, every thousand years, he returns in the body of a human to spread terror among them. August 2026, in the city of Mopio, Japan. A young Black man named Stevias arrives in the country to study. Unfortunately for him, the angel will gradually begin to inhabit his body, forever changing his life.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 8 Oct 2026, 12:28 UTC
Entry forecast updated 8 Oct 2026, 12:28 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.
Coupled 14-day outlook
rs-joint-entry-copula-v1
Any eligible RS entry
12%
Two or more lists
4%
Likely threshold order: Contemporary → Fantasy → Adventure → Action → Main.
Leading bundle: Contemporary (8%).
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
#2521 of 3,866 · 2471 below RS #50
By genre
beats 96% of similar stories
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beats 17% of similar stories
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 over the recent window.
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