by Caffeinated Dreamer
The world evolved into a comic-book nightmare of gates, monsters, and rock-star S-Rankers. Me? I’m Ethan—a bottom-tier E-Ranker. Sure, I have a "busted" power that lets me steal and absorb monster souls. But while every dark anti-hero in fiction uses that kind of ability to edge-lord their way to global domination, I have far more realistic goals: keeping a roof over my adoptive sister's head, paying for her math tutoring, and using stolen monster passives to open stubborn pickle jars and never tire while running for the bus. I hunt harmless E-Rank Slimes, keep my head down, and stay out of trouble. But in a post-apocalypse Seoul where trouble always finds you, staying average might just be the hardest job of all.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 27 Oct 2026, 04:43 UTC
Entry forecast updated 27 Oct 2026, 04:43 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.
Not enough recent follower history to estimate a shadow rank yet.
beats 56% of similar stories
not enough data yet
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.
