by Phantle
Sumato Otokin was just an above-average student until he awakened with a mysterious power known as Bartartes. A supernatural ability that manifests as spectral playing cards. His card? The Seven of Hearts. Taken into military custody, Sumato is subjected to relentless experiments as scientists try to uncover why his Bartartes energy is so abnormal. But the more they learn, the more questions appear. 1. New chapters every Wednesday and Saturday. 2. About 5k words per chapter.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 11 Oct 2026, 08:38 UTC
Entry forecast updated 11 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.
Not enough recent follower history to estimate a shadow rank yet.
beats 21% of similar stories
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Both levers trail the field
Traffic and conversion are both below comparable stories. Cadence is the first lever — stories posting near-daily reached 25 followers 17% of the time; stories posting every few days almost never did. Get the flow going, then re-check conversion.
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.
