
by WY_meteo
Ryan Slate died in the blue flames of the Westport disaster, betrayed by a squad mate during the final evacuation. But instead of the afterlife, he wakes up five years in the past, exactly twenty-seven minutes before the official launch of the Blackfall Protocol. While the rest of the world rushes to the public training halls to link with the Arcane Grid, Ryan breaks into a decommissioned maintenance zone. He isn't looking for fame or standard classes. He is looking for B-17-a scrapped calibration pod that still holds the data for a hidden class the authorities deleted from the retail version: the Runemarksman. Equipped with his future knowledge and the unique talent Hard to Kill, Ryan discovers that every surgical strike he lands permanently increases his maximum health. While others focus on glass-cannon builds and flashy spells, Ryan becomes an unkillable marksman who can dismantle spell circuits with a single shot. From reclaiming forgotten backup circuits to exposing the corruption of the CitySec Directorate, Ryan must grow strong enough to prevent the Westport collapse. The elites want to bury the truth under layers of encrypted Ward Grids, but Ryan is coming to break the code. He was a survivor once; now, he is the glitch in their perfect system.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 3 Oct 2026, 03:38 UTC
Entry forecast updated 3 Oct 2026, 03:38 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
3%
Two or more lists
2%
Likely threshold order: Sci-fi → Action → Adventure → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Sci-fi (1%).
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
#10319 of 12,439 · 10269 below RS #50
By genre
beats 79% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 54% of similar stories
Mid-pack, room on both levers
Traffic and conversion both sit mid-field for a story this size. Growth here compounds from consistency: steady cadence feeds traffic, and a sharper hook lifts what each view is worth.
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.