by mr.mb_007_
Summoned to the magical kingdom of Theadore alongside his top students, brilliant immortal scientist Hayashi Akira is exploited for his craft, betrayed, and left for dead by those he trusted. Refusing to perish, Akira unlocks latent dark powers, accepts an offer from the Demon Lord to become "Dark"—the Third Dark Lord—and builds the multi-racial Devil Army to exact vengeance on the corrupt monarchy. After training his former students to survive the coming storm and surviving a catastrophic war that leaves his forces scattered, Akira disguises himself as Mayor Darastus Kizen to found the hidden sanctuary of BlackBlood. Five years later, his former student Natsumi escapes captivity and inadvertently uncovers the underground base where the remnant Dark Army secretly trains, setting the stage for the legendary leader's eventual reemergence from the shadows.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 5 Oct 2026, 02:28 UTC
Entry forecast updated 5 Oct 2026, 02:28 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
6%
Two or more lists
3%
Likely threshold order: Mystery → Action → Adventure → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Mystery (3%).
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
#5411 of 12,356 · 5361 below RS #50
By genre
beats 82% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 33% 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.
