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Zero Cost Mage

Zero Cost Mage

by AbsoluteArjun

ActionAdventureFantasyLitRPGMagic
Shadow rank ~#2090 in Sci-fi↓161

Arjun was just an ordinary student trapped in a world of endless math and logic equations. But when he is suddenly transported into a dangerous fantasy world governed by video-game rules, he gets stuck with the weakest class possible: a Scholar.In a world where wizards (Mages) constantly run out of magical energy (Mana) and die, Arjun notices something everyone else missed. By applying his logic skills, he finds a geometric flaw in the world's laws.A glitch that drops his spell costs to zero.Follow Arjun as he exploits the system, breaks the rules, and climbs from a weak scholar to an unstoppable force.

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Current Rank
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Peak Rank
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Followers
8
+8
Story Timeline

Started

3w ago

OverviewViews and follower statisticsEngagementProseChapters
Ranking History
Track position changes over time
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Favorites
0
0
FVR
0.68%
Rating
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Ratings
3
+3
Reviews
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0
Comments
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RS Days
0
90d
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No data available for this time range
Rating Breakdown
OverallN/A
StyleN/A
Story4.00
GrammarN/A
CharacterN/A
Streak History

No streak history

Shared RS Climb

One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.

Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 02:38 UTC

Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 02:38 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

~#10226655

#10226 of 12,418 · 10176 below RS #50

Separate entry model vs observed 7d bar-108/wk
Separate forecast P(enter ≤14d)0%
Shadow rankObserved RR rank

By genre

Reader Funnel
How efficiently views become followers — benchmarked against 8,060 active stories with 20–49 chapters
Views
1.2k
6.9 follows / 1k viewslast 23d

beats 86% of similar stories

Followers
8
–

not enough data yet

Favorites
0
Traffic (last 23d)51 views/day

beats 60% of similar stories

Conversion trend
Steadyrecent 6.9/1k vs lifetime 6.8/1k

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.

Shoutouts
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