
by ZAOTA
Everyone else got a sword.Han Tae-jin got Scavenger. Six months ago, the world changed. Monsters appeared, people started Awakening, and Classes became the difference between being useful and being dead weight. Tae-jin got one of the worst. Scavenger. It's a Common-tier Class with no flashy combat skills and no obvious way to make money. Exactly what Tae-jin needed, considering he's already broke, in debt, and trying to help his family survive in Seoul. But Tae-jin used to study engineering. And he's always been good at figuring out how things work. A broken weapon isn't just a broken weapon to him. It's metal, materials, properties, and maybe something worth salvaging. Then his Appraisal starts showing him things other people can't see. At first, it's nothing special. A few useful materials. Some experiments. A cheap weapon he manages to improve. But the more Tae-jin learns about his Class, the less useless it starts to look. There's also something strange about his System. It's keeping track of the materials he discovers. Unique Material Tags Identified: 3 / 50 Tae-jin has no idea what happens at 50. For now, he has more immediate problems. The Blooms around Seoul are getting worse, the monsters are getting stronger, and a Class that everyone dismissed as useless might not be as simple as it looks. He's not a hero. He's not a chosen one. He's just trying to make something useful out of what everyone else threw away. What to Expect • Progression Fantasy• Crafting & Salvaging• Modern Seoul• Engineering-based problem solving• Earned growth• Grounded combat• Slow-burn mystery• Found family• No Harem• No Reincarnation
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 18:48 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 18:48 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
12%
Two or more lists
5%
Likely threshold order: Contemporary → Drama → Action → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Contemporary (7%).
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
#7901 of 12,382 · 7851 below RS #50
By genre
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Traffic and conversion are both strong for a story this size. Readers are finding it and sticking — if Rising Stars is the goal, this is the moment to push.
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.