by Ashley Serrano
Kael killed the Demon King. It cost him everything he had left. When he wakes up young, unscarred, and very much alive, the System offers him exactly what he earned: the Champion class, and another world that needs saving. He says no. All he wants is a field, a roof that doesn't leak, and nobody depending on him to survive the day. The System disagrees. Loudly, repeatedly, and in increasingly passive-aggressive pop-up windows. Unfortunately for Kael, quiet lives have a way of attracting attention: goblins, nosy neighbors, a goat with more personality than sense, and a world that isn't quite done needing heroes. He's retired. The universe hasn't gotten the memo.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 9 Oct 2026, 03:58 UTC
Entry forecast updated 9 Oct 2026, 03:58 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
9%
Two or more lists
4%
Likely threshold order: Comedy → Adventure → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Comedy (5%).
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
#2916 of 4,846 · 2866 below RS #50
By genre
beats 99% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 60% 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 10–19 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views lifetime.
