
by Palt
[Books 1, 2 and 3 now available in e-book, audiobook and physical forms!] On New Year's Eve, Lo Fennrick decides that he wants to die. The universe seems to hear him for the first time in his entire life, and just as the clock strikes 00:00, a message pops up inviting him to the Tutorial. Fennrick accepts. But at the prompt to choose the difficulty level, is there anything the former pro gamer can do but pick the very hardest--appropriately titled Hell? Hell, as the name implies, is nothing less than endless torment, not all too dissimilar to what Fennrick's life already was. Monsters, imprisonment and execution is enough to stretch what little sanity he has left to the brink of snapping, a haze of RED, BLACK and WHITE threatening to submerge him in eternal madness. However, despite his numerous sins and misdeeds, the world isn't quite ready to see him off just yet. Will those he cherishes be able to save him from the mad clutches of his own brain, or will he simply drag them down together with him into his self-made hell? Releases weekly, on Tuesdays at 2 AM CET, or 8 PM EST the day prior. Currently publishing book 6: Heresy If you want to read ahead in the backlog, the Patreon offers the full backlog for only 5$ monthly! Also, make sure to check out the discord server! Thank you, and I hope you'll enjoy the story!
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One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
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Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
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