Chronomancer's Second Look

Zakar was a cartographer, a man who believed in the solid lines of the world. That world shattered on his wedding day when the [System of Aethel] arrived, granting everyone combat skills except him. Branded with [Lesser Appraisal], Zakar is deemed a 'Glitch' - a useless drain on society's resources, slated for purging by the System's ruthless enforcers, the Wardens. While his powerful fiancée, Iona, fights to protect him, Zakar discovers his skill isn't as useless as it seems. He can't just see an object's stats; he can perceive its history, its potential futures, and the critical 'Temporal Fractures' within its existence. By Appraising these fractures, he can exploit weaknesses that defy conventional power, rewinding a monster's attack a split-second before it lands or identifying the one moment in a Warden's past that makes their armor vulnerable. As the System's 'Purge Quests' become more lethal, Zakar must use his second-rate sight to outwit a god-like AI, but the greatest threat may not be the System, but the ally standing right beside him. Can he unravel the System's purpose before it, or his closest friend, erases him from the timeline for good?