Conductor of Chitin

The day the System descended, it shattered reality and gifted humanity with power. For most, it was a path to glory. For Ilmari, it was a curse. His 'useless' Class, the Gazer, granted him a single skill: [Appraisal]. While his peers at the vaunted Vesiros Academy manifested blades of pure energy and commanded elemental forces, Ilmari could only see the intricate details of the world around him, a power deemed fit for a merchant, not a warrior. Hunted for his sister's rare healing abilities and despised for his own perceived weakness, Ilmari is a pariah. But during a desperate flight through the Academy's forbidden Whisperwood, a panicked [Appraisal] on a lowly Skittermite reveals a hidden status: 'Tameable: Loyalty Potential 100%'. It’s a flaw in the System, a secret language only he can read. One by one, he begins to build an army from the forgotten and the weak, a tide of chitin and claws that moves in perfect, silent unison. The guilds who hunt him see a worthless boy. They don't see the million eyes watching them from the shadows. Can one boy's intellect and a legion of vermin tear down an empire of power?