Blacksmith vs. the System

TheworldhadchangedwhentheSystemarrived,alongsidetheCataclysmthatfilledtheworldwithmonsters.Thetechnologywasgone,replacedbyclassesandskillsthatallowedthepeopletofightback. WhenDevonendedupasaBlacksmith,aclassthatdidn'tgrantIntelligence,hehadtofacethereality,thathisoldcareerthatheloved-mathematicalsociologist-wasover.Instead,hehadendedupasyetanotherdiscardedmemberoftheproductionclass,overshadowedbytheexistenceoftheSystemShopstothepointoftotalmarginalization. But,whatifallheneededwastoreapplyhisscientificthinkingtotheSystem...