Dungeon Raider System

Chapter 277 Ockham's Razor Part 2

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Nika knew Uriel offered his heart as a sacrifice, but she didn't know Water warlock had done the same thing millennia ago.

Water warlock kept talking about how water is the element of life and the amazing powers that he was able to conjure with just a thought but now that Nika suspected what was going on, she noticed how Water warlock couldn't keep himself from speaking about the things he liked just like Uriel used to do.

The similarities were too many to be ignored and faithful to her style, Nika decided to confront the ancient being in front of her.

"I just confirmed it, you're possessing Uriel."

"You noticed... what gave it away?"

"It's impossible not to notice. He was such a charmer before Chichén Itzá, but now he's kind of an ass." She was careful to omit that the true reason she figured it out was that teasing Water warlock was as fun as teasing Uriel used to be.

"I am possessing him, he offered his feelings to me just like he offered his shadow to you."

"So we're roommates, huh." Nika let out a chuckle.

"Roommates? I like the sound of that. Unfortunately, I can only link myself to him when he's been wounded, even if only slightly, so we won't bump into each other too often. Besides, I don't have a physical form in that place, the best I could do to let my presence be known is use a doll as an avatar, but my soul is too big for them and they won't last more than a couple minutes."

"Nothing, just wanted to test something. Why are you guys still here?"

"He wants to take me to his uncle." Emma cried.

"Your cryptid uncle?" Nika lifted a brow.

"He's not a cryptid... he's just..." Uriel's head began to hurt again, so bad he couldn't focus on anything else."

"According to Luna, the cryptids on this place are called changelings using people to bait others in here and eat them. She said you already met one of them before and warned me that you might not believe us that your 'uncle' was actually a cryptid. She told me to say something to you: Ockham's razor."

Uriel lingered for a few seconds pondering about the situation. In short, the Ockham's razor principle was that the easiest explanation possible was usually the correct one. It was simple enough that most people would grasp its meaning, yet not many people knew how it was called and Uriel was fairly certain that it wasn't something Nika would even try to remember.

This meant that it really was Luna the one sending him the message and in turn, it also meant that she was telling the truth. Thus, the simplest explanation to his conundrum was probably the correct one.

Instead of thinking that both Emma and Nika had schemed together to trick him into believing that his uncle was a cryptid or that they may have been impersonated, the simplest answer was that his uncle was in fact a cryptid.

This reasoning allowed him to finally snap out of the changeling's mind control. It was the first time a sentient creature ever managed to pull something like that and not even the changeling itself knew that as soon as the psychic link was broken it would experience the most gruesome pain a cryptid could experience.

A loud screech came out from the crack in the wall where Uriel's room was located. The changeling twisted in a pain a hundred fold more intense than it ever inflicted upon Uriel and it died a long agonizing death as Uriel and his friends climbed the staircase to the rooftop.