Chapter 7 Rangnaareshk
All attempts at finding strategies for defeating near impossible enemies were not paying off. We did research on floating eyeball, and how to possibly defeat it, but none of the books had anything to say. One very ancient book mentioned 12 higher powers, one of which was an eyeball, but we couldn't make out what the book was trying to tell us. 'In the moste ancient worlde, there were 12 gods of moste extraordinary powere: 6 of them were in the employmente of God, 6 were of the devile Himself. Not muche is known to this day of what happened to these poweres, but many scholars suspect they brutalized each othere, until they died of horrible woundes.' I wonder if these ancient people knew what they were talking about, it seemed like bull to me. I decided to retire because I couldn't find any more information. As soon as my foot touched the stairs, Terra screamed. "I know what that eye was," she said, trembling, "here's what the book says."
In the time before humans and the universe, there were twelve.
Six were good and pure; they came from the heavens...
Six were evil; they came from the darkest depths of Hell...
The first had claws that could rip stone from the earth.
The second had a cry that could turn life to stone.
The third had an eye that pierced the soul.
The fourth was the master of weapons; his swords could pierce anything.
The fifth could not be harmed by any weapon, and was the first to appear on the world.
The sixth was the master of all the evils, and had qualities of all evil.
The seventh was divine and pure, with a healing touch and righteous power.
The eighth was wise and kind, and could forgive any sin.
The ninth was a light swordsman with a sword of such great goodness it could tear evil apart.
The tenth had no special power, but could look the worst evil in the eye and banish it.
The eleventh was a master of magic and was stronger than any of the twelve.
The last was the supreme ruler of the twelve, and despised the 6 demons.
These 12 powers managed to live with each other's existence, until one day, the master of the six demons had an argument with the supreme power. 'Why do you always fight for the power of righteousness?' he asked. 'Why don't you take all that power and destroy all who oppose you?' The ruler replied calmly and explained that he would rather help those who were good and watch over all life to make sure it was going in the right direction. The master of the demons was disgusted, and called on his five minions to fight the six deities of good. 'Sacrifice yourselves in the sustenance of evil! Throw your lives to the good of Hell!' The third demon, Rangnaareshk, ran to save his own life, and hid under the sea. The eleven remaining powers fought brutal wars, resulting in all of their deaths. Rangnaareshk realized he was the only evil left in the world, and happily reported back to Hell, but none wanted to see him. He was banished, and exiled to find his own way. This is the story of the twelve greats, and what their fate was. All dead but one evil signifies that one day, he will seek his revenge and destroy all life on our earth.
"We can guess that what attacked the town was Rangnaareshk. What we don't know his how to harm him." Terra said. This time, it was Mog who spoke. "I think that now we know what we're dealing with, we should adjust our strategies accordingly." How we were supposed to fight some terrible evil I wasn't sure, but I knew we must find a way, or the planet would be gone as we knew it.