Answer:
The more holes you cover the lower it goes.
I never was, am always to be. No one ever saw me, nor ever will. And yet I am the confidence of all, To live and breath on this terrestrial ball.
My first is in wield, sever bones and marrow. My second is in blade, forged in cold steel. My third is an arbalest, and also in arrows. My fourth is in power, plunged through a shield. My fifth is in honor, and also in vows. My last will put an end to it all.
What goes in the water black and comes out red?
It comes only before, it comes only after. Rises only in darkness, but rises only in light. It is always the same, but is yet always different.
I have two eyes in the front and a lot of eyes on my tail