The Seven Pillars of Lunia

I stood there as my hair covered my eyes. Saya and Miyuna looked worried. Victoria took a step forward towards me. Julia ran back to my location and saw a slightly destroyed village. The people of the village were shocked by the destruction. I looked up at the sky and it started to sprinkle a little. My makeup was getting ruined by the rain and Saya ran to me and hugged me.

"M-Miss Stella..!" Saya sniffled and tears streamed down her cheeks.

Saya could feel I was a bit broken on the inside. Miyuna ran to me and hugged me as well. Miyuna was full on crying. She was so scared, and worried...I looked at them and rubbed their heads.

"Queen Stella!" Gloria ran up to us.

"Mama! I got word of the incident!" Kotome appeared on the scene.

Kielazar and Adriesta walked up also. The townspeople wondered if I was okay. I held Saya and Miyuna close.

"Stop crying...I'm okay.." I rubbed their heads. The sound of them crying made me tear up a little. "Please..."

"W-What if you got hurt you big dummy!" Saya said and sobbed. "I don't wanna be on the streets again!"

I closed my eyes and tears rolled down my cheeks and I took deep breaths. Saya held onto me closely.

"I don't want to lose the one person..who took me and Saya in when no one else would.." Miyuna cried.

"Saya...Miyuna.." I began to cry a little.

"You put your life in danger for me..at the mall..you could've been hit..!" Saya said.

"And two years ago..you saved my life without knowing..! I've always wanted to thank you for that..! You nearly died that day.." Miyuna said.

I looked at them and ran my fingers through their hair. I sniffled and smiled at them. Julia stepped up and looked at me.

"You've done more good than harm for all of Lunia..!" Julia said.

"Yeah! We don't care about what you did in the past! The fact you changed for our sakes is all that matters!" A man said.

"Your Highness...you mean so much more to us than you could ever know... sacrificing your life and image for ours...I can't think of a King or Queen besides Gabriela who would do that.." Victoria said. "I will always remain loyal to you. My life is yours...my body is yours, my soul is yours..I live and die by your word. If you wished it, I shall complete it."

"We love you so much Miss Stella..!" Saya looked up and smiled with tears rolling down her cheek.

"Mhm! You are our big sister.." Miyuna said and wiped her eyes.

The whole village was chanting my name. I looked around and saw a crowd of people shouting how much they loved me and how much of a good Queen I was. Kielazar walked up and I looked at him. He kneeled down on one knee and bowed his head.

"Queen Stella of Lunia, I am your loyal Dark Knight..Your Templar..I shall do all I can to remain loyal to you and all your glory." Kielazar said.

"Yeah! Make me a knight also!" Gloria said. "My title shall be the Knight of Time!"

"M-Me too! I am very skilled with a bow. I actually did some hunting as a young girl with my Nana. I would be honored to serve as a knight." Julia said.

"Us too! We want to help fight!" Saya said.

"My Holy Star shall protect us all..!" Miyuna said.

I smiled and looked at all of them. They all were so determined to protect the home they loved. I nodded and looked at them.

"From this point on I shall create a round table for my Seven Knights. You all are known as the Seven Pillars of Lunia! The commander of the Seven Pillars is me! I shall get special equipment made for you all!" I said.

"Lunar Arms?" Saya asked.

"No, you all shall get Frontier Arms! I am in close relations with the Emperor of Arcania. He is a father figure to me, he has a mechanic who makes Frontier Arms. I shall request special orders for them for you all. Just leave a list of the type of weapon you want, or leave your special item in a box and I'll have that turned into a Frontier Arms for you." I said.

"Yes ma'am!" Saya smiled happily.

Adriesta smiled and crossed her arms. Kielazar stood up and nodded. Victoria gently held my arm and smiled. Saya and Miyuna smiled brightly. Julia walked towards me. Gloria and Kotome walked to me.

Vern and Hisui was riding on horses towards Lunia. They noticed another knight trailing them and they stopped.

"Who are you?" Vern asked.

The Knight jumped off his horse and summoned a Lunar Arms then slashed down. Their horses neighed and dodged the slash, throwing Vern and Hisui off. The Knight landed on his feet then dashed to Hisui and kicked. Hisui summoned his Emerald Shield and blocked the kick, sliding back.

"Nnngh!! Who are you?!" Hisui asked.

"I am known as the Umbra Savior..I was sent by Emperor Lazlord himself...I have come to eliminate you for targeting Lunia.." He said then got in a stance.

"Vern you go ahead.. I'll handle this guy.." Hisui said.

Vern nodded and got back on her horse and the horse started galloping away. The Umbra Savior looked at Hisui and red aura emitted from his helmet.

"The Arcania Empire is upset by the road Uphelia is taking..We are neutral ground..but I requested to help Stella because she's an old friend..my motives are biased..yes...but I'd rather see her succeed than see her fall in Uphelia's hands." Umbra said.

"Hmph..you are a fool for helping her...you will soon understand why we are the superior kingdom!" Hisui summoned his sword and dashed towards Umbra.

"Hisui, the Emerald Knight..you are more foolish than I.." Umbra parried Hisui's slash then went for a stab and red aura surged from his sword.

Hisui knew he didn't have enough time to dodge. Umbra stopped and the tip of his blade was at Hisui's neck. Umbra chuckled and looked at Hisui.

"It wouldn't be fair if I went for the finishing blow already..we shall have a proper battle..but let you be warned my Lunar Arms is one of the Three Legendary Lunar Arms. My blade is called, Doombringer. This weapon drains makes me very vulnerable, so vulnerable that I could die in one hit...in exchange I have otherworldly power that could bring death to someone with one slash of my blade..to counter this.." Umbra exposed a gem on his chest. "I have a core that negates the first effect of Doombringer. Striking this core will kill me almost instantly.."

"Why expose your main weakness? Now I know where to strike to kill you permanently." Hisui said.

"Yeah you know where my weakness lies...but Doombringer has a secondary effect called Nightmare Aftermath...if I die...the person who killed me dies with me due to a very powerful curse...you don't know how many times I've been revived..I am the only one who can use Doombringer..so I am very important to Emperor Lazlord..all my victims..remain dead for eternity." Umbra said as red aura surged from his helmet. "The only way I can't be revived is if you dispose of my body..but even then I have a permanent elemental mark on my body..I am merely a tool...replaceable killing me wouldn't benefit you anyway..you would just die immediately.."

Hisui felt uneasy a bit. Umbra's aura was pure evil...and yet..he had a heroic feel to him. A corrupted hero is what Hisui first thought..but he then realized that Umbra was not corrupted but his dark power is natural. Umbra looked at Hisui and pointed his sword at him, ready to battle. Hisui got into his stance and glared.

"There is no data on Umbra...who knows what he could do..best I can do is avoid destroying the core...and survive." Hisui said.

"Try as hard as you want Hisui...we all know the outcome of this battle.." Umbra said.

"Yeah I will win...and you will rot in hell where you and Stella belong..!" Hisui glared.

"Cute...now let's get this battle started!" Umbra bellowed.