Ahat

Ahat (アハト) is a character who appears in "Arifureta Shokugyō de Sekai Saikyō Zero" series as one of the main antagonists.

Being a true apostle of God, she is not a living being, but rather more akin to a sentient doll whose main job is to remove any unnecessary or unneeded pieces from her lords game board. Like many other apostles, she works in the Holy Church as a nun.

Appearance
Ahat is a beautiful woman with long silver hair and blue eyes with a monotonic expression.

She wears a combat outfit which consists of a white sleeveless dress which has metal plates covering both sides of her waist as well as a winged helmet on her head, gauntlets on her arms and greaves over her legs.

Personality
Ahat is an expressionless woman, who is blunt to whomever she is speaking to.

Biography
Ahat had killed Ace, one of the top subordinates of Baharl Devault, the ruler of Andika, and disguised herself as him to infiltrate his organization. When a band of pirates had launched an attack on Andika, Ahat (still disguised as Ace) approached Baharl while he was preparing to have his daughter Diene escape in order to prevent her from being captured by the Holy Church due to her special abilities. Unware of Ahat's true identity, Baharl ordered her to accompany Diene during her escape, but Ahat instead suggested that they take Diene to the ancient ruins deep below Andika that Baharl had previously discovered, so that she could use her magic to help free the gigantic monster, "Divine Beast Leviathan", and drive off the invaders. Baharl immediately dismissed that idea, and that it would be too dangerous to release it. Suspecting that something was different about his subordinate, Baharl and his men barricaded themselves in front of Diene. It was then that the disguised Ahat stated that he was simply doing what his god commanded. Having realized that "Ace" had betrayed him by revealing Diene's existence to the church, Baharl was prepared to have his subordinate Kelvin kill him, but Ahat managed to get in a shot at Baharl by piercing his chest bare-handed. Angered by Ace's apparent betrayal, Kelvin attempted kill Ahat and used his special magic "White Claw" to transform his arms for battle, but they were instantly cut of by Ahat bare-handed, and was killed after being impaled through the stomach. Ahat then killed Baharl's remaining henchmen before resuming her objective of taking Diene. Having been utterly shocked by the whole ordeal, Diene managed to snap back into reality from her seeing her father gaze at her, and attempted to heal Kelvin. Ahat, however, grabbed her arm in order to take her back to in order to haver her free the leviathan after having previously failed to break the seal herself. She then gazed into Diene's eyes, which had somehow managed to knock her out. As Ahat was about to leave with her limp body over her shoulder, Baharl somehow managed to get back on his feet in order to protect his daughter. Ahat then unleashed an attack by gazing at Bahal that caused him to fall back down, but he miraculously managed to get back up and proceeded to attack Ahar with his sword. Despite his best efforts, however, Ahat managed to block the attack with no effort and countered by cutting through Baharl's sword and his chest before taking off with Diene to the ruins.

Ahat had managed to force Diene to use her magic to completely restore the fresco that acted as the leviathan's seal, and thereby releasing it, but the process left her exhausted and caused her to faint. Soon after Baharl arrived while being accompanied by Diene's older sister Meiru Melusine, and Naiz Gruen Caliente. They saw that Diene had fainted in the middle of the ruins, which prompted Meiru to rush over to her and used her magic to restore her. Surprised that Baharl was still alive, Ahat realized that Meiru was the one that healed him, but Baharl was more concerned with stopping the leviathan from awakening and ordered Meiru and Naiz to destroy the ruins in an attempt to reseal it. As Naiz was about to unleash his magic per Baharl's order, Ahat intervened and jabbed Naiz in the gut with such force that it sent him crashing into the wall. He then had gotten behind Meiru and kicked her in the back that sent her flying while she was holding on to Diene to protect her. Baharl caught the two of them before they crashed into the wall, minimizing the damage. As Ahat was mocking them for their efforts in stopping, she suddenly gathering mana around his right hand. Meiru and Naiz attacked her with their magic, but they had been blocked by a barrier that had been erected around her. Naiz soon realized Ahat was actually Ehit's apostle in disguise after seeing her enveloped in a barrier of silver mana that reminded him of his previous fight with Hearst. Ahat then unleashed a blinding flash of light that drilled into the wall, leaving a human-shaped hole in the fresco. The hole blew all the way to the sea, and water started rushing in, despite the fact that Andika’s unique properties should have prevented that. The speed of the water caused a flash flood through the tunnels. Ahat, however, was unaffected by the water pressure, and started walking against the current.

Later at the Holy Church's Main Cathedral, Templar Knight Commander Laus Barn came across Ahat, while stilled disguised as Ace, after he finished his audience with the pope with regards to how he and his forces were defeated by the Liberators at Andika. He initially mistook her as Ace, but after the clarification, she left without incident. Laus then began to shiver in fear after he sensed that Ahat didn't have a soul.

When the church declared war on the beastmen nation, the Haltina Republic, they were eventually drawn into a stalemate (even after conscripting soldiers from the Odion Federation), and were later at a disadvantage when the Liberators arrived to aid the republic. During one of the church's war meetings, Ahat approached them (while assuming the identity of the Divine Oracle Ainz Arsalk) and proclaimed that she could turn the tide in their favor by destroying the fog barrier around the Pale Forest that acted as a shield for the beastmen, then demonstrated a sample of her power to prove her claim. While the church and the federation (and later the Grandort Empire) mounted a final stand against the beastmen and Liberators, Ahat tunnelled underground in order to reach the core of "Uralt", the Grand Tree of the forest, and destroy its core in order to cease it from maintaining the fog barrier. Eventually, the church and its allies were defeated and forced to retreat, but Ahat continued her mission until she reached her objective in a relatively short amount of time. When everyone in the republic noticed how the Grand Tree began to wither, Queen Lyutillis Haltina of the Republic, along with Liberators Miledi Reisen, Naiz Gruen Caliente, and Meiru Melusine travelled to the core in order to restore it. Miledi and the others were prepared to battle the apostle, but she managed too easily repel their attacks, as well as nearly kill Miledi, with her new Skill "Disintegration". Naiz then managed to save Miledi before Ahat could kill her, and briefly confronted her while losing both of his arms in the process. Despite his injuries, Naiz managed to teleport himself and Ahat away from the tree's core before she could do any more damage to it. They arrived where the beastmen were fighting the church once again, and Act briefly confronted Oscar Orcus, Vandre Schnee, and Naiz (who's arms were sublimated by Vandre's slime monster familiar Batlam) before easily overpowering them. As Ahat was approaching her defeated opponents, she was confronted by the Liberators Marshal Diamond, Mikaela Eifield, and Badd Virtus in an effort to save their comrades. Before Ahat could kill them, she was suddenly stopped when Miledi arrived on the battlefield after she was healed by Meiru and launched a gravity magic-infused kick at her. Despite Miledi's efforts, Ahat appeared unscathed and was prepared to kill her (as per Ehit's orders). As they were about to fight, Miledi mistakingly referred Ahat as the apostle Hearst due to not knowing the there was more than one apostle in existence (when Ahat attempted to clear up the misunderstand by saying her name, Miledi thought she merely changed her name). Miledi then battled Ahat alone while receiving magical support from her fellow Liberators. Despite putting up an incredible fight against Ahat, Miledi was at a disadvantage, as the battle had reached a point when she used up all the support magic and artifacts that her comrades provided her, and she still couldn't win. As Ahat was about to kill her, Miledi managed to awaken something from within herself and was able to entrap Ahat by using the ultimate gravity magic spell "Black Hole Nova" by tapping into the energy of the planet itself. Ahat attempted to break free, but she was ultimately crushed to death by Miledi.

Ahat, however, survived due to her memories being shared with rest of the apostles.

Thousands of years later, after Ehit's defeat, the collective memories of all the apostles survived the battle and amalgamated around Hearst due to her being the first one created. After traveling to the Fairy World and gaining the ability to speak through her spirit, Hearst revealed that she could split the other apostles' consciousnesses from her being and grant them their independence at any time.

Relationships

 * Ehit - Ahat is absolutely loyal to Ehit and will carry out his orders without hesitation.

Weapons & Equipment

 * Twin Great-swords - A pair of two-meter-long hilt-less longswords.
 * Silver Wings - A pair of wings that can fire a barrage of very strong feathers.

Physical Abilities

 * True Apostle Physiology - Due to being created by Ehit to be his enforcer, Noint is imbued with abilities beyond those most living beings on Tortus.
 * Immense Strength - Ahat possesses inhuman physical strength beyond what most humans are capable off.
 * Immense Speed - Ahat can move so fast that she's seem invisible to the naked eye.
 * Immense Durability - Not being a living being, Hearst can take large amounts of damage without being impaired.
 * Master Swordswoman - Ahat's swordsmanship is at superhuman levels.

Magical Abilities

 * Unlimited Mana Reserves - Ahat's heart is a special mana crystal that gives her unlimited mana. It does not, however, provide unlimited stamina for her.

Skills

 * All Elemental Affinity - A skill to use all kinds of magic.
 * Spell Mending - A skill to fuse any types of magic.
 * Mana Manipulation - A skill to directly manipulate mana and use spells without the need of a magic circle or an incantation.
 * Charm - A special type of hypnotism magic via eye contact.
 * Disintegration - A skill that can melt almost everything.
 * Limit Break - A skill to go over one's limits; amplifying their power by three times one's basic stats, but this power comes with a rebound - once used the user will be heavily fatigued. Using it for long periods of time will damage the user's body.

Quotes

 * (After breaking Andika's seal) "Now, pitiful humans. Continue to fight against each other upon this crumbling world of yours. Show me the desperate struggle of man..."
 * (Her last words to Miledi Reisen before being killed by her) "You damn monster..."

Trivia

 * Ahat's name may be based on the word "Achte", which is German for "Eighth".
 * In the web novel of the main series, Ahat was present with the army of apostles who went along with Freid Bagwa to confront Hajime Nagumo and his group outside the exit of the Schnee Labyrinth in order to invite them to the Demon Kingdom Garland, and warned Hajime to not try anything foolish after he and Fried were arguing with regards to him arriving unarmed, as the apostles had analyzed Hajime's previous fight with Noint. In the light novel, Hearst replaces Ahat due to the latter having been killed by Miledi Reisen in Volume 4 of the "Zero" Series.