Hearst

Hearst (エーアスト) is a character who appears both in "Arifureta Shokugyō de Sekai Saikyō Zero" series as one of the main antagonist, and in "Arifureta Shokugyō de Sekai Saikyō" as a minor antagonist.

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

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

Personality
Hearst is an expressionless woman, who is blunt to whomever she is speaking to. She often speaks with a very monotonic voice,

"Zero" Timeline
Miledi Reisen first faced Hearst, when she had infiltrated the Head Chapel in order to ascertain whether or not what Belta Lievre had told her was the truth or not. During that encounter, Miledi was barely able to escape with her life.

Later on Hearst went on to find and eliminate Naiz Gruen Caliente, because he wasn't a suitable pieces for her lords game. While on her way, she coincidentally came across Miledi Reisen and Oscar Orcus, who were along with Susha Liv Doumibral and Yunfa Liv Doumibral. She immediately launched an attack on both Miledi and Oscar, with Miledi barely able to rescue and send Susha and Yunfa away from the battle area. Hearst power was clearly on a different level, as both Miledi and Oscar had a really hard time countering her, and were close to getting killed, but the timely arrival of Naiz saved them and gave them enough time to reorganize and restart the battle again.

But the battle didn't go that well, as even after smashing her with a magma ball thrown at high speed from the sky, Hearst was able to withstand the attack, and only lost one arm and had partial damaged all over her body. She was going to continue her fight, but withdrew as she was ordered by Noint to return.

Later on, at the Grand Cathedral, Hearst was informing about her encounter to an unknown being, and afterward all her damage was repaired by the light from the unknown being. Later, she and many Apostle who looked identical like her, flew away in different directions as ordered.

"Main Series" Timeline
Hearst appeared with 500 more apostles in the demon kingdom of Garland after their invasion of the Heiligh Kingdom was thwarted by Hajime Nagumo (which also resulted in the death of Noint). She was summoned to act as reinforcements for the demons' in order to eliminate Hajime.

During the climatic battle against Ehit, Hearst and four other Apostle's, with their evolved and strengthened powers, faced-off against Shea Haulia during the battle in the "Holy Precinct". She along with the other four Apostle were defeated and their bodies destroyed by Shea after she was able to achieve her "Level X" in her "Body Strengthening" skill.

Relationships

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

Weapons & Equipment

 * Twin Greatswords - a pair of silver swords capable of deflecting attacks from Hajime's weapons added with the railgun effects.
 * Silver Wings - a pair of wings that can fire a barrage of very strong feathers which has a strength that is on par with Hajime's railgun weapons.

Physical Abilities

 * Immense Strength - Hearst possesses inhuman physical strength beyond what most humans are capable off.
 * Immense Speed - Hearst 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 - Hearst's swordsmanship is at superhuman levels.

Magical Abilities

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

Skills

 * Disintegration - a magic that can melt almost everything.
 * All Elemental Affinity - an ability to use all kinds of magic.
 * Spell Mending - an ability to fuse any types of magic.
 * Mana Manipulation - an ability to directly manipulate mana and use spells without the need of a magic circle or an incantation.
 * All Apostles have a strengthening ability that is like "Limit Break".

Trivia

 * Hearst's name may be based on the word "Erste", which is German for "First".