Noint

Noint (ノイント) is a character who was a major antagonist in "Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest", a minor antagonist in the prequel spin-off"Arifureta Zero" prequel, and a supporting character in the sequel "Arifureta After Story".

She was an Apostle who disguised herself as a nun to kill and remove any unnecessary pieces from her god's game board. After her supposed death, her body was used as a temporary vessel for Kaori.

Later, it was revealed that her consciousness was transferred into one of Hajime's "Arachnae" spider golem, and would later be known as "Netemp" (ノガリ).

Appearance
Noint was a beautiful woman with a long silver hair and blue eyes with a monotonic expression.

She was wearing 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 graves over her legs.

Personality
"I am Noint. An Apostle of God. My duty is to remove unwanted game pieces from my lord’s game board."

- Noint to Hajime Nagumo

Noint was an expressionless and a blunt woman who speaks with a very monotonic voice. After her consciousness was transferred into one of Hajime's Arachnae spider golem, her personality drastically changed. She become more emotional and expresses herself through various physical gesture due to her inability to communicate verbally. She also becomes more mischievous and often teases others on several occasion.

"Zero" Timeline
Noint contacted Hearst to recall her battle with Miledi Reisen, Oscar Orcus and Naiz Gruen Caliente on behalf of Ehit due to him taking an interest of them for supposedly being Atavists with the ability to use Ancient Magic.

"Main Series" Timeline
Noint first appeared when she posed herself as a nun where she confront Aiko when she was about to reveal the truth about Ehit to her sudents. Aiko attempted to fight back (even managing to resist Noint's hypnosis magic), but Noint knocked her unconscious, and imprisoned her in the church's dungeons in order to lure Hajime.

A few days later, when Meld Loggins escaped his chambers following the confrontation with Daisuke and several knights, Noint suddenly approached him from the sky. As Meld looked in awe at Noint and utter Ehit's name, Noint proclaimed that she was acting in the name of Ehit, and proceeded to kill Meld in a blinding flash of light. Afterwords, she criticized Daisuke, and his accomplice, in their failure to deal with Meld themselves.

While Aiko was in captivity, Noint watched over her. One evening when Noint delivered Aiko's food to her, Aiko attempted to escape while her cell door had been opened, but Noint punched her in the stomach and sent her crashing into the wall behind her. As Not was about to leave, Aiko asked her about what would happen to her students. A first, Noint did not answer, but as Aiko continued asking, Noint simple told her that everything was happening by Ehit's will, and the that Aiko did not need to know anything since she had been removed from the game.

When Hajime arrived at the Holy Church's Divine Temple to rescue Aiko. Noint used her special magic "Disintegration" to destroy the tower were they were standing, but Hajime managed to escape with Aiko in his arms. Noint then made her presence known to him and revealed herself to be God's true apostle. The two of them immediately stated to fight each other. Noint unleashed a barrages of feathers that where echoed with her Disintegration at Hajime, but he managed to either block or counter them with his handguns (all while Aiko was still in his arms). After he first wave of attacks, Noint manage to close in on Hajime before commenting on his refusal to take their fight seriously due to him more focused on Aiko's constant screaming from his fast movements. Hajime used the shotgun on his arm to help increase his distance from her. Noint attempted to kill him with one of her twin swords while she was still in range, but Hajime blocked it with his handgun "Schlag". During Noint's attack with her second sword, Hajime dodged with using another shotgun blacts to get back further from Noint ad attempts to counter with three shots from his handgun, but Noint blocked them with her sword. Noint complemented Hajime for fighting so well, in spite of having to carry Aiko throughout their battle, and followed up by saying that someone as strong as him was unfit to be Ehit's pawn. Hajime, however, expressed his delight in Noint's statement and proceeded to insult Ehit by calling him a "NEET". Noint explained that Hajime's attempt to insult her was pointless since she had no emotions, but Hajime rebutted by claiming that he stated his honest opinion regarding Ehit. Noint then resumed her attack and unleashed another barrage of feather, but this time, they formed a large magic circle that Noint used it to cast the spell "Hellfire Tsunami" and unleashed a large wave of fire towards Hajime. Despite the severity of the attack, Hajime managed to block it thanks to the magical barrier that was formed by his"Cross Bits". Noint then unleashed another barrage of feathers and magic attacks. Hajime managed to dodge, but he suddenly became weaker due to the magic that was being chanted by Pope Ishtar Langbard and the bishops of the church. Noint complemented Ishtar's aid by referring him as a good pawn that knows his role.

Noint then resumed her attack by unleashing a barrage of lighting at Hajime. Ishtar's magic had weakened Hajime enough to allow one of Noint's attacks to stun Hajime briefly, and attempted to strike him down with her swords once more. Hajime managed to block her first swing with his handgun once more, but the second swing managed to graze his neck and barely avoided causing any lethal damage. Hajime attempted to get some distance using his elbow shotgun, but Noint quickly caught up to him. Hajime then fired shots at Noint with his Cross Bits, and managed to get some distance from her as a result. After Hajime evaded Noint's attack, she unleashed another barrage of feathers at him, but he shot some down with Schlag, and destroyed more of them with his "Gale Claw". Some of Noint's feathers managed to hit Hajime, but he was able to protect himself with his "Diamond Skin" skill. Noint then rushed forward and spread her wings as she approach Hajime, which emitted a dazzling light that momentarily blinded Hajime. Noint circled behind him ad was about to attack, but Hajime could sense her presses and fired a series of shots at her location. However, Hajime actually shot at a fake target that Noint created with her feathers, and attacked him from another angle with her sword. Hajime quickly sensed Noint's surprise attack and attempted to stop her by shooting her in the head, but she was able to dodge it. She then raised one of her swords and cut diagonally downward into Hajime’s back. Hajime used Diamond Skin’s derivative skill, Focused Strengthening, to guard his back. Hajime’s defense held up at first, but the disintegration magic lining her sword destroyed his barrier and the tip of her blade dug into his flesh. However, Hajime used the force of Noint’s attack to somersault himself forward, then turned around to see Noint closing in for another attack. He protected himself by using one of his Cross Bits as a shield, while coating it with Diamond Skin, while using the rest of them to flank Noint and attack her from both sides, but Noint effortlessly repelled the shots with her wings. She then slammed her first sword into the Cross Bit Hajime was using as a shield, but it got stuck in it. So she slammed her second sword down on top of it, splitting it in half. As Noint was prepared to strike down Hajime with her swords, she was suddenly struck by a stream of black light that had originated from Hajime's companion Tio Klarus, who had arrived in her transformed dragon for to aid Hajime after he had previously contacted her for help. Noint managed to defend herself by using her wings as a shield and attempted to push back Tio's attack with her Disintegration, but Tio's attack won out in the end an pushed Noint all the way back into the church's tower.

As Hajime handed off Aiko to Tio and had the two of them departed, Noint emerged from the rubble, unscathed, and flew up to continue her battle. Hajime unleashed his rifle "Schlagen" from his "Treasure Trove" and proceeded to fire at Noint, but she managed to dodge his shot. As she then proceeded to Hajime once more, Hajime intercepted her with his Cross Bits, but Noint managed slice their bullets. Though her sword dissolved some of the mana stored inside the bullets, it wasn’t able to fully negate the shockwaves they emitted, and pulses of mana hit Noint that briefly stunned her. Hajime took advantage of that opening and proceeded to punch her with his metal arm while enhancing its strength and momentum. Noint quickly raised one of her sword in front of her to block it and was able to get it up just before Hajime’s fist made contact. Though Noint managed to block Hajime's attack, the force it made sent her flying back. Hajime then followed-up with a barrage of bullets from his two handguns. Noint managed to guard against the shots with her swords, the impact sent her crashing into another of the church's buildings. After she crashed in the church, Hajime pulled his rocket launcher "Orkan" out of his Treasure Trove and fired a barrage of missiles that contained a payload of superheated tar. The missiles exploded and engulfed the building in superheated flames thanks to the tar. Before Hajime was about to unleash a second barrage of missiles, Noint appeared from below after she tunnelled into the mountainside to avoid Hajime's first missile launch. She then swept her wings and fired another barrage of silver feathers at Hajime, but he once again managed to dodge them. As Noint passed by, she swung down with her swords, but Hajime dodged them as well by somersaulting in midair, while simultaneously firing more or Orkan's missiles at her. Noint managed to evade them by outpacing them with her wings and continued to fire her feathers behind her during her retreat, while also bombarding Hajime with magic from the hundreds of magic circles she’d created, but he managed to shot all of them down.

After the barrage of attacks on both sides ceased, Hajime took this opportunity to ask Noint if she should focus her efforts on fighting him, due to the Heiligh Kingdom currently being invaded by Demons. Noint, however, stated that it would be the kingdom's fated outcome if it fell. Hearing this, Hajime concluded that Ehit was manipulating both the Humans and Demons of Tortus to fight each other, and would rule over the winning side afterwords, and followed up by criticizing Ehit for using such underhanded tactics. Hearing Hajime besmirch her lord caused Noint's face to twinge in disapproval (despite having claimed earlier that has had no emotions). Hajime then asked Noint to send him back to his own world since he did not live up to Ehit's expectations, but Noint rejected his request and claimed that Ehit desired Hajime's death as a means of entertainment due to it meaning all the hardships Hajime had faced in order to return home were in vain. Despite Noint's harsh response, Hajime suspected it and remained unfazed. However, Noint revealed that some of his classmates were up to something that Ehit found entertaining, and Hajime asked her for more information, but she refused to tell him anything and resumed their battle by unleashing another barrage of attacks. It was then that Noint entered into "Limit Break", and her attacks were much more powerful than before. Hajime intercepted each of Noint's attacks with his machine gun "Metzelei", while silulataniouky attempting to shoot her down with his rifle Schlagen, but she was too quick for him to hit in her enhanced state. She then charged right through towards him, while dodging hs hail of bulles. Hajime tracked her movements with "Foresight" and tried to intercept her with his Cross Bits, but his explosive slugs only managed to hit an afterimage of her. A second later, Noint appeared behind him and she spun around before attacking Hajime with her swords. Hajime managed to dodge her attack once more, but her swords sliced his rifle in half. That made the energy from his Lightning Field discharge, and a huge explosion blossomed between the two of them. This made Noint hesitate for a second, and allowed Hajime to mount a counterattack. He activated his own Limit Break and rushed towards Noint with his two handguns. The two of them then traded blows at point-blank range, but neither of them were able to land a direct hit.

After an intense series of attacks and counters from both of them, Noint and Hajime were both covered in small blood-soaked wounds. However, Hajime's mana reserves were being depleted rapidly, while Noint's remained unchanged. With hiss Demon Eye, Hajime discovered the crystal heart inside Noint's body that was the source of her power. He then brought out his six remaining Cross Bits, and fired a full-powered barrage of explosive slugs at her while he was still in their range, much to Noint's surprise. Dozens of rounds shot out of Hajime’s Cross Bits and enveloped both of them in a whirlwind of shockwaves, but Noint wrapped her wings around herself for protection, while Hajime activated Diamond Skin. Even so, both of them were still severely injured from the attack. Noint asked if Hajime had planned to kill himself while taking her with him, but Hajime simply scoffed at the notion of it. He then pulled out some chakram disks from his Treasure Trove and threw them at Noint, but she effortlessly deflected them. Initially believing that Hajime had simply run out of weapons and that the disks were a last-ditch effort, Noint soon realized their true purpose as Hajime fired his handguns towards matching chakrams at his sides, while the bullets were teleported towards the first chakrams that he previously threw at Noint. She immediately raised her swords to either side in order to shield herself from Hajime's bullets. After repeatedly firing on the some spot, Hajime managed to destroy Noint's swords. He seized on this opening he’d created and pulled out a series of enchanted bolas from his Treasure Trove, and threw all of them towards Noint. Unable to dodge the incoming objects in time, Noint tried to repel them with her shattered blades. However, the bolas wrapped around Noint’s swords, and then her limbs before they magically stopped in place. As Noint attempted to free herself by disintegrating the bolas, Hajime quickly brought out his "Pile Bunker" and charged in for a final attack. Noint wrapped her wings around herself for protection, but Hajime proceeded with his attack. The pile bunker's four arms attached themselves to her wings, fixing the cannon in place. They’d been enchanted with spatial magic, so Noint wouldn’t be able to dissolve them easily. Once the weapon was fully charged, its's massive stake managed to penetrate through Noint's defenses and pierced her heart. Noint's wings fully disappeared as she fell lifelessly towards the bottom of the mountain.

Hajime managed to locate Noint's body and could sense that she was truly dead, but decided to shoot her in her vital areas for good measure. However, as he was about to shoot, he stopped after witnessing a large explosion origination from the church's main cathedral that had been caused by Tio and Aiko, and left to meet up with them.

Noint' body would later be used as a vessel for Hajime's companion Kaori, and would continue to use it until the defeat of Ehit. Eventually, Kaori's soul was transferred back into her original body, but Noint's body was stored inside Hajime's Treasure Trove as a backup body in case he needed to transfer anyone else's soul into it.

"After Story" Timeline
Sometime after her 'death', her consciousness found its way into one of Hajime's Arachne golem alongside her fellow Apostles, Hearst. She would later dubbed herself as "Netemp" and stated that she had no attachment to her original body and would want her new master to create a new body for her.

Relationships

 * Ehit - Noint was very loyal to Ehit and will carry out his orders without hesitation.
 * Hearst - Noint appears to have a higher rank than Hearst due to Hearst formal way of talking to her as well as Hearst obeying her orders.
 * Eri Nakamura - While posing as nun in the Holy Church to keep manipulating the human side for the amusement of her master, Noint became aware of Eri's plot to betray the Heiligh Kingdom and but decided to cooperate with her due to her master finding Eri's plans amusing.
 * Daisuke Hiyama - While posing as nun in the Holy Church to keep manipulating the human side for the amusement of her master, Noint is aware of Daisuke's betrayal and decided to cooperate with him due to her master finding Daisuke's antics to be amusing.
 * Hajime Nagumo - Noint only cared about killing Hajime due to her creator's orders. However, as time passed on being Hajime's Arachnae golem, she became loyal to him and would prefer to reside in a body of his creation, rather than her old body.

Weapons & Equipment

 * Twin Great-swords - A pair of two-meter-long hilt-less silver longswords. They were destroyed during her fight with Hajime, but was repaired after Kaori took over her body.
 * Silver Wings - A pair of wings that can fire a barrage of very strong feathers.
 * "Freesia" - A humanoid Grim Reaper that Noint uses on occasion after having her consciousness residing in Hajime's Arachnae golem. It is created by Hajime out of his desire to build a maid robot by repurposing what remained of the robotic body of the artificial intelligence "MOTHER", and is a combat maid that serves as Rank 10 of the Fleur Knights. It appears as a beautiful woman with a well featured face, pure white hair, and crimson eyes. It is fitted with multiple artifacts inside its body, which include a huge variable shield, gatling guns, a pile bunker, a small sunlight convergence laser, missiles, a super vibration death scythe with a large caliber shotgun attached, flying all-range ordnances, and many other weapons.

Physical Abilities

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

Magical Abilities

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

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 anything.
 * 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.

Spells/Attacks

 * Hellfire Tsunami - An advanced level fire spell that summons a tsunami of fire.

Stats
Noint's stats mentioned in "Web Novel - Chapter 122"

Quotes

 * (To Hajime Nagumo): "You survived hardships that would have broken normal people, obtained unimaginable power, and found trustworthy comrades to aid you in your journey... Now, all that’s left is for you to fall before achieving your goal. For that is the kind of fate my master wishes upon you. So I kindly request that you die in a blaze of agony, suffering, and despair. After all, that is what shall please my master the most. The hero and his friends, on the other hand... appear to be up to something my master finds interesting, so he is content to leave them alone. As long as they continue entertaining him, he shall not remove them from the game board."

Trivia

 * Noint's name may be based on the word "neunte", which is the German word for "ninth".
 * Noint's new name "Netemp" is a combination of the words "Neunte" (ノ) + "Temporary" (ガリ).
 * The name of Noint's golem body "" is from a genus of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the Iridaceae family.
 * Noint may be based on  Norn from the video game Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon. Furthermore, the name Norn is based on the from  with the name name. It was their duty to help alter the course of human destinies.
 * Noint is the currently the only named Apostle that did not assume the identity of the Holy Church's Divine Priestess "Ainz Arsalk" in the "Zero" series.

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