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.

When the heroes of Earth were summoned to Tortus, Hearst participated in the war aginst Heiligh Kingdom to assist the Demons until she got killed by Shea Haulia.

Hearst later transfers her consciousness into one of Hajime's "Arachnae" spider golems, as well as calling herself "Etemp".

Appearance
Hearst 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 graves over her legs.

In the Fairy World, it was revealed that she now has fairy wings in addition to her original body and outfit.

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

After she transfers herself into Hajime's Arachnae spider golem, Hearst's personality drastically changes. She becomes a lot more emotional and will express what she is feeling through various physical gesture due to her inability to communicate verbally. She also becomes more mischievous in teasing others on occasion.

In the Fairy World, she and Noint both gain back the ability to speak freely thanks to conception.

Biography
Hearst was the first apostle that was created by Ehit.

"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 reorganise 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 afterwards 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
Heart was present with the army of Apostles who went along with Freid Bagwa and Eri Nakamura to confront Hajime Nagumo and his group outside the exit of the Schnee Labyrinth in the Schnee Snow Fields, and waited there to invite them to the Demon Empire Garland. While Hajime and Freid were arguing with regards to him arriving unarmed, she told Freid to not waste time, and warned Hajime to not try anything foolish, as the apostles had analyzed his fight with Noint, and knew he was far more powerful than expected. Even after saying all that, Hajime noted that she was on the edge for some reason.

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 Sanctuary. 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.

"After Story" Timeline
After getting killed by Shea, she now resides in one of Hajime's spider golems, going by the name Etemp.

Once she arrived in the Fairy World, she made a transformation into a fairy when the accumulated thought element stored within her from the prayers and thoughts of the inhabitants of Tortus interacted with the World Tree of the Fairy World. The thought element includes her experiences with Miledi, which greatly influenced her personality.

Relationships

 * Ehit - Hearst was absolutely loyal to Ehit and would carry out his orders without hesitation.
 * Noint - A fellow Apostle as well as Hearst's superior. After Noint was defeated, Hearst took the command to try to avenge her. Currently, the two get into small quarrels.
 * Hajime Nagumo - Hearst was initially Hajime's enemy, but after she transferred herself into Hajime's Arachnae golem, she is now loyal to him. However, she along with Noint got on his nerves when they both imitated Miledi. Hearst even went as far as to show herself naked until Hajime told her to wear some clothes.
 * Shea Haulia - Hearst was killed by her during the decisive battle with Ehit. After knowing she revived, Shea felt suspicious of her.
 * Miledi Reisen - Hearst had a special attachment to Miledi due to being the first person that she failed to kill. As a result, she modelled her personality to be like Miledi's after obtaining a sense of individuality from Ehit's death.
 * Kousuke Endou - Both Hearst and Noint worked together with him in the battle against Mother. She also frequently teases him by bringing up his Abyss Lord persona.

Weapons & Equipment

 * Twin Greatswords - A pair of silver swords capable.
 * Silver Wings - A pair of wings that can fire a barrage of very strong feathers.
 * Spider Golem Body - An artifact created by Hajime in the form of a spider.

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, including the heroes that Ehit summoned from Earth to participate in his game. However, Hearst's abilities hold inferiority to Noint or Kaori (while residing Noint's body).
 * 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. Only a fatal blow to her head or crystal-like heart can kill her as when her head was smashed by Shea and her Drucken as a result of Hearst's death.
 * 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 skill that can melt almost everything.
 * 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.
 * 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.

Quotes

 * (To Miledi Reisen & Oscar Orcus): "I am one of God’s Apostles— Hearst. My duty is to rid my lord’s game board of undesirable pieces."
 * (To everyone): "It’s Etemp-san yo!!"
 * (To Kousuke Endou): "No, Super Britain Hero, the personification of the bottomless darkness Lord Abyssgate. We couldn’t talk or anything you know?"
 * (To Kousuke Endou while referring to Kouki Amanogawa): "To suddenly ask me to call you by name like that……filthy. Are you a hero from somewhere?"

Trivia

 * Hearst's name may be based on the word "Erste", which is German for "First".
 * "Etemp" is supposed to stand for "Earst" + "temporary".
 * In the Web Novel, Hearst's role of accompanying Freid to meet with Hajime at the Schnee Snow Fields had originally been given to Ahat. This was changed in the Light Novel due to Ahat having been killed by Miledi Reisen in Volume 4 of the "Zero" series.