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 greaves over her legs.

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.

"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.

Relationships

 * Ehit - Hearst is absolutely loyal to Ehit and will carry out his orders without hesitation. However, she failed her master after she got killed by Shea.
 * Noint - A fellow Apostle as well as Hearst's superior. After Noint was defeated, Hearst took the command to try to avenge her.
 * Hajime Nagumo - Hearst was initially Hajime's enemy, but after she transferred herself into Hajime's Arachnae golem, she is now loyal to him.

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.

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 resided 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 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."

Trivia

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