Yuusha

## Yuusha "Hero"

**Yuusha** or **Hero** is the protagonist of  *The Maiden Called Hero or Monster*. On the brink of losing a war against the demons, humanity prayed to their goddess for salvation. Hearing their cries and prayers, she finally appeared before them, and granted a young girl the strength to bring salvation to mankind, the strength of a hero. Before the girl and her comrades could defeat the Demon King they engaged in a life or death battle with a different powerful demon. The girl's comrades were left scarred and terror-stricken. Having witnessed the young girl's strength they abandoned her, as they saw her not as a hero but as a monster. After her tears ran dry, the young girl came to a conclusion - her purpose as a hero wasn't to save humanity but to kill demons.

For some reason the young girl could not seem to remember anything after that, or at all for that matter. But she remembered one thing; her purpose, twisted: to be a hero, which meant killing every last demon. So she marched on, continuing to kill demons. Gaining new companions and losing them would not alter her path. Stumbling into the city of *Arte* ruled by the Star Church; with an uncertain future and no memories of her past, she continued moving forward on her quest to exterminate the demons.

## Appearance

Hero is a short and arrogant~looking 17-year-old girl with short black hair, though cuts it short whenever it grows too lengthy, as it would impair her combat capabilities. Along with blue eyes she bears a body withered with now invisible scars from countless battles against the demons, with almost no speck of her body being left without a scar. After the profession certification exam, her left hand was marked with an engraving unique to her, one with a sword with wings at its sides bound by chains.

Hero's normal wear consists of a pair of white pants with an ordinary sleeveless black tunic, and wears a strap that runs across her chest and wraps around to her back. An armband is wrapped around her right bicep, and wears an armored shoulder plate on her left shoulder along with a gauntlet on her left hand. Eventually, she dawns a silvery-white armor, which becomes her usual attire when exploring the labyrinths depths and combating demons.

It can be noted that Hero's favorite color is blue; her casual wear reflects both her particular tastes in style and sports and desire for ease of mobility, being both blue and loose. She even possesses a complete set of blue pajamas she wears when off to bed.

## Personality

Others describe Hero a being arrogant, foul-mouthed, and stubborn young girl. She is impulsive and especially quick to anger. She can also be quite childish, easily getting baited into Edel's provocations quite often, which usually leads into her bickering like a child. She also takes a lot of delight in shopping for things, claiming to enjoy the brief exchange of giving money and receiving goods. But this usually leads to Hero making many unnecessary purchases, buying anything that catches her eye, and believes how much one likes something is most important,

Hero is also a notorious drinker and regularly drinking after labyrinth expeditions, she specifically enjoys apple cider, as she enjoys its refreshing and invigorating taste. On the night before the Warrior Guilds recruit briefing, she gets drunk to the point where she couldn't walk straight the next day due to her hangover. She exhibits a live and let live attitude in life, and greatly values her freedom and independence; naturally making it a point to not meddle in other's affairs, believing that people should be able to live as they want and die as they want. This can make Hero seem selfish, as she readily rejects the request from the orphans to save the hostages from the orcs, as they made that choice for themselves, and it's not her problem.

Hero can be mischievous at times, too, joking, teasing, and poking fun at others, though it's mostly in good fun. She even has nicknames for her comrades and others, calling Matari "Boar" due to her habit of thoughtlessly running head first into her problems, Edel "Pinky" with her bright and flamboyant pink clothes, and "Round eyes" For Lulurile's large round-framed glasses.

But above all else, she is a hero, even going as far as placing her status as a hero above her humanity. This can mainly be attributed to her amnesia and her comrades both abandoning and betraying her. After their fight with a ferocious demon, they called Hero a "monster," as they became deathly afraid of her after witnessing her terrifying strength. When all three of her both mentors and friends left Hero to fend for herself, even after she begging and crying for them to stay, she concluded that a hero's purpose isn't to save humanity, but to kill demons. This led to her going on an endless slaughter of demons to fulfill her purpose and role as a hero, even if it killed her. Over the time she spent alone, she developed a few habits subconsciously to prevent herself from going crazy. She'll talk to herself out loud; if she thinks about something, she immediately says it. If she's frustrated, she yells. Unaware of when this became a habit, she believes it to be a bad one, but has no intention of stopping herself from doing it. Hero also possesses a diary, telling Matari that she doesn't write in it every day, but when she writes, she writes out what she feels to calm down.

Naturally, Hero has a strict moral creed she lives by as a hero, to kill all demons. She claims to be able to smell the stench of "demons," be it human or demon, and believes anyone who's tread on the unholy path is irredeemable and has become a demon, even labeling them as so. When she smells the stench of demons, nothing can stop her from extinguishing the source of the smell, refusing to accept that any demon is capable of being docile, as she believes all demons are inherently evil and kill humans by nature.

     Due to amnesia, she's clung to her identity as a hero to be aware of her own existence. Even long after the reign of demons has ended and the remaining demons are sealed in the labyrinth, she continues to fight. Hero feels that to prove herself as a hero and validate her existence, she must continue to slay demons, as she feels it's her identity, and reason for being. Even using this self-given purpose as means of escapism, so she doesn't have to question whether or not her identity is valid, as a hero fights for the people, and her idea of a hero is one who exists not to save people, but to slay demons. This is why it has become the most prominent part of her personality, as it to her is intrinsic to herself.

    In battle against demons and those fallen, she's ruthless and foul-mouthed. Often brutalizing her opponents showing no mercy, leaving in pieces and unrecognizable chunks of flesh. As to her, demons only deserve to die in ways befitting of their kind.

## Abilities

**Superhuman Strength:** As the chosen one tasked with exterminating the demons, she was granted the strength of a hero. Although the limits of her physical capabilities is unkown, from what's seen, she displays an immense level of strength. With only a cheap straight sword she's cut apart numerous demons boasting skin tougher than most armor, and with her fists sent Russ' puppets flying through the air crashing into the Labyrinth walls. She's effortlessly shoved her hand through multiple layers of steel armor and has blown the face of a man to bits with a punch.

**Extraordinary Endurance:** Hero, despite being far below her prime, has displayed a substantial level of endurance. She's wiped out the orc army of a thousand in a single night; and in the past, fought through both the army of ten-thousand demons at the Demon King's castle, as well as the Demon King himself in succession. She also boasts an extremely high pain-tolerance, as she's shoved her arm into a slime nearly melting the flesh from it clean to the bone without even a wince.

**Lost Sorcery:** Along with her god-given strenth, she posesses the ability to use lost spells. Magic forgotten by man from long ago. Though not much is known about them, they are immensely powerful spells beyond the use of modern day sorcerers, as the magic power required to use such spells is too great a burden for anyone to handle.

* **Complete Healing Spell:** As the name implies this spell can heal nearly any bodily wounds near instantaneously without leaving a scar. However, Hero notes that the spell can't heal one's mind, and also has a drawback. During the healing process the one being healed, be it herself or others, experience the pain of having their injuries inflicted all over again. Hero has stated that some have died from the pain while being healed by this spell.

* **Resurrection Spell:** A spell that violates taboos, and is capable of bringing the dead back to life. When used one must endure the whispers of the damned, as if one gives into temptation, they would likely die. For the spell the one ebing revived must not have died from an illness or old age. The user of the spell must also endure the pain of the cause of death.

* **Arrows of Light:** An offensive spell used by Hero. Hero summons arrows of light in the air that she then launches at her foes. While a single one more than enough to kill, she often summons them by the hundreds to completely annihilate her enemies. These flurries are described as being as strong as storms; she can even enhance the spell, making the arrows of light grow to the length of spears, as well as grow in power.

* **Counteracting Spell:**  A defensive spell which covers the skin of the user in a pale-blue film protecting them against offensive spells and magic.

* **Magic Sealing Spell:** A spell that takes the form of a pale blue ring that sits at ones throat. The ring seemingly remains invisible until the one its cast on attempts to use magic of any kind. It's then the ring appears and causes the throat of those endowed with it to close, choking them.

* **Sphere of Light:** An offensive spell which takes the form of a sphere in the air with the users arms held up and cast when swung down. This spell is used for dealing with large numbers of enemies at once. Hero uses her mental energy to create a white sphere which sits in the air. Though she can only manage to create one in her current state, a single sphere was enough to wipe out the entirety of the thousand orc army.

* **Evil Purging Light:** Though not much is known about this spell, Hero used it in her encounter with Russ. All that's known is it releases a blinding light which seemingly nullifies magic.

* **Transference Spell:** A spell Hero used in the Star Church's Civil War. It took the form of a giant magic circle on the ground, seemingly able to transfer the strength and stamina of multiple targets to another, whilst, leaving the former drained and fatigued.

**General Sorcery:** Along with her heroic spells, Hero also knows spells which are a banality in the modern era.

* **Hypnosis Spell:** A simple spell that can be used to forcfully knock someone unconscious. The target must be in a mentally compromised state for the spell to work.

* **Pyromancy:** Hero has used a multitude of flame spells throughout the story. Be it a small fire ball, or a raging wave of flames, Hero seems to posesses a general mastery over flame magic.

## Weapons

**Ordinary Straight Swords:** Hero uses various steel blades during her time in the Labyrinth. She often breaksthem and simply buys a new one without any particular interest in the quality of the blade she buys. Despite being mass-produced cheap swords, she cuts aparts demons all the same.

**Sword of Light:** A blade which radiates a white light that Hero used when she first became a hero. The blade possess light magic within the blade which Hero seemingly can manipulate; able to empower the blade of the sword itself with said light magic, extending its length, as well as cause it to detonate like a sort of explosive.

**Sword of Darkness:** A blade which emanates an ominous black glow. Other than this being the blade of the Demon King himself, not much is known about it. Hero used this along with the Sword of Light in the Star Church's Civil War.