Quick questions about Apostles and the special mana crystal that gave them supposedly infinite magic power. Did that really give them infinite magic power? How did it work? How does it compare the Grasp Gloria aka perpetual motion machine that Hajime created in the after stories?
No, apostles(Neunte, etc) have a different source of magic rather than an infinite energy generation like grasp gloria. Their magic power are from Ehito who used Tortus people faith that has been converted and stored for thousands of years. It sure is humongously huge, but not infinite like grasp gloria
"True Apostle's heart is a special mana crystal that gives them unlimited mana. It does not, however, provide unlimited stamina for them." -Arifureta fandom wiki So I think that the Apostle has infinite magic power but can't cast magic continuously forever. As for Grasp Gloria, it's a broken item because it's a machine and able to operate almost forever. Grasp Gloria obviously superior compared to Apostles heart. Also Hajime can modify Grasp Gloria to be able to take energy from different world. "Grasp Gloria" (永久機関 グラスプ・グローリア, Towa Kikan Gurasupu Gurōria?) - An Artifact that Hajime created at the end of his travels in the Sky Dragon World. It is a perpetual motion machine that converts Negative Sky Dragon energy to Positive energy at an efficiency of 100 percent. The Artifact is a pseudo-Monarch Dragon Core that has an energy output that is even greater than the genuine article. It is made up of a mix of Sky Cores and regular Dragon Cores compressed to the absolute limit with a piece of Divinity Stone at its center to solve the issue of low energy retention. The circulation performance was explosively increased with the use of evolution magic so that negative energy could be quickly converted into positive energy. A gravity field is generated in the inner core to prevent energy leakage through the use of gravity magic. spatial magic is enchanted on the outer shell to allow only Positive energy to be extracted. The infinitely flowing energy that came out of the Orb could not be utilized until Hajime discovered and gained access to the "Element Arrangement Equal Conversion System" that could convert Star Energy into any known form of energy in the Factory World. By using the Orb of Lutria to connect with the Sacred Tree in the Factory World, and using Grasp Gloria along with the hijacked energy conversion system, Hajime was able to completely restore the energy of a planet and gain access to a boundless supply of mana." -Arifureta wiki
to determine if i need to rewrite the apostle part because it doesn't really have infinite power and to find the chapter number for clarification