Akihiko Kayaba, transformed into a Grim Reaper in crimson robes, was precisely the form he had shown everyone during the previous open beta.
His enormous body stood over ten meters tall, floating in midair. Compared to his first appearance, however, Akihiko Kayaba now also held a gigantic crimson scythe.
After all, this was a battle that would decide the fate of every Sword Art Online player. When he and Seiya were teleported to the 100th floor, Akihiko Kayaba had thoughtfully left behind projection screens on every floor so the other SAO players could witness the battle.
Kirito, Asuna, and the others had already been immensely shocked when they saw Akihiko Kayaba turn into a monster BOSS.
But when they saw the HP Bar beside Akihiko Kayaba's name, every player in the Strategy Group exploded into an uproar.
Because Akihiko Kayaba, who had appeared as the final BOSS, had a full ten HP Bars!
At the floors currently being cleared, an ordinary Floor Boss generally only had around three HP Bars.
Even on special floors like the 50th and 75th, a Floor Boss had no more than five HP Bars at most.
As the final BOSS, the boss of the 100th floor was naturally expected to have quite a few HP Bars. But they had never dreamed that it would have a full ten of them!
"Could that bastard Akihiko Kayaba be abusing his administrator privileges to secretly boost his own stats and settings again?!
With ten whole HP Bars, even if the entire Strategy Group went at him together, we'd need ages to chop through them! Seiya's alone—how could he possibly beat a monster like that?!
How the hell is this fair PvP? That bastard Akihiko Kayaba has completely thrown away his dignity just to win!"
It was no wonder