Nicholas The Renegade

Nicholas The Renegade is a Christmas event boss that appears on Christmas Eve under a certain fir tree. It has four health bars, wields a giant battle axe, and was also the first event boss who did not appear during the beta test so information about him was limited.

Chronology
It appeared on Christmas Eve of 2023 on the 35th Floor in the Forest of Disorietation. Rumors has that if it was defeated it would drop an extremely rare item that would be able to revive a player as such it was sought out by many. After the demise of the Black Cats of the Full Moon, Kirito learned about the boss event from Argo. He accepted the quest event to desperately obtain the item in hopes of reviving Sachi, to at least clarify her last words said to him right before she died. After finding the boss and obtaining the item, Divine Stone of Returning Soul. Kirito was distraught by the fact it can only be used to revive a player if he or she dies within ten seconds. Returning in with a soulless emotion, he gave it the item Klein and his guild who earlier followed him and held off the Guild Divine Dragon Alliance.