Sword Art Online Re:Aincrad 5 (Dengeki Comics NEXT)

[Machine Translation] Kirito and Lizbeth, their encounter is depicted in ....... One year and eight months have passed since the start of "Sword Art Online," a death game by Akihiko Kayaba. The front line of the battle had reached the 63rd level, and the intensity of the battle was only increasing. Kirito came to Lizbeth, a girl who runs a blacksmith shop, in search of a powerful weapon to conquer the upper levels. Kirito asks her to create a sword that is equal or superior to his own magical sword "Elucidator," and she hands him her masterpiece. However, he breaks the sword in half in a test cut. Liz, enraged by the incident, boldly claims that she can make a sword that surpasses even Elucidator's by using a special metal obtained from a dragon living in the 55th layer, and urges Kirito to go with her to retrieve the material. The two of them headed for the 55th layer, which was covered with ice and snow. In the midst of the battle with the giant dragon, Liz falls into a huge hole...? We now move on to the Lizbeth version, which was well received in the original story. The voice drama depicting Liz's "Hajimari no Monogatari" is also included at the end of the book, and is the first comic adaptation of the voice drama.

キリトとリズベット、ふたりの出会いが描かれる……。茅場晶彦によるデスゲーム≪ソードアート・オンライン≫開始から1年8か月の月日が過ぎた――。攻略の最前線は六十三層に達し、戦いの苛烈さは増す一方だった。さらなる上層攻略のための強力な武器を求めて、鍛冶屋を営む少女・リズベットのもとにやってきたキリト。自らが持つ魔剣≪エリュシデータ≫と同等以上の一振りを作ってほしいと頼んだキリトは、彼女が造った最高傑作の剣を渡される。だが彼は、その剣を試し斬りで真っ二つにへし折ってしまう。あまりの出来事に激昂したリズは、五十五層に生息するドラゴンから手に入るという特殊な金属を使えば、エリュシデータをも凌ぐ剣が造れると豪語し、一緒に素材を取りに行くよう、キリトに迫るのだった。そうしてふたりで向かった、氷と雪に覆われた五十五層。巨竜との戦いのさなかで、リズが大穴に落ちてしまい――!?原作で好評を博したリズベット編に突入! リズの「はじまりの物語」を描いたボイスドラマを初めてコミック化した、ファン必読の掌編も巻末に掲載!!