User blog comment:SnakeDX/What really happened to these characters./@comment-24751497-20181121060116

Fighter is alive for the following:
 * Both the manga and anime show that she is alive. As the manga and anime intend to stay faithful to the LN for the most part, I don't see why they would suddenly change the fate of a character, especially in the beginning of the series.
 * The guy who stated that she died missed this statement from page 42 - "But to survive is not always a blessing – something Priestess realized when she picked out Fighter's body among them". This explains that Fighter did survive, but was left in a horrible condition that would make death a better option. As a result, he jumped to the conclusion that the word "body" meant corpse, which is clearly not the case.

As for whether she was raped, I will admit the LN does not make that clear. However, Priestess's thoughts in page 29 establish rape as a possible outcome with the goblins: "Would they slice her open? Or rape her? Or both?". I don't think the part about rape would have been added if Fighter had not been raped in front of her (This was Priestess's first adventure after all).

In short, she is definitely alive and she was most likely raped, but the LN does not make it as explicit as the manga and anime.