@kronix: Even if there would be a forced marriage or any other kind of marriage, they still wouldn't fuck. The next wave would be to close. Somebody dies, which would be a boner killer, and than of course they would train really hard! So again no fucking. The author will find new and old ways to evade it. It's this kind of story. The MC and his harem stays pure until the end. (Even if the protagonists deserve some fun time.)
So, shes basically a red mage then, jack of all trades master of none which realistically speaking is quite impressive to be able to use ALL the magics even if not on a master level. Shes basically a magic generalist instead of the usual specialist. Only on D&D old settings on which high level magic was kinda ridiculous she would be at a disadvantage, and even so she would be broken until very high level
no, I would say there's some pretty significant and fundamental changes in the first arc (vol 1-4). They just aren't as blatantly obvious as they are in the second (this) arc or the 3rd (entirely new) arc and all the changes to the story that cascade from those. The biggest change is the characters of the heroes.
In the WN, they were just stupid and it only became clear what their specific problems where later. In the LN, it's clear that spear hero is aware that bitch is a horrible person and is using and abusing everyone around her, but he intentionally ignores it thinking he'll get laid. The race he had with Naofumi didn't happen in the WN and that's when they show that he isn't oblivious to the harm she does.
For the sword hero, it's clarified that his real problem is just that he's the youngest of the heroes and most naive, which is why he seems to be intentionally emulating Kirito. When they chase Naofumi while he's escaping with Melty, sword hero acknowledged Nao's argument about how an investigation that bitch has power over wouldn't find the truth and is likely to kill Melty in some "accident" during said investigation. He then stops chasing Nao and focuses solely on protecting Melty, making the fight more a 2v2 for the hero parties than a 1v3 it was in the WN. It points out that he's really just confused and doesn't know what to do rather than being arrogant and self-absorbed like bow hero is.
Nao also doesn't come off as angry and distrustful, only reasonably skeptical, when dealing with most people. Though, a lot of that doesn't show until Cal mira on because the character rebalances leave him with a lot more allies and friends. The short of it is that, though the first arc doesn't have obvious changes like new recurring characters that remain vital to the story, like Glass's friends, or
a whole other world to explore
like the 3rd arc does, it still has some important changes that make the story much better and better drives home the points the story makes.
@kronix
LN version isn't done yet, so I'll give you a bit of how it goes in the WN.
depending on the world, he marries 2+ girls. However, only one of the girls he marries in any world is on his team right now. Basically, each of the heroes goes through the same starting character development process where they start thinking they're the MC of some cliche story, get betrayed, go mad and awaken a cursed series weapon, then are calmed down by their designated heroine. So Rishia stays with bow hero and Eclaire marries sword hero after he grows up a little.
For the translator: Just use Hegen Muzuo Style for the name of the martial art mentioned in this chapter. That is what the official ENG version for the LN is using.
Also spoilers about it:
It's an ignore DEF stat type of martial art that uses life force/ki. Rishia masters it gets access to practically super saiyan mode. You'll see what I mean in the next chapters.