The Strongest Wizard Becomes a Countryside Guardsman After Taking an Arrow to the Knee

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The strongest wizard Alfred, in a hero’s party, subdued the Maou and in the process took a cursed arrow to the knee.

Even with the injured knee, Alfred’s still the strongest wizard ever. So…

「We need a chief for our newly created knight squad!」 「Could you help us as our guild manager?」「We need someone to rid us of the dragon that resides in the North Mountain!!」

Alfred just wanted some time to rest and recover, but no one would LEAVE HIM ALONE!

Because of that, Alfred wished to spend time recovering in a small country village that no one knew about.

『Need a guard in Mulg Village. Wolves and boars attacking the village. Payment is food and board. *Village has a hot spring.』

「THAT’S THE ONE!」

So, the strongest wizard in the kingdom…decided on living the slow life in the countryside.

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Saikyou no Madoushi. Hiza ni Ya wo Ukete Shimatta no de Inaka no Eihei ni Naru
最強の魔導士。ひざに矢をうけてしまったので田舎の衛兵になる
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DarkD
DarkD rated it
May 13, 2019
Status: c14
It's a gimmick read. The plot and writing aren't terrible so if the gimmick sounds interesting, I suggest reading until you get bored.

If you want to know what's wrong with it, basically the writing is childish and the characters are cliche.

There's no depth to the writing at all. No subtle world building, no interesting narratives, it's got the gimmick and an ability to write English in complete sentences.

... more>> The characters are all pretty much harem cliches. The minor characters have no realism in them at all.

(spoiler ahead) one of the early antagonists is a leftover demon girl trying to continue the work of the deceased demon lord. However once the protagonist captures her, the village is "too kind to execute her" or give her any meaningful punishment at all. So she becomes a new member of the village under house arrest. I'm sorry but that's just unrealistic and chronically s*upid. You just left a war with those people, and now an entire village of people are just "forgiving" her with house arrest? If you're 3 years old maybe that's how it works. <<less
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Pendragon05
Pendragon05 rated it
March 21, 2019
Status: c302
It's been almost one year since I last read the story. My ratings will be 4 for this one. I stumble upon this Web Novel during 2017 and I thought that it's another slice of life fantasy. Turns out my hunch is correct, it's like an accomplished hero that just lost it's purpose after accomplishing it's task to defeat the demon lord.

Nothing special, I rated this with 4 because even though it's quite generic, it's still an enjoyable read, especially if you want to have a fresh start and different... more>> environment from those isekaj or fantasy. <<less
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Fluffums
Fluffums rated it
April 30, 2019
Status: c127
A very solid story with decent characters, action, and plot.

The main reason I don't give this a 5/5 is this:

The title and synopsis are very misleading! I came into this expecting the slow life of a wizard suffering from a knee injury. Instead, the knee injury is barely even mentioned in the first 100 chapters (mostly "Is your knee okay?" "Yeah, it's fine.") and he's constantly getting involved in incidents. And he runs headfirst into incidents if there's nothing happening near the village. So it's hard to understand why he... more>> didn't stay with the hero party at the beginning since he's not affected by the injury and he's definitely not willing to retire from helping people.

The injured knee does affect him after 80? Chapters, but any problems are quickly and easily overcome. The cursed injury could have been an ordinary curse and the only change would be about ten lines of dialogue in 100 chapters.

It bothered me enough to take off a star, but the story's still enjoyable enough. <<less
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Sir Laffsalot
Sir Laffsalot rated it
November 23, 2020
Status: v10c350
Wow. I can't believe that I haven't written a review until now:

Okay, as mentioned by so many others, yes the story's VERY basic, and all of the characters seem pretty cliche. Some are quite loveable, in fact.

However, the story isn't all that cliche at all. There are a lot of original ideas, and for a SoL, the story's always moving, and doesn't really get all that boring. Well, I digress, there are points where it'll stall, but what story doesn't get like that. Keep reading, and it picks up again... more>> in a few chapters. But there are a lot of things to enjoy. There will be some things to make you laugh, some to make you cry, some to anger you, and some to make you go, "hmm."

Like I said, some of the characters are cliche, so of course, it's got the typical harem where you have a clueless MC. Actually, I'm wondering if he's really a eunuch, because unlike other typical harems, the MC has absolutely no interest in anyone, male or female, whatsoever. Maybe he took an arrow in the g**itals as well...

So, I give 3 stars, and I'm continuing to read. <<less
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jkz91
jkz91
August 22, 2020
Status: c10
Oh my god, I really don't know what to say. Bad writing is an understatement. What the hell. The story has no depth. It's just talking about everyday random thing.

The writing style is even worst, I feel like this is written by some 10 year old kid. It's like the author is simply just saying, "This happened, that happened." No description, no explanation. It's simply tr*sh. I had a very bad impression on Japanese novel so I rarely read them but this one takes it home. I was barely able... more>> to read pass chapter 10.

Go read "Second coming of gluttony" or "City of Sin" and you will FEEL the difference in the author's ability to describe in words.

Are all Japanese novel written like this? If so, then it really is very sad. <<less
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Vilidious
Vilidious rated it
October 29, 2019
Status: v2c80
Well, for the most part this novel has been an enjoyable read, as long as one tunes out ones brain.

The story doesn't seem to have any specific goal or much of an impetus, and despite the harem tag, there is basically no romance at all.

In fact, around where I left off, irritating animal noises seem to dominate the writing and content.

This is also a large reason why I haven't felt like continuing to read it in a long time, and likely won't be able to continue either.
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JackB
JackB rated it
June 4, 2020
Status: c56
Simple story that is very relaxed. Definitely rated G as nothing ever happens that has any controversial aspect from what have have read. It's a little weird the MC is an older guy and he only hangs out with underage girls but there is no s*xual aspect so it doesn't really give me a creepy feeling like other novels. Being what it is the only bad thing I can say is that the story lacks any goal sort starts to get boring with nothing going on.
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phreakinsane
phreakinsane rated it
November 20, 2019
Status: --
I love this story. The characters and story are consistent. The story is laid back although thankfully there is plot development, even if its a bit slow. What I like the most was the various "harem" characters added to the storyline, although they werent overly clingly or possessive which helped make it enjoyable to read. Definitely more of a slice of life.

I am rooting for a certain lady hoping that her relationship deepens, so far thats my only gripe is that the MC is more of a "dense" type romantically.... more>> I wish he'd make his moves on that gal that feels the same way about him as he does about her!

There is a lot of generic fantasy in this, but as I and most of you enjoy fantasy, thats not really a bad thing, is it? <<less
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OfficePony
OfficePony rated it
March 29, 2019
Status: v1c11
Just finished reading the manga that is available on Manga Dex and realized there was a light novel for it. Thank goodness there are a few more chapters than the manga had.

The story is nice and laid back with a premise based on a joke from Adventuring games. "I used to be a mighty warrior like you until I took an arrow to the knee", the classical line muttered by a guard in White Run, Skyrim, which also happens to be the old slang for getting married. So, while expecting... more>> the inevitable, I'm enjoying how the story is going to develop.

Makes me sad that the chapters are so short. Maybe a minute or two to read T_T <<less
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ZeroA2
ZeroA2 rated it
June 10, 2020
Status: v11c453
This one requires a pretty significant suspension of modern-day sensibilities as the protagonist is 40 (although the art makes him look 25) and every female character in love with him is 15-17 (if their age is mentioned at all, still holding my breath over Vi-Vi) and regularly sleeps (literally) & bathes with him. It's believable from the idea of a medieval/fantasy world perspective, but it feels icky when you think about this being a conscious decision of the author. Although the protagonist doesnt sexualize them, the author and artist definitely... more>> does.

The characters are cute with Vi-Vi, Femm, & Moofy being stand-outs that feel the most fleshed out and 3-dimensional. The hero party's Luka is so far the next rank for having a personality, but that's probably more due to her being the voice of reason to the other hero party characters than anything substantive.

Worth reading if you can get past the age stuff and enjoy OP slice-of-life fantasy village stuff. The art is clean and proficient.

Update v10: The cast really is way too big. It's difficult to keep track of everyone without going back to earlier volumes as Al et al continues picking up everyone along the way. By these later books the setup seems to be watch them move around with everyone or visiting everyone and having tea and snacks until some disaster happens that they resolve. The slow-life content is particularly pointless and it's less cozy cutesy and more a sequence of errands that takes too long with not enough cute relief. I still enjoy the characters and their abilities but even the content of an entire volume feels fairly fairly empty.

Update (completed) : It's fine. The last arc is a little more connected to the set-up of everyone in the party though felt like it was arbitrarily made so. The ending is fairly abrupt and if I didn't know that was the ending from novelupdates I wouldn't have recognized the markers that it was. The age gap relationships mainly remain ambiguous though at least one got the relationship recognized as an engagement by her parents somewhere along the line. There was also a somewhat infuriating bath scene in the last volume (11) where girls came in the bath and refused to rinse the soap out of Al's hair and face while they continued to wash him but it stayed at the level of washing and Al never initiates or reciprocates anything beyond what we translate as "skinship". I just don't understand having all the characters not only be 25 years younger than their love interest but also be teenagers. <<less
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Bolovis
Bolovis rated it
November 3, 2021
Status: c420
The pacing is quite good, but sometimes it can get repetitive.

The focus would be retiring on the countryside to have peace, but the MC gets involved in all sorts of shenanigans that go from facing an ultimate great master demon, a half-zombie ancient dragon, to helping a slime make a village (sound familiar eh). There is a fair share of chapters focusing on the everyday peaceful aspect that you would expect, and some with more action and fights, but as almost all chars of the MC party are almost overpowered... more>> demi-gods, there are no real stakes (there is one plot point that justifies the OP of the MC, but tell me about convenient explanations).

The harem aspect is kinda muddied, there are at least 6 or 7 girls that are gravitating around the "old magician", with at least 2 or 3 forward with their feelings, some of the others are not so clear, but the prospect is there. The strangeness in some is in love with him out of nowhere, after 5 chapters of interaction in one case. And a new girl that appears in the 400th chapter jumps right in the harem because. So bear that in mind. Ah, he is somewhat dense over the course of the chapters, at the initial chapters less so, but seems like the author decided to turn him into one, be advised.

If you like the everyday aspect of passing time being relaxed in the countryside while strange things seem to occur every now and then and do not have problems with harem s*upidity, this is for you. Be advised that are no stakes are of the MC party of 10 at least 6 are god level in their respective areas. <<less
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mllhild
mllhild rated it
December 22, 2019
Status: c140
The story is far too rushed!

The events from chapter 1 - 20 should be around 100 to 150 chapters. Dont just skip all the events that actually would give your MC character and make his decisions reasonable.

The same happens for all characters introduced later on. They just go from zero to hundred in a few pages. Making people trust you and come to you should take a long time and several events.

The character feels like a 15 year old, not a 40 year old. Also too much deus ex machina... more>> bullshit. <<less
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