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Chapter 33 - Chapter 33: Another Strong General

On the fifth day of Green's work in the Queen's Quarter, support from Whispering City also arrived in King's Landing.

The 50 men sent as support were all Kleber's Clan Soldiers, and Monton Wei Shui was responsible for leading them from the Blackwater Docks.

The Crab Claw Peninsula shares similarities with the North; almost all of its inhabitants are descendants of the First Men, generally tall and strong, with hair and eye colors that are either black or brown.

Andals mostly have colorful hair and eyes.

Westeros is primarily composed of the First Men, Andals, and Rhoynar; the First Men are mainly in the North, the Rhoynar are mainly in Dorne, and the rest of the places are mainly Andals.

Therefore, the title of the King of Westeros begins: King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Protector of the Realm…

From the improvements in the Clan Soldiers' discipline, Green could tell that the soldiers had not slackened their training despite their lord being absent from the territory.

The newly arrived Clan Soldiers assembled at the command post in the Queen's Quarter, and Green was very satisfied after reviewing the high-spirited Clan Soldiers for a while.

Green truly appreciates the simple and honest soldiers from the Crab Claw Peninsula, who exude an aura of readiness to fight at his command.

With their 'simple and honest folk' and the soldiers' daily improving discipline, Green believed that Kleber's army would eventually become the strongest army in Westeros.

Green noticed a young man standing behind the crowd, whose appearance was out of place among Kleber's Clan Soldiers.

The young man wore worn leather armor, carried a bow on his back, and appeared to be around Green's age.

He was tall and slender, with shoulder-length, reddish, semi-curly hair, many freckles on his face, and a reserved expression.

Green raised an eyebrow and beckoned to the red-haired young man.

The red-haired young man nodded with a slightly nervous expression, then glanced at Monton Wei Shui, who was standing nearby, before jogging over.

"Hello, esteemed noble lord, my name is Angai."

Hearing the name, Green's eyes moved: "How did you come here?"

In the story, Angai won the archery championship at the tourney held in King's Landing to celebrate Eddard Stark's appointment as Hand of the King, and later joined the Brotherhood Without Banners, with unparalleled archery skills.

Angai respectfully replied: "I joined a Sellsword group, but it later disbanded. Recently, I've been checking the docks to see if there were any suitable Sellsword groups to join. This morning, at the Blackwater Docks, I met your guard, Lord Mondon, and he brought me here."

It turned out that while Mondon was waiting at the docks, he used his beast-like intuition to discover Angai, who appeared unremarkable but was incredibly strong, among the crowd.

Mondon's intuition told him that this person was extraordinary and that Green would like him.

Mondon trusted his intuition the most, so he proactively approached Angai, exchanged a few words, and then brought him along, intending to introduce Angai to Green.

Mondon's broad figure also appeared, and he said innocently, "Lord Green, I feel Angai's skills are quite good, so I brought him."

Green nodded and asked Angai, "What are you good at?"

Upon hearing this, Angai, who had been reserved, puffed out his chest: "My Lord, I am best at archery; I can hit whatever I aim for."

Green knew Angai was an extremely skilled archer and wanted to promote him to his personal guard, like Mondon. Mondon and Angai, one specializing in close combat and the other in long-range archery, would complement each other with astonishing combat power.

A lord's personal guard is equivalent to the lord's confidant, and directly appointing a newcomer would affect the fairness among the soldiers.

However, if the person in question possesses extraordinary strength, it's a different matter.

Green sat down on a chair and clapped his hands, attracting the surrounding attention: "Angai, show us your skill."

Angai first scanned the surroundings, then looked up at the sky, calmly took an arrow from his quiver, took a few steps forward, and inserted the arrow vertically into the ground.

Angai looked thin, but he had considerable strength, burying almost half of the arrow into the ground in one go.

After finishing, Angai retreated to his original position.

Picking up his bow and nocking an arrow, Angai drew the bowstring fully, aiming skyward.

Angai's entire set of movements was fluid and natural, imbued with a deep sense of confidence.

Angai released his fingers from the arrow's nock, and with a whoosh, the arrow shot straight into the sky.

After a while, the arrow Angai had shot skyward fell with a sharp whistling sound, aiming precisely for the arrow Angai had previously stuck in the ground.

With a crisp crack, the descending arrow first split the arrow stuck in the ground into a V-shape, then deeply embedded itself into the earth.

Divine skill!

Green's subordinates couldn't help but exclaim at Angai's archery.

Green was satisfied, his goal achieved, and he publicly appointed Angai as his personal guard.

From this moment on, Angai, like Mondon, became Green's personal guard.

Angai, of commoner birth, could not help but feel inwardly excited; a personal guard had a great chance of being knighted by the lord.

For Angai, a commoner, this was equivalent to achieving a leap in social status.

Angai knelt on one knee before Green, expressing his gratitude loudly and excitedly.

Green smiled gently, waved his hand, and had the grinning Mondon take Angai away to settle him in.

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