The skeletons are no match for Shang’s martial arts as they have slow movements. Shang crushed the bones under his feet to make sure they don’t rise again.

Defending Cala’s family from a small group of skeletons where some are walking in the lawn of the wooden cabin, Shang decides that the wooden cabin is not a safe place and tells Flos of what Cala has said.

With Cala on his back, Shang travels in the direction of where Cala had pointed before he fainted due to tiredness, along with Cala’s two family members, Flos and Ale.

It was until they managed to find an empty cellar to hide and rest, Cala wakes up and tells Shang of their next location.

Shang: New Tristram!?

Shang says as he and Cala are sitting in an area next to the cellar door while Flos and Ale are resting in the other cellar rooms.

Shang is startled to hear a familiar name.

Cala: Yes, New Tristram. You heard of that place before?

Shang: I hear about it by mouths during my travels that it was a nice place.

Cala: It used to be a nice place but after the cathedral was clean out of its riches, the town is now almost full of empty shacks.

Shang: I don’t understand. Of all nearby villages and towns, why New Tristram?

Cala: One of my relatives got wind of the empty shacks in New Tristram and decided to move there. I planned to seek refuge from him.

Shang: I see. But do you think he has enough to feed you and your family? Judging from what you said, he might be poor that he had to find a cheap place to live and New Tristram’s empty shack fits what he wants.

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Cala: We will see what we can do if that was case. I have originally wanted to rely on the forest for a living and lived till old age. Now the forest is no longer safe.

Cala sighed

Shang: ... Have a good rest, the night is long. I will take the first watch.

Cala: Alright.

As Shang watches Cala rest nearby on somewhere on some sacks, he thinks to himself.

Shang’s thoughts: Seriously? Of all universes and worlds, it had to be Diablo Universe and the timeline had to be Diablo III. System, I dare you to appear and I absolutely swear I will not punch you in the face.

Shang clenches his fist.

There is no answer from the system.

To that, Shang can only sigh and be on his guard for the first watch.

The next morning, Cala wakes Shang and his two family members up after the sun wakes Cala up by shining through small opening cracks of cellar door.

Shang and his group continue their journey till they reach Overlook Road which is a short distance to the gates of New Tristram.

It is evening when the group is above the cliff, seeing New Tristram from the top view.

A foul odor of rotting flesh can be smell in the air.

Ale: Eww, What was that smell?

Shang: That, Ale, is the smell of death and decay. Remember it well.

Ale nods.

Flos: Come here. Let me cover your nose. This smell is bad for you.

Ale: Yes, mother.

As Ale walks over to his mother, Cala asks Shang as he is next to him when Shang tells Ale.

Cala: Ale is still young. Is it too early to teach him about it?

Shang: It is never too early to learn, my friend. It is better for him to know about this before it is too late.

Cala:...

Cala does not continue as he only knows woodcutting and forest life.

Before Shang can speak again, a loud voice can be heard from the gates.

????: Captain Rumford! More dead are coming!