Due to their lack of decisive power, Zafar instructs Cestvs and his companions to train all day every day by digging with pickaxes. Though his companions complain, Cestvs regards Zafar's word as his only ray of hope and continues digging. Meanwhile, a pair of messengers arrive to announce a fighting tournament held by the emperor. Emperor Nero himself has ordered that Cestvs participate. He seems to be unable to escape him... With indescribable uncertainty in his heart, Cestvs participates in the qualifier in order to win his freedom. However, the arena is a wooden structure resembling a run-down cage.
and we are tasked with bringing in 
strong fighters from all over the world.
ونحن مكلّفان بجلب مقاتلين أقوياء
من أرجاء العالم
um starke Männer aus der
ganzen Welt zusammenzubringen.
hagan su ingreso los mejores
luchadores de todo el mundo.
pasen los mejores
luchadores de todo el mundo.
Les meilleurs combattants du monde
peuvent donc participer.
sono tra i più forti di tutto il mondo.
e nos encarregaram de buscar lutadores
poderosos de todo o mundo.
и нам поручено искать их по всему миру.