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.
It's obvious to me what the guys 
putting this event together are up to.
من الجلّي ما الذي يهدف له منظّمو هذا الحدث
Ist doch klar, was die
Organisatoren damit vorhaben.
Está claro lo que pretenden
los organizadores.
Está claro lo que pretenden
los organizadores.
Leur magouille crève les yeux.
È ovvio cos'hanno in mente gli organizzatori.
É óbvio o que os organizadores
estão tramando.
Я-то понимаю, чего устроители хотят.