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.
This is because in ancient Greece, 
boxers used pickaxes to train their bodies.
ذلك لأنّ الملاكمين في اليونان القديمة
استعملوا المعاول لتمرين أجسادهم
Denn im alten Griechenland
trainierten sich die Boxer mit Spitzhacken.
Esto se debe a que en la antigua Grecia
lo utilizaban para entrenar el cuerpo.
Esto se debe a que en la antigua Grecia
lo utilizaban para entrenar el cuerpo.
À l’origine, en Grèce antique,
Questo perché nell'antica Grecia
i pugili usavano i picconi per allenare il fisico.
Na Grécia Antiga, pugilistas usavam
picaretas para treinar o corpo.
Всё потому, что с её помощью свои тела
укрепляли ещё бойцы Античной Греции.