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.
For Cestvs, his master's words were 
absolute, and his only ray of hope.
،كانت كلمات معلّمه قاطعة بالنسبة لسيستس
وبصيص أمله الوحيد
Cestus brachte den Worten seines Meisters
absoluten Gehorsam entgegen
Para Cestvs, las palabras de su maestro
eran su única guía y rayo de esperanza.
Para Cestvs, las palabras de su maestro
eran su única guía y rayo de esperanza.
Pour Cestus, les conseils de son mentor
étaient des vérités absolues.
Per Cestus, le parole del suo maestro erano
una guida assoluta, l'unico raggio di speranza.
Para o Cestvs, as palavras
de seu mestre eram absolutas
Слова учителя были высшей истиной
 для Цестуса.