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.
or were replaced by sturdy stone 
structures and erased from history.
أو اُستبدلت بمنشآت صخريّة متينة
ومُحيت من سجلّ التاريخ
oder durch Steingebäude ersetzt.
o eran borradas de la historia al ser
reemplazadas con estructuras de piedra.
o eran borradas de la historia al ser
reemplazadas con estructuras de piedra.
ou furent rebâties en pierre,
d’où leur disparition de l’histoire.
oppure rimpiazzate da altre di pietra,
sparendo così dalla storia.
ou foram substituídas por estruturas
de pedra e apagadas da história.
Вместо них строили каменные, а потом
 и вовсе забывали.