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.
Oh, shut up! You can't win that 
many times in a row on luck alone!
لا تعبث معنا! لا يمكنك الفوز مراراً
!بهذا القدر لحظّك فقط
Ach, halt dein Maul! Allein mit Glück
gewinnt man nicht so oft hintereinander!
¡Sí, claro! ¡Nadie puede ganar tanto!
¡Sí, claro! ¡Nadie puede ganar tanto!
Crache le morceau, raclure !
T’as enchaîné les victoires !
Ma smettila! Nessuno vince così tante volte
di seguito solo per pura fortuna!
Cala a boca! Não dá para vencer
tantas vezes seguidas só com sorte.
Даже с удачей просто нельзя
 столько раз выиграть!