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.
The point of the qualifier is to 
select fighters for the event.
الهدف من التصفيات هو اختيار
المقاتلين للحدث فحسب
Hierbei geht es darum, die Kämpfer
für das große Turnier zu finden.
La eliminatoria es
para elegir luchadores.
La eliminatoria es
para elegir luchadores.
Les éliminatoires
ne servent qu’à trier.
Le eliminatorie servono a selezionare
i combattenti per il torneo.
O objetivo das eliminatórias
é escolher lutadores.
Цель отборочного турнира — поиск бойцов.