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.
If every punch I throw and every fighter 
I beat gets me closer to freedom, then fine.
إذا كانت كلّ لكمة أوّجهها وكلّ مقاتل أهزمه
يقرّبانني من الحرّية، فلا بأس
Jeder geschlagene Schlag, jeder besiegte Gegner
bringt mich näher an die Freiheit.
Si cada golpe y cada victoria
me acercan a la libertad, que así sea.
Si cada golpe y cada victoria
me acercan a la libertad, que así sea.
Peu importe le nombre
de blessures ou de victoires,
Se ogni pugno che tiro e ogni avversario che sconfiggo
mi porta più vicino alla libertà, così sia.
Se cada golpe que eu der
e cada lutador derrotado
Если с каждым ударом и с каждым
 поверженным врагом