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 next fighters steeled their 
resolve and stepped into the arena.
شدّ المقاتل التالي رباط عزيمته ودخل الحلبة
schritten die nächsten Kämpfer
entschlossen in die Arena.
los siguientes luchadores
se preparaban para entrar.
los siguientes luchadores
se preparaban para entrar.
ne faisait qu’accroître
la détermination des suivants.
i lottatori di turno si armavano di determinazione
ed entravano nell'arena.
os próximos lutadores fortaleciam
sua determinação e entravam na arena.
следующие бойцы тут же
выходили на арену.