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.
At the same time, training forces 
everyone to face their own weakness.
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على مواجهة ضعفهم
Zudem muss man sich bei einer solchen Arbeit
auch seinen eigenen Schwächen stellen.
A la vez, el ejercicio te obliga
a percatarte de tus propias debilidades.
A la vez, el ejercicio te obliga
a ver tus propias debilidades.
À l’entraînement, chacun est obligé
d’affronter ses faiblesses.
Allo stesso tempo, allenarsi
costringe ad affrontare le proprie debolezze.
Ao mesmo tempo, o treinamento nos obriga
a encararmos nossas próprias fraquezas.
Эта же тренировка заставляет людей
принять свои слабости как данность.