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.
There's no second prize in a serious fight.
لا جائزة للثاني في قتالٍ جادّ
In einem echten Kampf
gibt es keinen zweiten Platz.
No hay segundo lugar al pelear en serio.
No hay segundo puesto
al pelear en serio.
Un vrai combat ne décerne
aucun lot de consolation.
Non ci sono premi di consolazione
in un vero combattimento.
Não há segundo lugar numa luta séria.
В настоящих боях второго места нет.