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.
You can't win a bet without 
putting money down.
لا يمكنك الفوز في رهان
دون دفع مال
Man gewinnt keine Wetten,
ohne dabei Geld zu riskieren.
El que no apuesta no gana.
El que no apuesta no gana.
Il faut avoir le cœur bien accroché.
E le scommesse non si vincono
senza mettere prima la propria quota.
Quem não arrisca não petisca.
Без ставки и победы нет.