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.
laid stones and gravel of different 
sizes in three layers for drainage,
ووضعوا حصى وصخوراً بأحجام مختلفة
بثلاث طبقات للتصريف
schichteten Kies und Steine in drei Lagen
für den Abfluss des Wassers
colocan piedras y grava de diferentes
tamaños en tres capas para el drenaje
colocaban piedras y grava de diferentes
tamaños en tres capas para el drenaje
En guise de drainage,
posavano tre strati di rocce e ghiaia
per favorire il drenaggio,
Para o escoamento de água, colocavam
pedras e cascalhos de vários tamanhos.
укладывали камни и гравий разных
 размеров в три ряда для оттока воды