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.
But even if the arena is small, 
that doesn't change what I have to do.
لكن حتّى بصغر الحلبة، لا يغيّر ذلك ما عليّ فعله
Aber die Größe ändert
nichts an meiner Aufgabe.
Pero eso no cambia en nada
lo que debo hacer.
Pero eso no cambia en nada
lo que debo hacer.
Mais même si c’est étroit,
ça ne change…
Però, anche se l'arena è piccola,
quello che devo fare non cambia...
Mas mesmo que a arena seja
pequena, a luta é igual.
Но я всё равно должен делать своё дело.