After announcing a series of strict management measures during the fighting tournament, warden Picard began to read out the list of prisoners selected to set up the tournament venue. The selected prisoners were those with relatively short sentences and well-behaved ones who would construct a large circular stand between the laundry room and the management building on the east side of the prison yard.
In the center of the stand, capable of seating three thousand people, lay an open-air fighting arena. This arena consisted of eight small fighting arenas close to the stands and a large one in the middle. The entire venue was simple in design but with a strong visual impact. Especially during the group matches, sixteen contestants fought like beasts amidst the nobles' whistles and laughter, with only one person ultimately standing in the center, earning the right to advance.
