The Final Day
The next 19 days proved to be an ordeal not only for Princess Lucia but also for Jake and all the other Players. With the Coliseum games being maintained, they were doomed to fight in a situation where their defeat was foreseen and desired.
Servius Cassius of course knew that they were plotting against him and didn't know who had given the idea for these games to the Crown Prince of the Sextus, but it didn't matter. A few days later, Gerulf had finally emerged from the ground fully recovered and with his help the Lanista had been able to investigate much more actively.
There was no longer any doubt that the noble clans knew that he was holding the missing princess. The Quintus and the Tertius had probably fomented the attack, their objective being to recover the princess in order to put pressure on the Imperator.