There is also a Blue halo or a Red trident at the far left side of the hotbar, depending on your alignment. There are a few different buttons on your hotbar below the battle arena with various choices, from moving, charging, taunting, or attacking your opponent. The combat in this game is turn based, with you as the first to attack the enemy.
You have to defeat the arena arena champions while earning money to buy equipment to improve your gladiator. You shall meet different characters in the game, also some characters from the previous game like HeChaos (arena champion now shopkeeper for helmets, shields and capes) Fallen emperor antares (final boss in SaS II: emperors reign) and The fearful prisoner (first gladiator combatant in SaS II: emperors reign). You are an arena gladiator that goes to battle in an arena. This allows you to be more agile and deal more damage with ranged weapons.)