Max checked the resurrection estimate one final time.
[ESTIMATED RESTORATION COST OUTSIDE DUNGEON TERRITORY]
[3,184,000 DP]
[Estimate varies according to distance, active conditions, and strength at time of death.]
The number had increased slightly since the leaders' meeting.
Max did not ask the core to explain the change. Minor movement in the connection or his own condition could account for it. The estimate mattered because of its scale, not because every digit remained fixed.
Anna stood beside him in the receiving room.
His elite combat team waited in full equipment. Each member carried supplies for one day and enough emergency material to survive longer if the gate closed. Their captain had reviewed Dagar's safe-conduct rules and the Redoubt's public map.
No one treated the trip like a ceremonial visit.
