The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 489

With a creased map in hand, Percival trekked alongside Soren to a nearby abandoned mine.

At the mine's entrance, they stumbled upon a covert mark of White Tiger etched into the rock face, its meaning unclear yet undeniably significant. And there, scattered nearby, lay a cache of critical documents belonging to CK.

"Base, this is Soren. We've found the mark," Soren hollered into his headset.

A different voice crackled back, not Micah's as expected, but that of the HQ commander. "Copy that. Proceed underground."

Exchanging a glance, Percival and Soren strapped on their oxygen masks and descended into the bowels of the earth.

Markers bearing White Tiger's emblem appeared sporadically along the mine's tunnels-faded, but a trail they could follow nonetheless.

As they ventured deeper, the air grew thin, and a faint, metallic scent of blood wafted from the depths.

Suddenly, a clod of earth tumbled from directly above Percival.

"Run!" Percival barked, his eyes dark with urgency.

With lightning reflexes, Soren signaled to the team behind them, and the third squad retreated in a disciplined dash toward the exit.

Then, a thunderous collapse echoed from behind Soren.

"Captain!" He yelled.

"Get out of here. That's an order!" Percival's voice crackled through the headset as Soren could only glimpse his silhouette through the narrowing gaps in the debris.

"Captain, I'll get you out!" Soren halted along with a few others.

Percival's voice was icy. "Get lost. After you're out, find Vivienne!"

Leopold and Thomas, sensing the gravity of the situation, called out, "Captain, report your status!"

"Mine... Collapse... Get out..."

voice faded

teams back toward Percival's last known location. However, before they could get close, a helicopter buzzed overhead, raining down bullets like a hailstorm. Leopold and Thomas fought back while retreating to HQ. But unfamiliar with the terrain, the front squad often stumbled into collapsing tunnels, with some

Leopold boosted their firepower and rescued the

"Wolf, unidentified forces are

shouting to Soren,

above, Soren knew staying meant certain death for

only chance was to escape and return with

"Captain, wait

not without

his headset crackled back to life

are down. Send me the coordinates

the consequences. They had to down the helicopters to cut

cursed and

swiftly ended the fight, downing two helicopters, while the third

at the rendezvous point, with casualties among them,

bandaged, relayed Percival's location to

on, his voice a mix of anger

dizziness from

to report and

stormed over,

there!" Leopold roared, defiance

grew up with him. There was no way

stakes but stood firm. "Look at your men. They're heavily wounded, and their lives matter, too. Back

took Soren from Thomas. "Get him treated, then

news. "Deputy director, it's the

grabbed the handset. "This is

this operation? I told you to wait for satellite confirmation before proceeding. Do you not understand 'stand by"?" Soren overheard the

enter the mine. When were we told to stand

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