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

and Thomas led their 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

their firepower and

shouted into the mic, "Wolf, unidentified forces are

to Soren,

Soren knew staying meant certain

chance was to escape and return with

vowed, "Captain, wait for

mine, though not without injuries-broken limbs and, for

outside, his headset crackled back to life

radioed, "HQ, Wolf's comms are down. Send me the coordinates of the hostile

the consequences. They had to down the helicopters to cut off the attack and minimize

and relayed the

the fight,

rendezvous point, with casualties

bandaged, relayed Percival's location to Leopold, insisting they

rifles from the other members and strapped them on, his voice a mix of anger and resolve. "First

Soren turned to follow, dizziness from blood loss nearly

back to report and heal. Or

with a cane, stormed over, nearly collapsing. "Everyone, back

captain is still in there!" Leopold roared, defiance written across

dear friend who grew up with him. There was no way he would let Percival be buried

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

Thomas. "Get him treated, then document everything about the mine. Hand it

approached with urgent news. "Deputy

grabbed the handset. "This is

told you to wait for satellite confirmation before proceeding.

mine. When were

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