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..."

faded

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 members falling

Leopold boosted their firepower and

Micah shouted into the mic, "Wolf, unidentified forces are

mine, Percival tossed aside his useless headset, shouting to Soren, "Comms are jammed. There's a signal blocker somewhere. Go

Soren knew staying meant

was to escape and return with

"Captain, wait for

narrowly escaped the mine, though not without injuries-broken limbs and, for Soren, a gashed

outside, his headset crackled back to life with Micah's voice urging Wolf to

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

to down the helicopters to

and relayed the

swiftly ended the fight, downing two helicopters,

the rendezvous point, with casualties among them,

Percival's location to Leopold, insisting they had to

members and strapped them on, his voice a mix of anger and resolve. "First squad, anyone who can still move, on me." Thomas echoed the sentiment. "Second

follow, dizziness from blood

and heal. Or

with a cane, stormed over, nearly

in there!" Leopold roared, defiance written

up with him. There was no way he would let Percival be buried down there without

at your men. They're heavily wounded, and their lives matter, too.

and took Soren from Thomas. "Get him treated, then document everything about

news. "Deputy director,

handset. "This is

I told you to wait for satellite confirmation before proceeding. Do

orders from HQ to enter the mine. When were we told to

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