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 into

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 the terrain, the front squad often stumbled into collapsing tunnels, with some members falling into

with Thomas, Leopold boosted their firepower and

HQ, Micah shouted into the mic, "Wolf, unidentified forces are attacking from above.

headset, shouting to Soren, "Comms are jammed. There's

Soren knew staying meant

was to escape and return with

vowed, "Captain,

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

to life with Micah's voice

are down. Send me the coordinates

consequences. They had to down the helicopters to cut off the

cursed and relayed the

swiftly ended the fight, downing

casualties among them, they awaited further

Percival's location to

a mix of anger and resolve. "First squad, anyone who can still

turned to follow, dizziness from blood loss

report and heal. Or

with a cane, stormed over, nearly

there!" Leopold roared, defiance written

but his dear friend who grew up with him. There

your men. They're heavily wounded, and their

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

approached with urgent news. "Deputy

the handset.

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

HQ to enter the mine. When were we told to stand by?"

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