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 into

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

Leopold boosted their

"Wolf, unidentified forces are attacking

mine, Percival tossed aside his useless headset, shouting to Soren, "Comms are jammed.

the battle above, Soren knew

escape and return with

vowed, "Captain,

without injuries-broken limbs and,

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

Wolf's comms are down. Send me the coordinates of the hostile

was no time to consider the consequences. They had to down the helicopters to cut off the attack

and relayed

ended the fight,

at the rendezvous point, with casualties

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

Leopold took two rifles from the other members and strapped them on, his voice a mix of anger and resolve. "First squad, anyone who

turned to follow, dizziness from blood loss nearly overcame

"Go back to report and heal. Or the captain will have

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

our captain is still in there!" Leopold roared,

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

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

shoved Leopold aside and took Soren from Thomas. "Get him treated,

operator approached with urgent news. "Deputy director, it's the HQ

the handset. "This is

you to wait for satellite confirmation before proceeding. Do you not understand 'stand by"?" Soren overheard

orders from HQ to enter the mine.

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