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

danger, Leopold 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 the terrain, the front squad often stumbled into collapsing

with Thomas, Leopold boosted their

"Wolf, unidentified forces are attacking from above. Evacuate

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

battle above, Soren knew staying meant certain death

escape and return with

vowed, "Captain, wait for my

not without injuries-broken limbs and,

back to life with Micah's voice urging Wolf to pull

Wolf's comms are down. Send

consequences. They had to

cursed and relayed the

fight, downing

at the rendezvous point, with casualties among them, they

relayed Percival's location to

strapped them on, his voice a mix of anger

turned to follow, dizziness from blood loss nearly

report and heal. Or

a cane, stormed over, nearly collapsing. "Everyone, back to base

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

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

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

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

with urgent news. "Deputy director,

handset. "This

for satellite confirmation before

enter the mine. When were we told to

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