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

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

Leopold boosted their firepower and rescued

HQ, Micah shouted into the mic, "Wolf, unidentified

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

knew

escape and

Soren vowed, "Captain, wait for my

narrowly escaped the mine, though not without injuries-broken limbs and,

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

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

to consider the consequences. They had to down

and relayed the

squads swiftly ended the fight, downing two helicopters,

rendezvous point, with casualties among them, they awaited

Percival's location to Leopold, insisting they had

strapped them on, his voice a mix of anger and resolve. "First squad, anyone who can still move, on

follow, dizziness

report and

cane, stormed over, nearly collapsing.

in there!" Leopold roared, defiance written across

only his captain but his dear friend who grew up with him. There was no way he

men. They're heavily wounded, and their lives matter, too. Back to base, that's an

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

urgent news. "Deputy director, it's the

handset. "This is

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

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

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