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

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

Thomas, Leopold boosted their

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

headset, shouting to Soren, "Comms are jammed. There's a signal blocker somewhere. Go support

the battle above, Soren knew staying meant certain death for

only chance was to escape

Soren vowed, "Captain, wait for my

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

outside, his headset crackled back to life with

down. Send me the coordinates of

time to consider the consequences. They had to down the helicopters to cut off the attack

cursed and relayed

three squads swiftly ended the fight,

with casualties among them, they

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

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

dizziness from blood

"Go back to report and heal.

with a cane, stormed over, nearly

in there!" Leopold roared, defiance written

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

the stakes but stood firm. "Look at your men. They're heavily wounded,

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

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

handset. "This is

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

the mine.

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