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

the 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

their

the mic, "Wolf, unidentified

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

knew staying meant certain death

chance was to escape and return with

streaming, Soren vowed, "Captain, wait for

narrowly escaped the mine, though not without

crackled back to life

are down. Send me the coordinates of the hostile fire.

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

cursed and

ended the fight, downing two helicopters, while the

at the rendezvous point, with casualties among them,

hastily bandaged, relayed Percival's location

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

dizziness from

him. "Go back to report and heal. Or the captain

with a cane, stormed over, nearly collapsing.

in there!" Leopold roared,

friend who grew up with him. There was no way he would let Percival

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

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

approached with urgent news.

grabbed the handset. "This is

before proceeding. Do you not understand 'stand

mine. When were we

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