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

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

Leopold boosted their firepower and rescued

mic, "Wolf, unidentified

mine, Percival tossed aside his useless headset, shouting to Soren,

the battle above, Soren knew

was to escape and return with reinforcements for

Soren vowed, "Captain, wait for

though not without injuries-broken limbs

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

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

no time to consider the consequences. They had to down the helicopters to

cursed and relayed the

swiftly ended the fight, downing

casualties among them, they awaited

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

members and strapped them on, his voice a mix of anger and resolve. "First

to follow, dizziness from

and heal.

limping with a cane, stormed over, nearly collapsing.

captain is still in there!" Leopold roared,

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

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

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

with urgent news. "Deputy director,

handset. "This is

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

mine. When were we told

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