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

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 tunnels, with some members

Thomas, Leopold boosted their firepower and

into the mic, "Wolf, unidentified forces

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

battle above, Soren knew staying meant certain death

chance was to escape and return

Soren vowed, "Captain, wait for my

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

crackled back to life with Micah's voice urging Wolf

comms are down. Send me

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

cursed and

swiftly ended the fight, downing two

casualties among them,

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

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

Soren turned to follow, dizziness from blood loss nearly

back to report and heal.

stormed over,

captain is still in there!" Leopold roared,

him. There was no way he would let Percival be buried down

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

aside and took Soren from Thomas. "Get him treated, then document everything

news. "Deputy director, it's

grabbed the handset. "This is

you to wait for satellite confirmation before proceeding.

followed orders from HQ to enter the mine. When were

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