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

bullets like a hailstorm. Leopold and Thomas fought back while retreating to HQ. But unfamiliar with the terrain, the front squad often stumbled

Thomas, Leopold boosted their

"Wolf, unidentified forces are attacking from

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

the battle above, Soren knew

to escape and return with

"Captain, wait for

though not without injuries-broken

back to life with Micah's voice urging Wolf

radioed, "HQ, Wolf's comms are down.

to consider the consequences. They had to down

and relayed

fight, downing two

casualties among them,

bandaged, relayed Percival's location to Leopold,

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

to follow, dizziness from

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

over, nearly collapsing. "Everyone, back to base

there!" Leopold roared,

dear friend who grew up with him. There was no way he

men. They're heavily wounded, and their lives matter,

Thomas. "Get him treated, then document

news. "Deputy director, it's the HQ

grabbed the handset. "This

to wait for satellite confirmation before proceeding. Do you

from HQ to enter the mine. When were we told

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