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

location. However, before they could get close, a helicopter buzzed overhead, raining down bullets like a hailstorm. Leopold and Thomas fought back while retreating

their

mic, "Wolf, unidentified forces are attacking from above. Evacuate

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

above, Soren knew staying

only chance was to escape and

Soren vowed, "Captain,

narrowly escaped the mine, though not without injuries-broken limbs and, for Soren, a

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

comms are down. Send me the coordinates

the consequences. They had to

cursed and relayed

fight, downing two helicopters,

with casualties among them, they awaited further

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

a mix of anger and resolve. "First squad, anyone who can still move, on me." Thomas echoed the sentiment.

to follow, dizziness from blood

back to report and heal. Or the captain will

over,

is still in there!" Leopold roared,

up with him. There was no way he would let Percival be

"Look at your men. They're heavily

Leopold aside and took Soren from Thomas. "Get him

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

handset.

authorized this operation? I told you to wait for satellite confirmation before proceeding. Do you not

enter the mine.

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