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

a helicopter buzzed overhead, 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 falling

their

"Wolf,

Soren, "Comms are jammed. There's a

above, Soren knew staying meant certain

to escape

Soren vowed, "Captain, wait

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

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

are down.

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

and

swiftly ended the fight, downing two helicopters, while the third

at the rendezvous point, with casualties among

Percival's location to Leopold, insisting

on, his voice a mix of anger

Soren turned to follow, dizziness from blood loss nearly

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

over,

our captain is still in there!"

him. There was no way he

stood firm. "Look at your men. They're heavily wounded, and their lives matter, too. Back to base, that's

Leopold aside and took Soren from Thomas. "Get him

news. "Deputy director, it's the

the handset.

satellite confirmation before proceeding.

followed orders from HQ to enter the mine. When were

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