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

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 Thomas fought back while retreating to HQ. But unfamiliar with the terrain, the front squad often stumbled into collapsing tunnels, with some members

boosted their firepower

at HQ, Micah shouted into the mic, "Wolf,

Soren, "Comms are jammed. There's a signal

above, Soren knew staying

to escape and return with reinforcements for

vowed, "Captain,

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

crackled back to life with Micah's voice

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

had to down the

and relayed the

the fight, downing two helicopters,

with casualties among them, they awaited further

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

voice a mix of anger and resolve. "First squad, anyone who can still move, on me."

turned to follow, dizziness from blood loss

and

cane, stormed over, nearly collapsing. "Everyone, back to

our captain is still in there!"

grew up with him. There was no way he would let Percival be buried down there

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

Leopold aside and took Soren from Thomas. "Get him treated, then document everything about the mine. Hand

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

handset.

for satellite confirmation before proceeding. Do you

the mine. When were we

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