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

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

Thomas, Leopold boosted their firepower and

"Wolf, unidentified forces are attacking from

mine, Percival tossed aside his useless headset, shouting to Soren, "Comms are jammed. There's a signal blocker somewhere. Go

battle above, Soren knew

to escape

streaming, Soren vowed, "Captain, wait for my

not without

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

his teeth, Soren radioed, "HQ, Wolf's comms are down. Send

had to down the helicopters to cut off the attack

cursed and relayed

fight, downing two helicopters, while the

rendezvous point, with casualties among them, they awaited further

hastily 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 still move, on me." Thomas echoed the sentiment. "Second squad, with

follow, dizziness from blood loss

to report and heal. Or the captain will have

with a cane, stormed over, nearly collapsing. "Everyone, back to base

is still in there!" Leopold

only his captain but his dear friend who grew up with him. There was

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

"Get him treated, then document everything about the mine. Hand

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

the handset. "This is

satellite confirmation before proceeding. Do you not

HQ to enter the mine. When were we told to stand by?"

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