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

helicopter buzzed overhead, raining down bullets like a hailstorm.

their firepower and rescued

"Wolf, unidentified forces

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

above, Soren knew staying meant certain death

only chance was to escape and return with reinforcements

streaming, Soren vowed, "Captain, wait for my

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

crackled back to life with Micah's

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

was no time to consider the consequences. They had to down the helicopters to cut off

and relayed the

three squads swiftly ended the fight, downing

the rendezvous point, with casualties among them, they awaited

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

two rifles from the other members and strapped them on, his voice a mix of anger and resolve. "First squad, anyone who can still move, on me." Thomas echoed the

turned to follow, dizziness from blood loss nearly

caught him. "Go back to report and heal. Or the captain will have your

with a cane, stormed over, nearly collapsing. "Everyone,

is still in there!" Leopold

him. There was no way he would let Percival

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

shoved 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,

grabbed the handset.

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

mine. When

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