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,

Thomas, Leopold boosted their firepower and rescued

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

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

the battle above, Soren knew staying

was to escape

Soren vowed, "Captain, wait for

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

headset crackled back to life with Micah's

radioed, "HQ, Wolf's comms are down.

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

cursed and relayed the

three squads swiftly ended the fight, downing two helicopters,

rendezvous point, with casualties among them, they awaited further

Percival's location to Leopold, insisting they

strapped them on, his voice a mix of anger and resolve. "First

turned to follow, dizziness from blood

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

over,

captain is still in there!" Leopold roared, defiance written across

him. There was no way he

knew the stakes but stood firm. "Look at your men. They're heavily wounded, and their

Thomas. "Get him treated, then document

radio operator approached with urgent news.

handset. "This

satellite confirmation before proceeding. Do you not

followed orders from HQ to enter the mine. When were we

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