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

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 falling into

with Thomas, Leopold boosted their firepower and

into the mic, "Wolf, unidentified forces are attacking from

headset, shouting to Soren, "Comms

the battle above, Soren knew

to escape and return with reinforcements for

streaming, Soren vowed, "Captain, wait

mine, though not without injuries-broken limbs and,

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

comms are down. Send me the coordinates of the hostile

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

cursed and relayed the

squads swiftly ended the fight, downing two helicopters, while

point, with casualties among them,

relayed Percival's location to Leopold, insisting they

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

to follow, dizziness from

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

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

in there!" Leopold

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

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

Soren from Thomas. "Get him

operator approached with urgent news. "Deputy

handset.

wait for satellite confirmation before proceeding. Do you not understand 'stand by"?" Soren overheard

to enter the mine. When were we

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