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

and 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

Leopold boosted their firepower and rescued

into the mic, "Wolf, unidentified forces are attacking

useless headset, shouting to Soren, "Comms are jammed. There's

Soren knew

chance was to escape and return

"Captain, wait for my

though not without

his headset crackled back to life

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

to consider the consequences. They had to down the helicopters to

and relayed

fight, downing two helicopters, while the third

at the rendezvous point, with casualties among them,

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

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

dizziness from blood loss nearly overcame

caught him. "Go back to report and heal.

over,

in there!"

not only his captain but his dear friend who grew up with him. There was no way he would

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

Soren from Thomas. "Get him treated, then document

operator approached with urgent news.

grabbed the handset. "This is

for satellite confirmation before proceeding.

enter the mine. When were we

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