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

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.

their firepower and rescued the

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

mine, Percival tossed aside his useless headset, shouting to Soren, "Comms

battle above, Soren knew staying

only chance was to escape and

"Captain, wait for

though not without injuries-broken limbs and, for Soren, a gashed

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

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

the consequences. They had to

and

the fight, downing

the rendezvous point, with casualties

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

it!" Leopold took 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

to follow, dizziness

caught him. "Go back to report and

cane, stormed over, nearly collapsing.

is still in there!" Leopold roared,

him. There was no way he would

firm. "Look at your men. They're heavily

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

urgent news. "Deputy director, it's the HQ

the handset.

this operation? I told you to wait for satellite confirmation before proceeding. Do you not understand 'stand by"?" Soren overheard the loud

enter the mine. When were we told

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