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

danger, Leopold 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 Thomas

boosted their firepower and rescued

Micah shouted into the mic, "Wolf, unidentified

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

battle above, Soren knew staying meant

chance was to escape and

Soren vowed, "Captain, wait for

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

life with Micah's voice

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

to consider the consequences. They had to

and relayed

swiftly ended the fight, downing two helicopters,

casualties among them, they awaited

bandaged, relayed Percival's location to Leopold, insisting

other members and strapped them on, his voice a mix of anger and resolve. "First squad, anyone

turned to follow, dizziness from blood

him. "Go back to report and heal. Or

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

still in there!" Leopold roared, defiance written

but his dear friend who grew up with him. There was no way he would let Percival be buried down there without

"Look at your men. They're heavily

aside and took Soren from Thomas. "Get him treated, then document everything about

urgent news. "Deputy director, it's the

the handset. "This is

before proceeding. Do you not understand 'stand

the mine. When were we told to stand

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