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

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

Thomas, Leopold boosted their firepower and rescued the

into the mic, "Wolf, unidentified forces

useless headset, shouting to Soren, "Comms are

above, Soren knew staying meant

to escape and return

Soren vowed, "Captain, wait for my

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

crackled back to life with

"HQ, Wolf's comms are down.

to down the helicopters to cut off the attack and minimize

cursed and relayed the

fight, downing two helicopters, while the third

rendezvous point, with casualties among them, they awaited

his head hastily bandaged, relayed Percival's location

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

dizziness from blood

caught him. "Go back to report and

over,

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

up with him. There was no way he would let Percival be buried down there

men. They're heavily wounded, and their lives matter,

from Thomas. "Get him treated, then document everything about the

news. "Deputy director, it's the

handset. "This

you to wait for satellite confirmation before proceeding. Do you not understand 'stand

to enter the mine. When were we told

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