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..."

voice faded into

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

Thomas, Leopold boosted their firepower

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

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

above, Soren knew staying

only chance was to escape and return

Soren vowed, "Captain, wait

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

outside, his headset crackled back to life with

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

to consider the consequences. They had to down

and

ended the fight, downing two helicopters, while

with casualties among

head hastily bandaged, relayed Percival's location to

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

follow, dizziness from

back to report and heal. Or the captain will

a cane, stormed over, nearly collapsing.

our captain is still in there!"

him. There was no way he would

They're heavily wounded, and their lives matter, too. Back to base,

Thomas. "Get him treated, then document everything

news. "Deputy director, it's the

handset. "This is

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

orders from HQ to enter the mine. When were we told to stand by?"

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