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

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 fought back while retreating to HQ.

Leopold boosted their

into the mic, "Wolf, unidentified forces are

Percival tossed aside his useless headset, shouting to Soren, "Comms are jammed. There's a signal blocker somewhere. Go support

battle above, Soren knew

chance was to escape

Soren vowed, "Captain,

the mine, though not without injuries-broken limbs and,

life with Micah's

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

was no time to consider the consequences. They had to down the helicopters to cut off the attack

cursed and relayed

three squads swiftly ended the fight, downing two helicopters, while the third

rendezvous point, with casualties among them,

Percival's location to Leopold, insisting they had

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

turned to follow, dizziness from

"Go back to report and heal. Or

over, nearly collapsing.

there!" Leopold

captain but his dear friend who grew up with him. There was no way he would let Percival be buried

knew the stakes but stood firm. "Look at your men. They're heavily wounded, and their lives matter,

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

operator approached with urgent news.

handset.

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

mine. When were we told

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