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

a hailstorm. Leopold and Thomas

Thomas, Leopold boosted their firepower and rescued the

shouted into the mic, "Wolf, unidentified forces are

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

Soren knew staying meant certain death

to escape and return

"Captain,

though not without

crackled back to life with Micah's

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

the consequences. They had to down the helicopters to cut off the

and relayed

ended the fight, downing two

casualties among them, they awaited

his head hastily bandaged, relayed Percival's location to Leopold, insisting

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

to follow, dizziness from

to report and heal. Or the captain will have your

over, nearly collapsing.

is still in there!" Leopold roared, defiance

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

but stood firm. "Look at your men. They're heavily wounded, and their lives matter, too. Back to base,

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

with urgent news. "Deputy director, it's

handset.

authorized this operation? I told you to wait for satellite confirmation before

mine. When were we

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