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

known location. However, before they could get close, a helicopter buzzed overhead, raining down bullets like a hailstorm. Leopold and Thomas fought back

their firepower and

"Wolf, unidentified

Soren, "Comms are jammed. There's a signal

the battle above, Soren knew staying meant certain death

was to escape and

"Captain,

without

back to life

down. Send me the coordinates

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

cursed and relayed the

ended the fight, downing two helicopters,

at the rendezvous point, with casualties among them, they

relayed Percival's location to

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

dizziness

back to report and

cane, stormed over, nearly collapsing.

is still in there!"

not only his captain but his dear friend who grew up with him. There was no way he would let

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

and took Soren from Thomas. "Get him

with urgent news.

handset. "This is

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

followed orders from HQ to enter the mine. When were we told to

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