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

overhead, raining down bullets like a hailstorm. Leopold and Thomas fought back while retreating to HQ. But

their firepower

the mic, "Wolf, unidentified forces are

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

battle above, Soren knew staying meant

was to escape and

Soren vowed, "Captain,

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

crackled back to life with Micah's voice urging

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

had to down the helicopters to

cursed and relayed the

ended the fight, downing

casualties among them, they

bandaged, relayed Percival's location to Leopold,

members and strapped them on, his voice a mix of anger

turned to follow, dizziness from blood loss

back to report and heal. Or

over, nearly collapsing. "Everyone,

still in there!" Leopold

not only his captain but his dear friend who grew up with him. There was no way he would let Percival be buried down there without

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

aside and took Soren from Thomas. "Get him treated, then document everything about the mine. Hand it to

news. "Deputy

grabbed the handset. "This is

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

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

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