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

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. But unfamiliar with

boosted their firepower and rescued

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

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

knew staying meant certain death for

was to escape and return with reinforcements for

streaming, Soren vowed, "Captain, wait for

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

to life with Micah's voice urging Wolf to pull

are down.

had to down the helicopters to

and relayed

the fight, downing two

with casualties among them,

location to Leopold, insisting they had to go

of anger

to follow, dizziness from blood loss nearly

report and heal. Or the captain will have

stormed over, nearly

in there!"

his dear friend who grew up with him. There was no

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

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

news. "Deputy

grabbed the handset. "This

confirmation before

the mine. When were we told to stand by?"

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