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

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 the terrain,

Thomas, Leopold boosted their firepower and

at HQ, Micah shouted into the mic, "Wolf, unidentified

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

the battle above, Soren knew staying

to escape and return

Soren vowed, "Captain, wait for

mine, though not without injuries-broken

to life with

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

time to consider the consequences. They had to

cursed and

the fight, downing two helicopters, while the

with casualties among them, they

relayed Percival's location to

strapped them on, his voice a mix of anger and resolve. "First squad, anyone who can

follow, dizziness from blood

"Go back to report and heal. Or the

limping with a cane, stormed over, nearly collapsing. "Everyone,

is still in there!" Leopold roared, defiance written across

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

They're heavily

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

urgent news. "Deputy director,

grabbed the handset. "This

told you to wait for satellite confirmation before proceeding. Do you

enter the mine.

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