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

and Thomas led their 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 the terrain, the front squad often stumbled into collapsing tunnels, with some

Leopold boosted their firepower

"Wolf, unidentified forces are attacking from

Soren,

the battle above, Soren knew staying

escape and return

"Captain, wait

escaped the mine, though not without injuries-broken limbs and,

headset crackled back to life with Micah's

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

consider the consequences. They had to down

cursed and relayed

fight, downing two

the rendezvous point, with casualties among them,

Percival's location

them on, his voice a mix of anger and resolve. "First squad,

dizziness from

"Go back to report and heal. Or the captain will have your

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

our captain is still in there!" Leopold roared,

was 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

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

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

urgent news.

the handset. "This is

confirmation before proceeding. Do you not understand 'stand by"?" Soren overheard the loud

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

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