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 the terrain, the front squad often stumbled

Thomas, Leopold boosted their firepower

shouted into the mic, "Wolf, unidentified forces are attacking

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

knew staying meant certain

escape

vowed, "Captain, wait

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

crackled back to life with Micah's voice urging Wolf to pull

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

time to consider the consequences. They had to

and

fight,

casualties among

Percival's location to

a mix of anger and resolve. "First squad, anyone who can

follow, dizziness from blood loss nearly

report and heal. Or the captain will have your

stormed over, nearly collapsing.

captain is still in there!" Leopold roared,

him. There was

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

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

approached with urgent news. "Deputy

the handset.

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

HQ to enter the mine. When were we told to stand

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