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..."

voice faded

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

boosted their firepower and

"Wolf, unidentified forces are attacking from

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

battle above, Soren knew

to escape and return

streaming, Soren vowed, "Captain, wait for

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

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

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

had to down the helicopters to

cursed and relayed the

ended the fight, downing two helicopters, while

rendezvous point, with casualties among them, they awaited

bandaged, relayed Percival's location to

took two rifles from the other members and strapped them on, his voice a mix of anger and resolve. "First squad, anyone who can still move,

to follow, dizziness from blood loss

caught him. "Go back to report and heal. Or the

with a cane, stormed over, nearly

captain is still in there!" Leopold roared, defiance

but his dear friend who grew up with him. There was no way he would let Percival be buried down there without doing

at your men. They're heavily wounded, and their

him treated, then document everything about the

urgent news. "Deputy

grabbed the handset. "This is

this operation? I told you to wait for satellite confirmation before proceeding. Do

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

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