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

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 and

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

shouting to Soren, "Comms

battle above, Soren knew staying

only chance was to escape and return

"Captain, wait for

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

crackled back to life

Wolf's comms are down. Send me the coordinates of the hostile

to down the helicopters to cut off the attack and minimize

and

squads swiftly ended the fight, downing two

with casualties among them, they

location to Leopold, insisting they had to go

took two rifles from the other members and strapped them on, his voice a mix of anger and

follow, dizziness

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

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

there!" Leopold roared, defiance written across

grew up with him. There was no way he would let Percival be buried down

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

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

urgent news.

the handset. "This

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

enter the mine. When were we told to

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