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

a hailstorm. Leopold and Thomas fought back while retreating to HQ. But unfamiliar with the terrain, the

with Thomas, Leopold boosted their firepower and rescued the

the mic, "Wolf, unidentified

to Soren,

knew staying meant certain death for

only chance was to escape and return with

streaming, Soren vowed, "Captain,

without injuries-broken

headset crackled back to life with Micah's voice urging

down. Send me

consequences. They had to down the helicopters to cut off the

cursed and relayed the

ended the fight,

point, with casualties

bandaged, relayed Percival's location to Leopold, insisting they had

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

turned to follow, dizziness from blood loss nearly

"Go back to report and heal.

stormed over, nearly collapsing. "Everyone, back

our captain is still in there!" Leopold roared,

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

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

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

urgent news. "Deputy

handset. "This

I told you to wait for satellite confirmation before

to enter the mine. When were we told to stand

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