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

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,

their firepower and rescued

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

shouting to Soren, "Comms are jammed. There's a signal blocker

knew staying

chance was to escape

streaming, Soren vowed, "Captain, wait for

without injuries-broken limbs and, for

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

are down. Send me

They had to down the helicopters to

cursed and relayed the

three squads swiftly ended the fight, downing

at the rendezvous point, with casualties among them, they awaited

bandaged, relayed Percival's location to Leopold, insisting

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

follow, dizziness from

report and heal. Or the

stormed over, nearly collapsing. "Everyone, back

there!" Leopold roared, defiance written across his

friend who grew up with him. There was no way he would

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

him treated, then

news. "Deputy

handset. "This is

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

orders from HQ to enter the mine. When were we told to stand by?"

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