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

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

with Thomas, Leopold boosted their

the mic, "Wolf, unidentified forces are attacking

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

knew staying meant certain

to escape and return with

Soren vowed, "Captain,

escaped the mine, though not without injuries-broken limbs

back to life

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

the consequences. They had to down the

cursed and

three squads swiftly ended the fight, downing two

casualties among them, they awaited

hastily bandaged, relayed Percival's location to Leopold,

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

follow, dizziness from blood loss

"Go back to report and heal.

cane, stormed over,

our captain is still in there!"

up with him. There was no way he

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

him treated, then document everything about the mine. Hand it

with urgent news. "Deputy director, it's the

handset. "This

to wait for satellite confirmation before proceeding. Do you not

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

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