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

their firepower and

mic, "Wolf, unidentified forces are

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

knew staying meant

was to escape and return with

streaming, Soren vowed, "Captain,

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

back to life with Micah's voice urging Wolf to

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

the consequences. They had to

cursed and

swiftly ended the fight, downing two helicopters, while the

casualties among them, they awaited

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

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

to follow, dizziness

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

over, nearly collapsing. "Everyone, back

in there!"

captain but his dear friend who grew up with him. There was no way he would let Percival be

firm. "Look at your men. They're heavily

Leopold aside and took Soren from Thomas. "Get him treated, then document everything about the mine. Hand

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

grabbed the handset. "This is

I told you to wait for satellite confirmation before proceeding. Do you not understand

to enter the mine. When were we told to

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