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

the danger, Leopold and 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, the front squad often stumbled into collapsing tunnels, with some

Thomas, Leopold boosted their firepower

the mic, "Wolf, unidentified forces are

mine, Percival tossed aside his useless headset, shouting to Soren, "Comms are jammed. There's a

battle above, Soren knew staying meant certain

only chance was to escape and return

vowed, "Captain, wait

escaped the mine, though not without injuries-broken limbs and, for Soren,

his headset crackled back to life

down. Send me the coordinates of

They had to down the helicopters to cut off the attack and

and

ended the fight, downing

casualties among them, they awaited

location

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

dizziness from

and heal. Or the captain will

over, nearly collapsing. "Everyone, back to base

our captain is still in there!" Leopold roared, defiance

dear friend who grew up with him. There was no way he would let Percival be buried down there without

heavily wounded, and their lives matter, too.

from Thomas. "Get him treated,

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

handset. "This is

authorized this operation? I told you to wait for satellite confirmation before proceeding. Do you not understand 'stand by"?" Soren overheard

the mine. When

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