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..."

voice 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, the front squad often stumbled into collapsing tunnels,

with Thomas, Leopold boosted their firepower

into the mic, "Wolf, unidentified forces are attacking from above. Evacuate

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

battle above, Soren knew staying meant

to escape

streaming, Soren vowed, "Captain, wait

narrowly escaped the mine, though not without

his headset crackled back to life with

are down. Send

was no time to consider the consequences. They had to down the helicopters to cut

cursed and relayed

swiftly ended the fight, downing two helicopters,

point, with casualties

location to

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

Soren turned to follow, dizziness

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

over,

there!" Leopold roared, defiance written across his

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

heavily wounded, and their

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

urgent news. "Deputy director,

grabbed the handset. "This

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

the mine. When were we told to stand by?" Soren

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