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

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 members

boosted their firepower and rescued the

mic, "Wolf, unidentified forces are attacking from

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

battle above, Soren knew staying meant certain death

to escape and return

Soren vowed, "Captain, wait for my

not without injuries-broken

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

are down. Send me the coordinates of the hostile fire.

time to consider the consequences. They had to

and relayed the

the fight, downing two helicopters, while the third

casualties among them,

bandaged, relayed Percival's location to

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 from

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

stormed over, nearly collapsing. "Everyone,

still in there!" Leopold

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

They're heavily wounded, and their

from Thomas. "Get him treated, then document everything about the

operator approached with urgent news. "Deputy director,

the handset. "This

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

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

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