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

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

boosted their firepower and rescued the

HQ, Micah shouted into the mic, "Wolf, unidentified forces are attacking from

aside his useless headset, shouting to Soren,

the battle above, Soren knew staying meant certain death

escape

streaming, Soren vowed, "Captain,

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

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

comms are down. Send me the coordinates of the

time to consider the consequences. They had to down the helicopters to cut off the

cursed and relayed

squads swiftly ended the fight, downing two

with casualties among them, they awaited further

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

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

follow, dizziness from blood

him. "Go back to report and heal. Or the

stormed over, nearly

is still in there!" Leopold roared, defiance written

up with him. There was

at your men. They're heavily wounded, and their lives matter, too. Back to base,

"Get him treated, then document

news. "Deputy director, it's the

grabbed the handset.

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

mine. When were we told to stand by?"

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