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

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

their firepower and

"Wolf, unidentified forces are

Percival tossed aside his useless headset, shouting to Soren, "Comms

battle above, Soren knew

to escape

streaming, Soren vowed, "Captain, wait for my

without injuries-broken limbs and, for Soren, a

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

radioed, "HQ, Wolf's comms are down. Send me the coordinates of

had to

cursed and relayed the

ended the fight, downing two

the rendezvous point, with casualties among them,

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

two rifles from the other members and strapped them on, his voice a mix of anger and

follow, dizziness from blood loss nearly

and heal. Or the captain

stormed over, nearly collapsing. "Everyone, back to base

still in there!"

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

the stakes but stood firm. "Look at your men. They're heavily wounded, and their lives matter, too. Back to

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

with urgent news. "Deputy director, it's

handset.

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

enter the mine. When were we told to stand

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