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

could get close, a helicopter buzzed overhead, raining down bullets like a hailstorm. Leopold and Thomas fought back while retreating to HQ. But

Thomas, Leopold boosted their firepower and rescued the

into the mic, "Wolf, unidentified forces

aside his useless headset, shouting to Soren, "Comms are

Soren knew

only chance was to escape and return with reinforcements

streaming, Soren vowed, "Captain, wait for my

escaped the mine, though not without injuries-broken

to life with Micah's voice urging Wolf to pull

comms are down. Send me the

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

cursed and relayed the

swiftly ended the fight, downing two helicopters, while

with casualties among them,

bandaged, relayed Percival's location to

took two rifles from the other members and strapped them on, his voice a mix of anger and resolve. "First

follow, dizziness from blood loss nearly overcame

and heal. Or the

over, nearly collapsing. "Everyone, back to

still in there!" Leopold roared, defiance written

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

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

him treated, then document everything

operator approached with urgent news. "Deputy

grabbed the handset. "This

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

followed orders from HQ to enter the mine. When were

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