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

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 some members falling into the

Thomas, Leopold boosted their firepower

shouted into the mic, "Wolf, unidentified

to Soren, "Comms are jammed. There's a signal blocker somewhere. Go support

knew staying

escape and return with reinforcements

streaming, Soren vowed, "Captain, wait for my

the mine, though not without injuries-broken limbs and, for Soren, a gashed

outside, his headset crackled back to life with Micah's voice

are down. Send me the coordinates

consequences. They had to down

cursed and relayed

ended the fight, downing two helicopters, while the

the rendezvous point, with casualties among

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."

turned to follow, dizziness from blood

to report and heal. Or the captain will have your

limping with a cane, stormed over, nearly collapsing. "Everyone,

in there!" Leopold roared, defiance written across his

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

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

Thomas. "Get him treated,

operator approached with urgent news. "Deputy director, it's the HQ

handset. "This is

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

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

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