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

the danger, 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 hailstorm. Leopold

Thomas, Leopold boosted their firepower and

the mic, "Wolf, unidentified forces are attacking from above.

Soren, "Comms

knew staying meant certain death

only chance was to escape and return with

"Captain, wait for

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

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

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

the consequences. They had to down the helicopters to cut off the attack and minimize

cursed and

ended the fight,

with casualties

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

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

follow, dizziness from blood loss nearly overcame

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

cane, stormed over,

our captain is still in there!" Leopold roared, defiance written

grew up with him. There was no way he would let Percival be

knew the stakes 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, then document everything about the mine. Hand it to

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

the handset.

confirmation before proceeding. Do you not understand

followed orders from HQ to enter the mine. When were we told to stand

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