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 unfamiliar with the terrain, the

with Thomas, Leopold boosted their firepower and

"Wolf, unidentified forces

mine, Percival tossed aside his useless headset, shouting to Soren, "Comms are jammed. There's a signal blocker somewhere. Go

Soren knew staying meant certain

only chance was to escape and return

"Captain, wait

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

back to life with Micah's voice

comms are down. Send

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

cursed and relayed

fight, downing

point, with casualties among them, they

bandaged, relayed Percival's location to

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

dizziness from blood loss

and heal.

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

in there!" Leopold

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

"Look at your men. They're heavily

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

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

grabbed the handset. "This is

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

enter the mine. When were we told to

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