"Boom! Boom!"
Even from the school's park, the dull explosions could be heard faintly.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Before everyone could figure out what was happening, dozens of Viking Fighters, F-Xs, and B-65s streaked across the sky above the city.
Then ten assault-type MSs, their hulls wrapped in the Emerald Light radiating from their antigravity engines, also flew rapidly toward the coast.
"W-What's going on?"
"Could the military be conducting an exercise?"
"It's been more than ten years. I've never even seen Troy conduct a large-scale exercise..."
The students and teachers who witnessed this were still utterly bewildered. They couldn't believe Halifax City had actually come under attack.
Everyone in the world knew that Umbrella possessed private troops and fleets. Moreover, the outskirts of Halifax City housed Umbrella's first military base—and the largest military base on Earth.
There wasn't a country or organization anywhere that would dare take the initiative to provoke Halifax City, this 'country within a country' in Canada.
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"Ivan..." Xia stood up and looked east before asking Ivan, "Do you know what's happening?"
Ivan also rose and looked east, his brow furrowing. "I don't know, but I do know one thing: Halifax City has definitely come under attack."
"Ree~~ Wooo--!"
The moment Ivan finished speaking, a piercing air-raid siren rang throughout the entire city, signaling everyone inside to take shelter immediately.
The Hive and a dense network of defensive tunnels lay beneath Halifax City. This was no secret within Umbrella.
Furthermore, the Engineering Team had constructed civilian air-raid bunkers, and over the years, the security forces and police had informed the citizens that if Halifax City ever came under attack, they could take shelter in those bunkers.
Hearing the air-raid sirens, along with the increasingly fierce fighting and explosions, the students and teachers finally realized that this was