Concordia stood with her parents in their Training Ground in XCalibur AOP 2.
"Today, we're graduating to the final facet of Aerial Archery Techniques namely the Aerial Volley Technique. There are basically two categories of Aerial Volley Techniques, the Volley Technique and the Elemental Volley Technique. The Volley Technique is a basic Aerial Volley Technique forged to shatter an Adversary's Formation and Offensive Charge via the brute force of uncountable arrows fired at the Adversary's Offensive Formation. When utilized the right way, it does not only break the Adversary's Formation and Offensive Charge but also isolates some of the Adversary's units from their Main Offensive Formation allowing Allies to pick off the Adversary's isolated units one by one. Lions and Wolves also utilize a similar technique when hunting for food" Victoria explained.
"What about the Elemental Aerial Volley?" Concordia asked.
"The Elemental Aerial Volley integrates an element into the usual Aerial Volley and is a technique utilized to claim terrain advantages or to break an adversary's terrain advantage. It's basically a fusion of Volley Techniques with Zone Control Techniques and includes techniques such as the Fire Volley Technique and your Lightning Stun Field Technique. When utilized rightly, it can also break up the Adversary's Main Offensive Formation into smaller units allowing allies to destroy the enemy's isolated units" Victoria explained.
"You are mature enough as an Archer. Today, your Mom will be showing you the true Active Form of her Sigil" Face said.
"What do you mean? I've already seen Mom's Aerial Scout Formation" Concordia said.
"What you've seen is only one facet of my Sigil's Active State. The Bow Of Orion's Aerial Scout Formation mostly utilized for Recon. Today, I'll show you the true offensive might of my sigil. The Bow Of Orion's Solaris Formation!" Victoria called as countless objects began to materialize in the Sky above them.
Concordia raised her eyes to stare at the objects and noticed them sparkling brilliantly. Moments later, a sharp ray of light blasted a hole right through a rock behind her.
"What just happened?" Concordia wondered in shock.
"Think you can defend against this formation Concordia?" Victoria said as she took to the Skies.
Concordia stared at the rock behind her.
"That rock was blasted right through with pinpoint accuracy" Concordia noticed.
In the next instant, it began to rain fire all around Concordia however the flames came nowhere close to Concordia.
"You shouldn't move carelessly Concordia or you could be turned to ash in an instant" Victoria warned.
"Turned to ash?" Concordia wondered and noticed that the rock was also emitting heat.
"It's…her Solaris…is a Solar Death Ray Formation!" Concordia realized in horror.
Concordia's observation was right. She was currently surrounded by a grid of converged light rays raining down from massive converging lenses Victoria had generated in the atmosphere.
"So those are converging lenses in the atmosphere. They are converging the Sun's Rays and amplifying the destructive force of the heat emitted by the Sun" Concordia realized.
"Since you're my daughter I'll at least tell you that there are two ways to overcome this technique. I won't tell you how though but I'll at least say one way is to reflect on your Sigil's Origins" Victoria said.
"Reflect on my Sigil's Origins?" Concordia wondered.
"Better yet, you should reflect on your Sigil's name" Victoria said.
"Kraken Andromeda's name was inspired by the Greek Legend Clash Of The Titans. Perseus had to rescue Andromeda from the Kraken but to do that he was directed by the Fates to Medusa's lair. Medusa's gaze had the ability to petrify anyone who stared directly into her eyes…" Concordia realized.
"So these Solar Death Rays are proverbially indicative of a Gorgon's Gaze. Then the only way to counter them is…!" Concordia realized.
"KRAKEN ANDROMEDA VER. PEGASUS!" Concordia called as her Pegasus Mode immediately formed around her.
"You'll find that technique counterproductive. You've basically sealed yourself in an oven" Victoria said.
"KRAKEN ANDROMEDA VER. MIRROR ARRAY OF PERSEUS' SHIELD!" Concordia called as her Pegasus mode shriveled to dust to reveal her concealed within a Shield Of Mirrors. "KRAKEN ANDROMEDA VER. DIVERGING LENS ARRAY!" Concordia called as a secondary field of Diverging Lenses spread the converged beams of light over a wide area thus nullifying the heat before it could hit and potentially damage the mirrors.
Victoria smiled.
"That's it Concordia. You can nullify the Solaris' Death Ray Formation with either an Array Of Mirrors or a Diverging Lens Array. With a Mirror, you could also reflect the devastating beam at an adversary for a counteroffensive" Victoria explained.
"I hope with these clues, you're beginning to understand to what extent you can develop your sigil" Face said.
"Yes I do, thanks a lot Mom" Concordia said gratefully.