But this did not make much difference to the High Elves. Ballista blasts covered a wide area, so a blurry silhouette was enough. They could estimate the target's position and still blast it down. The bow-wielding Elf Rangers cared even less. That was the limit of their range anyway, where their arrows tended to drift and lose force. They were better off saving their strength until the centaurs passed through the smoke screen and entered the trap zone, then picking them off one by one.
For the centaurs, however, this was far less favorable. Unfortunately, they had already reached a full-speed sprint, and changing direction would not have been easy even if they tried immediately. Besides, they had no intention of turning.
The commanders of the City Lord's Household Guard's main force, arrayed at the front of the position, had also been quietly watching the ballista emplacement and Yu Lin Bloodhawk's group. When they saw Yu Lin Bloodhawk deploy smoke bombs, their first instinct was to frown and assume he was giving reckless orders. When facing a mass of cavalry charging at high speed, wouldn't laying a smoke screen in front of their own troops throw away their advantage of striking first with ranged attacks? How could they exploit that advantage if they could not see the enemy?
But a moment later, they remembered the densely packed horsefall pits and horse-trip wires behind them and immediately understood Yu Lin Bloodhawk's intent. Facing the mass of centaurs charging straight toward them, they smiled too.
The commanders of the City Lord's Household Guard signaled for every ballista in the rear emplacement to turn and concentrate its fire on the centaurs charging from the front. They had to break up that triangular charge formation. At the same time, they ordered the Household Guard's