Neither charging side slowed down. The orcs led by Grommash Hellscream pushed their charge to its limits beneath the rain of arrows filling the sky, and the two cavalry forces were moments away from colliding.
Suddenly, the rangers in the charging High Elf Steel Torrent split down the middle, flowing smoothly to either side like two winding snakes. They slipped perfectly clear of the orcs' head-on charge, then closed in from both flanks and poured arrows into the orcs caught between them.
Orc riders on either flank fell from their mounts with muffled grunts, cut down like wheat. Yet no matter how many fell, the others paid them no heed and charged after Grommash Hellscream with their heads down. They had no time for these cowardly rangers who dared not face them head-on. They could only dodge the deadly arrows with evasive maneuvers or knock them aside with their weapons. They had only one objective now: charge! Charge! Keep charging! Follow Chieftain Grommash Hellscream and crash into the High Elf Mage Corps as fast as possible!
The opposing cavalry charges closed on each other like lightning. As the Steel Torrent's rangers swept past their enemies, each had time to loose only two arrows, shaving just a thin layer off the orc formation.
After passing the orcs, the rangers did not turn around to pursue them and keep shooting. Instead, they gradually slowed while continuing straight ahead. Facing them was the Steel Torrent formed by the Bloodfang Boar battle pets, which had already wheeled around into a triangular charging formation and were racing toward them. The rangers rode their hawkstriders past either side of the boars, then turned in unison and fell in behind the battle pets to pursue the Orc Wolf Riders.
The Orc Wolf Riders could naturally hear the