User blog comment:TheCarrotSaysYumYum/FT0 8 - Magnolia is on Fire?/Blue Cat Happy, Review./@comment-25111584-20150220171721/@comment-25111584-20150223092536

The point of illusions in a battle is that small-fry can seem intimidating unless somebody is composed enough to see through the illusions. For the opposing party, until the illusions are called out, Precht and the others would hardly seem small-fry.

Maybe you missed the part where Warrod attacked him and he realized who his assailants were.