Meeting (Part Two)

Meeting (Part Two)

After leaving the canyon, the area between here and the forest was basically open ground, with an extremely wide field of view.

The Wood Elves led by Locke noticed them the moment they emerged from the canyon.

"Your Majesty, the Wood Elf at the front holding the wooden staff is Locke, the chieftain of the Wood Elf tribe."

Hearing Shilke's reminder, Zhou Xu nodded. To demonstrate his sincerity in the conversation, he immediately dismounted and walked toward the other party. The Elf Knights led by Shilke also dismounted one after another and followed.

As he steadily drew closer, Zhou Xu's gaze naturally fell upon the other party, sizing him up.

From Shilke's previous description, he had already gained a rough understanding of the Wood Elves' condition.

But seeing them with his own eyes gave him a somewhat different feeling.

There was basically nothing to say about the Elf race's looks. Shilke had already told him about the differences in their hair and eye colors during his report.

Besides that, their skin colors differed as well.

The Wood Elves had probably lived deep in the forest all year round. Thus, unlike the Grassland Elves, whose skin was a wheatish tan, their complexions appeared much fairer—so fair, in Zhou Xu's eyes, that they were almost too pale, as though they had not seen enough sunlight.

As for their clothing, they mainly wore crudely made hemp garments. A few of the Wood Elves also wore simple light armor made of wood or vines over the outside.

After looking from head to toe, Zhou Xu's gaze finally landed on their pairs of bare feet.

He was somewhat surprised, but after that initial surprise, he could understand it.

For Wood Elves who lived in the forest and occasionally had to climb trees,