The party cautiously moves into position to take examine their opposition. As you close in, the elves spot you almost all within a 3 second gap. As soon as this happens, they apparently freak out, then one sticks his tongue out and waves at the party. His attitude isn't violent...
Elf 1
"Hey who are you guys? Your not... wait a second... look at the size of that character!"
Elf 2
"Interesting, that is one big yolker! What are they doing here?"
Elf 3
"Can anyone tell if they have an insignia?"
Elf 4
"Nope..."
Elf 5
"Must be Adventurers or bandits..."
Elf 6
"No, I definitely detect evil in the area..."
Elf 7
"But how could it be them, look at the pretty human girl with the sword? There is no way that angel could be evil!"
Elf 8
"He is right, there is no way... but then again he is a complete fool who would think a girls looks mean something."
Elf 1 to Elf 2
"So they are the ones who have been trampling the area?"
Elf 2 to Elf 1
"Most definitely, I'm pretty sure... Why would it be anyone else?"
Elf 1 to Elf 3
"Give them this, then come back here with thier leader."
Elf 3 to Elf 1
"Alright, I think I can manage that..."
As the third elf approaches the party, the other elves seem to be in debate...
Elf 7 to Elf 8
"Do you think that they have anything valuable on them?"
Elf 8 to Elf 7
"Perhaps... hell they do have the girl..."
Elf 7 to Elf 8
"Maybe they would be willing to trade something for these..."
Elf 8 to Elf 7
"Yeah... that might be a good idea. I wish I could use the damn thing..."
Elf 7 to Elf 8
"Well we could always recruit someone to use it, right?"
Elf 8 to Elf 7
"Well yeah... but then again that costs money and resources that we are short of... and maybe if we just trade this thing right off that will take care of it..."
Summary: You all hear all of this. Krindor, if you stay focused on detecting evil... you still sense it in the area. It isn't coming from an obvious direction anymore, your mind must have forced the assumption that the evil was coming from the elves... at least thats what most would suppose given the high-elf parties reaction.