After leaving the western gates of Smargdas, Zero and Truen took their time to stop by multiple towns along the way. The outskirts of Smargdas near Altear wasn't doing too well. Most of the people here were farmers. Zero noticed that many farmers preferred to rear animals instead of growing crops because the soil wasn't as good but there were many pastures. This made Zero curious how the farmers got the other essentials they needed.
Similar to the cacti folks, the farmers and villagers were wary of strangers and didn't welcome them. Zero thought that the villagers looked slightly different from the people he saw in Smargdas. They didn't look like farmers despite working with animals and in the fields.
"Half-elves," Truen explained. "Some of them aren't completely human but they have watered down elven genes."
