Success?

"Really?" the evil elf says.  "I've been around too long to be intimidated OR stolen from OR fooled OR to not see you sneaking around!"

"However..."

"I don't get paid enough to argue with you hero types!"

"It won't matter anyway.  The Ice Parasites will have made fine work of you by the time you figure out how to get in that door.  Ha Ha Ha Ha!"

The elf pulls some dust out of a pocket, sprinkles it on his own head, and then disappears, leaving you to wonder what exactly he meant by "Ice Parasites"