The plan Aaron made as well as the girls' was for Ellena to infiltrate the cave in the woods, and the two were just to clean up with the bandits outside of it. It was some kind of a special room, so it wasn't used as a hideout, actually.
Since Aaron was intrigued with the place, he entered it when he was scouting and discovered that they were guarding some slaves' rooms.
Ellena nodded to Aaron's words and agreed with them. Since Thalia can't fight with a huge number of enemies, she can just guard Ellena's back in the case and wait for an opportunity to assist her.
And just as they planned, Ellena and Thalia head towards the cave with their weapons prepared.
They passed through trees and went straight to the cave. And as the cave wasn't actually that big, just enough to be considered a huge hole beneath a cliff, they could easily get into the slaves.
"Let's be more careful now, Thalia," Ellena whispered.
