Spoilers yes.
Easely goes down--I'm guessing for good, and Riful heads for the chopping block. I assume Riful will be successful in her scheme. With Easely's apparent demise and the start of the hunt for Riful I get the feeling that in 13 chapters the story could move on to the larger conflict with the dragonkin. I think abot that, and I realize that Claymore is a monthly manga, which means even without any plot detours the new arc is still about a year away. So lame.