Clare searches for Raki in Hanel, where she see two children arguing over the Clare and Teresa statue at the town center. While Clare talks to the girl about Raki, a fatally wounded Claymore, Raquel, staggers into town. Before dying, Raquel begs Clare to save the Awakened Being Hunting Party led by Jean. Meanwhile inside the castle, Riful has her consort, Dauf, torture the Claymores in an effort to Awaken them. Riful is trying to build an army of Awakened Beings to fight Isley of the North, and she admits to killing thirty Claymores previously to the present hunting party.