Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-25876992-20180519013040/@comment-4010415-20180521145657

Vincent the Mad wrote: The way things are going, they treat Ruby a hinderance that needed to be removed.

But there sole concern at the moment is to get there hands on the Relics, with Tyrion unstable and Cinders ambiguous fate there short on manpower.

All Salem can do is stall them until the oppertunity arise. There are two other chairs at Salem's table, so it's possible she might have two more minions out there somewhere. Plus, there's a "bad guy" who they plan to introduce in the show and are including in the RWBY board game, Combat Ready. The crowdfunding page originally said they intend to introduce the character in Volume 6, but then they changed it to be more vague about when the character will appear in the show.