Marianne's eyes widened when she saw the green flame suddenly appearing, protecting the shaman by surrounding him inside it. She quickly withdrew her bees, letting out a quite unladylike curse in the process. Thankfully, only one or two failed to retreat fast enough before they got burned to a crisp.

Now, the shaman had turned into an unassailable target, at least not with her bees. Once again, she considered summoning her mantis but she had promised that she would only use it when she was in a real pinch, and for now, the situation was still quite controllable.

She looked at the rat ogre, finding it now lying on its stomach. It seemed Grendrick had done his work, as it now certainly had a significantly reduced mobility. And speaking of the Lycan, where was he? She couldn't see him-- oh there he was. It seemed the ogre had thrown him off for quite a distance. It must have been quite painful, and the lycan would be out of commission for a while.

She then noticed Sylvia sneaking towards the creature. It being quite distracted before, she managed to get close without being attacked at all. And now the dwarves had joined the fight, distracting it even more.

She decided it would be wiser for her to join the assault on the rat ogre. Thus, she sent her bees towards its eyes, nose, ears, and mouth. Their orders were to enter and unleash hell inside, no doubt causing terrible pain to the creature. She knew this would result in her bees being covered in some filthy, sickly ogre goo, with some of them maybe even getting stuck inside, but it would be the most efficient move as the ogre's thick skin and strong metabolism would decrease the effectiveness of her bees' poison. A direct physical assault inside would be more effective.

She noticed some of the dwarves were hesitating to continue their assault when they saw her bees swarming the creature. So she shouted to them, "Don't worry! My bees wouldn't harm you!". She wasn't that confident in the strength of her voice, as she really never shouted around in her entire life unlike common kids playing on the streets, but it seemed the information reached them nonetheless, and they charged back in towards the monster.

[@Zelosse]