Marianne smiled when she saw the effectiveness of her attack. The rat ogre began to roar in pain as it tried to shoo away her bees from stinging its weak spots. Even a horrid creature like it could still feel the burn and itch gathering in its nasal passage and mouth wall. And it couldn't see very well at all as it was blinded by her bees who swarmed right in front if its eyes, making it swell and filled with tears.

She was surprised that such a creature could cry, really.

Turning her attention back at the shaman, she noticed Fariha gathering her strength as she was going to send a magic arrow to combat the sickly green flame that protected the creature. At first, she was confused on why Fariha's bow didn't have any arrow in it as she drew the bowstring. But then, when she saw the light gathering inside the bow, she understood right away. Magical arrow. Against higher level enemies, it would become an absolute necessity as normal arrows wouldn't even bother them.

"Marianne, can you grab hold of my staff? I have a plan."

Her thoughts were interrupted with Ayse who had suddenly approached her. She didn't see her coming at all.

[i]Another note to my weakness, I suppose. Lack of close-range alertness when concentrating on the battle at a distance.[/i]

She asked her to channel her mana to her, seeing how her own mana was running low due to her casting all those spells before.

"Sure," she answered with a smile, "But I don't have that much mana, I think, so I cannot give you much. I need to save some for my mantis."

Marianne's mantis was her safe button, so to speak, in case an enemy got close to her while her bees were away. Losing that would mean she would become easy picking, which she certainly didn't want to become.

She then put her hand on Ayse's staff, focusing her mind and energy towards it.

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