The crocodile's jaw snapped shut on air.
Lukas had already twisted out of the bite, abandoning his sword in the ground where it had stuck, and putting his agility to work.
He had a fraction of a second of open ground before the crocodile processed what had happened and came after him, and he used it.
He was moving before the beast fully turned, sprinting for the nearest tree.
The crocodile came behind him with the same ugly, efficient speed it had shown before with all that armored bulk moving faster than it had any right to.
Lukas hit the base of the tree and kicked off it, launching himself up and backwards into the air.
"Lukas!"
Melody's voice filled the air and his eyes immediately snapped to her, just in time to see his sword flying towards him.
He grinned at the sight, before catching it by the hilt.
He came down with the sword in hand, landing in a half-crouch, and the crocodile was already there waiting for him.
