Ivar wasn't the only one with trouble.
A couple of miles away from Ivar's location, Icarus was having the fight of his life time. And he had to take more damage than Ivar. Since he had no weapon, he tried to use ranged attacks, but they didn't work.
This creature was faster than him at his fastest.
It easily dodged and closed the distance. That brought them into a slug fest.
Icarus stood with his back against a mountain cliff. The land croc just charged at him continusly trying to break his body open, while he met it with his own punches. The glowing hits soon made some damage enough to open its jaw and soon, some cracks on the skull and made it bleed from the eyes, nose and the mouth.
It look a lot out of him to just finish that.
Same with Miko, by the time she was done with the fight, her sword had several chinks, and the creature was a mangled mess.
Its stomach had several cuts, all over the place. Same with the tail and the neck. None of them were clean decisive cuts.