Demon Cat
Lol, tiger standing against 10+ lions without fear? Bs... Author needs to watch tiger vs lion fight. 1 vs 1, both sides first try to avoid each other at all cost, trying to climb the high walls of enclosure. Forced, eventually they fight, and then both sides are exhausted to hell and just lie on the ground. They try to kill each other a few more times, using whatever last stamina they have left, but in the end there is no victor, just injured and exhausted cats that no longer want to fight this pointless battle. A tiger wouldn't even dare to stand against 10+ lions, they would rolfstomp him so hard because it is in their territory. Numbers = power...
Tigers are solitary, although mutations are starting to occur very frequently and we can assume that the intelligence of the animals have increased incredible quickly already. This doesn't mean much as a tiger isn't familiar with a savanna no matter how intelligent and isn't adapted to this environment. Especially considering that lions live in prides and that a tigers fur is noticeable not counting mutations. It will just be another male lion but far more cunning that will target the pups for food. I doubt that some random creature can mutate into a somethings similar looking to a tiger. It's more likely to be an actual tiger. Which including the fact that creatures that don't belong in the Savannah are starting to appear leads me to believe that mutations have already started occurring before mc was born and he not the start but increasing the rate of mutations. This means that most of these animals probably broke out from zoos due to their intelligence.
so crazy chinese people are bringing foreign animals from India to Ăfrica? i mean, i know Chinese are greedy and stupid, but a tiger cant survive in the savannah so whats the point? the heat would probably make a tiger easily faint, they are also not used to be thirsty, more importantly, they would need more than 1 to copulate, they can copulate with lions but i believe their offspring is sterile and cant reproduce again (the hybrids are HUGE though), so did they scape a secret chinese laboratory in Ăfrica?, like those patterned mosquitoes, in fact China already owns a lot of land in Ăfrica so it would be perfectly possible.
It seems to me that confrontation with the Tiger will probably be inevitable, but if he can befriend a leopard, then might as well get a true King for his future Pride. Sure, a lion pride composed of mutant lions, leopards, and Tigers is a bit odd. But the world is already becoming quite outlandish.