Now being the main focus of the ghostly knight Tyger draws his katana. As the knight advance and faints with the sword and switches the using his shield, a number of different possibilities flash through Tyger’s mind. He could actually jump and flip over the shield and knight. He could simply dodge by diving to the side. These possibilities are discarded as quickly as they come into his mind as they are actions he would have taken if he were fighting alone. Instead he drops his katana to the stone floor and braces himself. Reaching out with both hands he grabs the shield coming at him and pushes back against it. As his body strains to keep from being pushed back into the flames it suddenly shifts and expands. The armor and equipment is once again replaced by the striped fur. The increase in size also gives even greater strength which he uses to lock the shield in his grip and twist it.