Author's Note – Regarding the Future of Ultima's Bite!
Before you continue reading, I want to clarify something important.
This chapter marks the ending of Ultima's Bite! on Web Novel—for now.
By that, I mean this is the final chapter I will publish here before the story goes on pause. Whether that pause is short or long will depend entirely on reader support.
Ultima's Bite! was planned as a four-volume story, with each volume exceeding 200 chapters. Unfortunately, due to the lack of recent support—such as Power Stones and new collections—the series can no longer continue on Web Novel at this time. Chapter 37 will be the stopping point here.
That said, the story is not ending completely.
Patreon Continuation Plan
The continuation of Ultima's Bite! will move to Patreon, structured as follows:
Volume 1 – One Collection
Chapters 38–50 (initial release)
Two weeks later → up to Chapter 100
Two weeks later → up to Chapter 150
Two weeks later → up to Chapter 200 (Volume 1 complete)
After Volume 1 is finished, I will take a short break (one to two months) before beginning Volume 2, which will follow the same release structure.
The next chapter uploaded on Web Novel will include the Patreon link for those who wish to continue supporting and reading the story.
About Web Novel
If I begin to see meaningful support return on Web Novel—through Power Stones, collections, and reader engagement—I may consider continuing the series here in the future. For now, however, Web Novel publication will remain paused.
Lastly during my pause i wish you guys support my friend's works:
The Saga of Shido Urazaki &
The Master of Black
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The door opened softly, and Saya slipped inside, closing it behind her. She glanced at April, then at Jax, immediately sensing the tension.
"You told her, didn't you?" she asked quietly.
Jax exhaled. "She needed to know."
Saya stepped forward, folding her arms. "Then I'll explain the rest."
April looked between them, confused. "Explain what? Jax said the instincts were… connected to me."
Saya exchanged a look with him, then sat beside April on the bed.
"April… Jax's Gear isn't just based on a lion. It's partly wolf too—predatory, territorial, and very, very mate-driven. Some Gears push their users to hunt food. Others to chase movement. His pushes him to seek strong potential mates."
April rose an eyebrow, stunned. "And… you're saying his Gear made him want me?"
Jax winced. "Not want. Claim."
April froze.
Saya placed a gentle hand on her shoulder.
"Let me be honest. Every time you've surpassed yourself, every time you refused to break… his instincts reacted. Hard."
April swallowed. "So… earlier, during the fight—"
Jax nodded shamefully. "The moment I realized how strong you're becoming, the instinct screamed at me to claim you now… before you got even stronger. It's territorial. Stupid. Animalistic. I fight it every time."
April shivered. "That explains why sometimes I feel eyes on me in this place. Especially more than once like the time i changed clothes and wore that thin side-split uniform… I felt someone staring at my ass. So once again that was you."
Dead silence.
Jax's ears burned red. "I—no—okay, maybe once—No! Not in a creepy way! My instinct reacted first, I looked by accident and then immediately turned away!"
April raised herveyebrows. "So you weren't about to force yourself on me?"
"What? No!" Jax nearly choked. "I would never—"
Saya sighed. "Relax. You're making it worse."
Then Saya turned to April. "I need to tell you something important… something you deserve to know from me directly."
April straightened.
"Jax has already long ago claimed me."
The room went still.
April's mouth hung open in shock. "Wh—WHAT?"
Saya nodded calmly. "Not that he forced me. It happened during a mission. I was fighting a ragnarök Gear user. Things got bad. I entered RageMode to survive. Rage pushed me to the same level as Jax. And when two Gears at equal levels clash… instincts activate."
April listened silently.
"We recognized each other as possible mates even before we fought. I accepted the instinct. So did he. We fought. He won. And when a Gear wins a dominance fight at equal level…"
She touched the sigil on her neck—the half her own design, the lower-half Jax's mark.
"That's how he claimed me."
April sat in silence, processing this.
Saya continued, softer, almost shy:
"It wasn't forced. I loved him already. I'd been in love with him for a long time but was too scared to confess. That moment… I took it as my chance."
Jax rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. "We're still together. Just secretly."
The left corner of April's lip twitched. "And you didn't tell anyone?"
"Only Kai, Dante, the Leader, Kuro, Juno… and now you," Saya said. "Ragnarök cannot know. If they realize what we have, they'll break our team from the inside."
Saya shifted closer to April and placed her hand on her ribs.
"You should be fully recovered in three days."
April's eyebrows rose high. "Three days? How? I'm not some superhero with instant regeneration…"
"Nanotech," Saya answered simply. "Each Gear contains microscopic nanorobotics. They repair tissues, stabilize G-Force flow, and accelerate healing. A normal human would take four to seven months to recover from what you suffered. Us? A few days."
"Wow…" April muttered.
"What?" Questioned Saya raising a brow.
"So basically, I can't even wear a sports bra to train without someone's instincts losing their minds."
Saya smirked. "Well… Jax's, at least."
Jax covered his face. "Please stop."
April gave him a look that amounted to a suspicious look. "I'm keeping my eye on you."
Saya chuckled. "Don't worry. If he gets overwhelmed, I'm here to take care of his urges. It's literally my job now."
April's mouth fell open. "SERIOUSLY?!"
Saya nodded proudly. "Mhm."
Jax groaned. "Saya, please—"
"But April," Saya continued, turning serious again, "do not feel guilty. Because of what happened to you in the past… love may not be on your mind right now. Trauma changes people. It makes relationships difficult. It makes trust difficult. You don't even know if you'll fall for a man or woman in the future. And that's okay."
April lowered her head.
"What matters now is defeating and surviving Ragnarök. And living a life you choose. Not one forced on you."
April inhaled deeply. "Yeah… one step at a time."
Saya stood, pulled Jax up by the collar, and dragged him toward the door.
"I know you're already in heat. Come on."
April sputtered. "Seriously? Already?!"
Saya flashed a wicked smile. "Mhm. Duty calls."
Jax, mortified, let himself be dragged. "Saya! At least let me say goodbye—"
"No."
"I want to give her some useful advice!" Jax yelled, digging his heels into the floor as Saya dragged him.
Saya stopped for a moment, clicking her tongue but letting him speak.
"April," Jax said, voice suddenly serious. That alone caught her attention.
"Do you… by any chance… believe in gods?"
Saya's eyes widened. Her instincts flared instantly—his question wasn't normal.
April mentally blinked, confused.
At first she looked like she was about to give a quick "no," but something in her mind froze.
She shut her mouth.
She dug through her childhood memories—religion, parents, any hint of faith or gods.
Nothing.
But nothing, just a void.
"I… truly don't know," she said quietly.
Jax nodded, as if expecting that answer.
"Then here's my advice," he said. "Start researching them. All of them. Gods, pantheons, their history, their roles… everything. And finally—research what an 'Ultima' truly is. I'm sure it'll be useful. Maybe even enlightening."
Saya's eyes flicked toward him again. She took mental note of every word.
"Okay. That's it. That's all I wanted to say," Jax finished.
Saya wasted no more time.
"Good. You're done. Let's go."
She immediately continued dragging him out of the room, Jax's heels scraping across the floor as he muttered protests the whole way.
The door shut behind them.
April looked at the empty room for a long moment, then flopped back onto the bed.
"…Nope. I'm going back to bed. Too much information. Brain overheating. Must sleep."