As a Transmigrator whom Mr. Fool had personally sent into this world, Wude had plenty of experience with "otherworld anime." Once he had passed the initial adjustment period and gained some ability to protect himself, he had naturally begun gathering information about people like him.
So far, he could confirm two and a half Transmigrators who had come before him.
The first was, without question, Emperor Roselle from over a century ago. The man was like the sun, making his presence felt at every moment, as though he had claimed every chance to show off for himself.
The second was Abner Brain, whose renown across the Northern and Southern Continents was now unmatched.
Unlike Roselle, he had not copied everything in sight. Of course, perhaps Roselle had got there first and left him nothing to copy. Even so, Abner was a leading figure of the age who had accomplished astonishing things.
If Transmigrators had ten parts' worth of glory to claim, Roselle had taken eight, Abner one, and all the rest would probably have to share the last.
The final half was Gehrman Sparrow, the strongest adventurer, whose name struck fear into pirates across the Five Seas.
But apart from a name that sounded distinctly like a Transmigrator's, he showed none of the other signs. The name could also have come from Roselle or Abner. That was why Wude counted him as only half.
Roselle and Abner both owed their rise to the support of a God...
As the Son of Steam, Roselle won the favor of the God of Steam and Machinery. That was how he seized power in Intis and became Caesar... though the script he followed was really Napoleon's.
*And Abner Brain was clearly close to the God of Truth. He probably supplied a great deal of