In a shop on Xandar, Star-Lord met the broker who had been in contact with him before. The broker naturally knew Star-Lord had a bounty on him from Yondu, but he did not care. After all, the bounty on Star-Lord was only forty thousand, while someone had already offered four billion for the Orb!
As long as he could get the Orb from Star-Lord and sell it, even just the commission would be worth far more than forty thousand.
As for why he did not simply take Star-Lord down himself and pocket both the Orb and the bounty? It was not because the broker had principles. It was because he knew what Star-Lord was capable of. He was not confident he could definitely capture the agile, cunning Star-Lord, and if Star-Lord escaped, the loss would outweigh the gain.
Besides, as a broker, the most important thing was to earn the money he was supposed to earn. He should not get greedy over risky deals, or his business would be very hard to keep running...
"So? Where's the goods?" With that in mind, the broker looked at Star-Lord and asked.
"Right here." Star-Lord trusted the broker well enough. He directly took out the Orb, a smug look on his face as he started talking. "Let me tell you, getting this Orb wasn't easy. Even Ronan sent his underling Black Dwarf to snatch it, but I played him..."
"Wait! Who did you say?! Whose underling?!" The broker, who had just been about to take the Orb, froze on the spot. A hint of gravity entered his hesitant expression as he looked into Star-Lord's eyes and asked.
"Ronan! What about it?" Star-Lord had not said all that just to show off. He also wanted to explain how much trouble he had gone through,