Of course, with those outlaws doing business on Knowhere, it not only boosted Knowhere's popularity, it also brought the Collector extra deals, allowing his wealth to accumulate to a terrifying degree over the past several centuries.
Otherwise, even if the Collector was an immortal Elder of the Universe who had lived for countless years, his assets could never have reached even half of what they were now. One had to know that the Collector not only possessed the last surviving individuals of many rare species in the universe, he could even offer an astronomical price of four billion to purchase the Orb. That alone was enough to show just how much wealth he had.
If it were truly possible, would Thanos not have been willing to put a cash bounty on the Orb directly? Even just offering a reward for clues related to the Infinity Stones would have worked. Unfortunately, though he had destroyed half the life on so many planets, Thanos himself actually was not that wealthy.
In fact, let alone Thanos—even Ronan the Accuser, an accuser of the Kree Empire, one of the three great empires of the universe, did not possess wealth like the Collector's. The Collector could absolutely be counted as one of the richest individual lifeforms in the universe. Otherwise, he would not have set his sights on the Infinity Stones. After all, aside from the Infinity Stones, the Collector had rarely seen anything capable of stirring his interest anymore...
Elsewhere, Korath, who was pursuing Star-Lord and the others, received word from Ronan. Ronan had heard that Korath had directly attacked the Nova Empire's Space Prison and had nearly gone to war with the Nova Corps, so he asked about the specifics.
"My lord, we are pursuing that brat Star-Lord. He actually escaped from the