"Celestial bone marrow fluid, bones... they were all good stuff. Thanos had really gone all out," Yondu said with a sigh.
Knowhere, the home of The Collector Taneleer Tivan, had been built atop the skull of a dead Celestial.
The Devan Group had amassed enormous wealth by relying on the various specialties from that skull, while Taneleer had used that wealth to collect countless strange and unusual items.
Transport ships flew out of Knowhere one after another, loaded with local specialties. Celestial bone marrow fluid could be used to mass-produce Chitauri, while Celestial bones were excellent raw materials for composites.
Those things definitely were not cheap, but if the terms of the agreement involved Infinity Stones, it made sense.
Perhaps Thanos had reached some sort of agreement with Taneleer. For example, once Thanos used the six Stones to wipe out half of all life, he would hand those six Stones over to Taneleer for collection.
There was no way to guess the exact terms, but in the end, they had reached an agreement.
Harry suspected this because the Devan Group had many similar agreements. The most common were astronomical loans: service first, payment later.
The Devan Group's workforce was different from that of the Osborn Group. Its employees did not sign normal labor contracts with the company, but agreements that had evolved directly from loan contracts.
Knowhere was the most famous Black Market in the universe. It had everything: weapons, food, fuel, and more. As long as you had money, this place was Heaven—although the streets were filthy and reeked, there were always high-end venues serving the wealthy.
Taneleer offered massive loans to interstellar travelers and certain special races, allowing them to buy spaceships, fuel, weapons, and all sorts of other things.
Those people usually had a gambler's mindset. They