The Collector's Vault and the "Living Legacy"!

Karina, the Karu who served as the Collector's chief attendant, led Link into Taneleer Tivan's most private vault, trembling the whole way.

Harley, meanwhile, was like a kid in a candy store. More interested in the captive rare creatures, she went from cage to cage with a stun baton, eagerly "saying hello" and leaving the cosmic curiosities quaking.

Let her have her fun. She couldn't break them anyway.

The moment Link stepped into the vault, even he, accustomed to grand sights, couldn't help raising an eyebrow.

Damn. That old bastard really knew how to hoard.

The vault was enormous, its space expanded through some kind of folding technology. To the left rose mountains of currency in every form: standard Interstellar Credits chips, dimly glowing Aetherium ingots, and energy crystals used by ancient civilizations. Their total value could probably buy several small star systems.

To the right lay rare materials of every kind: Solar Flare Steel that absorbed stellar energy, indestructible Neutron Star Core Fragments, and even a tiny fragment of the Phoenix Force that emitted a faint glow, carefully sealed inside an energy field.

I'm rich. I'm filthy rich.

For the fleet he planned to build, these materials had arrived just when he needed them.

Link looked past the treasure to the center of the vault.

Several enormous data crystals floated there.

"What's in those?" Link asked without turning around.

Karina hurriedly bowed. "Honored master, they contain the information Lord Tivan spent thousands of years collecting. His analyses of the major civilizations of the known universe, assessments of their technological development, their histories..."

Oh? Now that's valuable.

Link reached out, and a data crystal flew into his hand. As he probed it with his mind, a flood of information poured into his brain.

The Kree Empire, the Skrull Empire, the