Although Xandar's laws were exceptionally comprehensive, light could never reach every corner of the darkness.
Someone like the Broker could easily do business on Xandar. On the surface, he merely ran an ordinary collection hall, but his secret clientele stretched across the Andromeda Galaxy, even including people from the Kree Empire.
Although the Kree Empire and the Nova Corps had only recently agreed to a ceasefire, the Broker's business relationships had lasted at least several decades. As long as the profits were high enough, breaking the law was common anywhere.
Karn did not remember much about events in the Marvel Universe. What he knew about the wider universe had come from Loki.
After checking through the collection halls on Xandar, Karn finally arrived at an unremarkable establishment.
Its owner was a highly renowned broker in Xandar's underworld. Not only did he have a high-end clientele, but he could also contact quite a few Ravagers, both legitimate and otherwise. Usually, he accepted commissions and then passed them on to the Ravagers.
In such cases, members of his high-end clientele generally did not appear in person. They sought out the Broker precisely because they did not want to expose themselves. Otherwise, the Ravagers were so famous that anyone could find them.
"Customers, is there anything you need?"
After Karn and Betty entered the shop, the collection hall's owner immediately came over to greet them. Publicly, he was simply an ordinary dealer in collectibles, though that was not how he made his living.
Karn and Betty looked around the shop before Karn said to the owner, "I'd like to commission the Ravagers to find an Orb. I hope you can put me in touch with them."
Where did this rookie come from?
That thought immediately flashed through the Broker's mind when he heard