Steel and Sorrow: Rise of the Mercenary king

Chapter 375: Dividing power(2)

Chapter 375: Dividing power(2)

Kroll leaned back, tipping his cup slightly as he glanced toward Blake. "You know," he started, his voice casual but carrying a trace of curiosity, "it's been a while since I've seen any of those slippery brokers around.My ships is filled with things to sell, yet I haven't seen any of them in a bit. Starting to wonder if they've all vanished into thin air."

Blake raised an eyebrow but said nothing, letting Kroll's comment hang in the air as he took a slow sip of cider.

''I am sure they will appear soon, after all they know that our business is good...''

In the world of piracy, brokers were the unspoken lifeblood of the trade—shadowy intermediaries who turned stolen goods into spendable coin. Unlike gold or silver, which could be immediately pocketed, the vast majority of loot raided from merchant ships was far less straightforward to monetize. Bales of silk, crates of spices, barrels of wine, and jewels couldn't simply be spent in the taverns of pirate havens. Instead, they needed to be sold.

The brokers thrived in this niche, ferrying goods from the hands of pirates to the markets of the mainland. The brokers took their cut, of course—a significant one—but for pirates with no other means of turning their plunder into currency, they were indispensable.