At a little distance off Hades and his group operated with a clipboard-level seriousness, handing out trading licenses. Soldiers pitched temporary tents and helped businessmen and women set up. The outside market was now open to nonresident traders.
Word had been spread through flyers and drones about the market in the evening the previous day. The billionaires had added their names to the message, inviting their friends that lived in the other towns to come and trade.
Some had responded to the invitation and Hades recognized them. "Name?" He said to a man that wanted to access the special trading area within the Westbrook wall.
The heavy-set man with long curly blonde hair replied, "You know my name Hades."
Hades answered, "It is procedure Lawrence, state your full name if you want to get a visitor's pass."
Lawrence scoffed, "Lawrence James Holland the Third."
