The mountain lord saw it clearly. Since those who had been driven away had returned, they, of course, intended to sever all ties with the main family. But even if the main family was now down to its last member, it remained the main family, still one of the Ten Surnames. If the Five Evil Gods possessed such audacity, it could only mean he already had a contingency. Only other families within the Ten Surnames were qualified to be his contingency.
