@Talismaster:
[...]Sadly, these gods are the logical rule-abiding kind.
Yes. It is very sad. Tell that Lis so that she either begins to cry or shuts up and begin abiding to that kind, logical rule.
[...]Imagine how chaotic it would be if every person that challenged their gods got struck by lightning.[...]
Well, I imagine not very much, because everyone would be dead. Or nobody would dare to do that, because it would be on the list of things that kill you.
But I perceive that demon as a special case, as she truly challenges the gods, knowing that she is being watched. And striking her down merciless and brutal is to set a warning example, so that demon kind doesn't try that to often.
It is true, that ignoring an offender, will show him, that he can't reach his goal that way. But that offender here is a
demon. Slaughtering people is fun for it. It won't stop, if you ignore it. Well, it will at some point, but at another it will start again. And people will start to perceive you as heartless and cruel as them. In the end they win, if this is ignored. But if you sniper them, they have to acknowledge, messing with you does cost them. Either their lives or their capable subordinates. This isn't a run-of-the-mill war, in which violence will only bear more hatred. With that kind of enemy, you can't make it worse. Also those gods could take those troublemakers out rather precisely. And that bitch was begging to be dealt with.
Doing things this way wouldn't be to escalate this conflict, but to let it die down again. "We are try to interfere as less as possible, so don't drag us into this, or this is what's going to happen."
And they wouldn't do this all the time, when a skeleton attacks a villager. The "Not too much interference"-rule would still stand and leave plenty of space for a plot.
[...] or smash a moon into the planet[...]
No, no, no. You put the demon on a moon and then smash him/her with a rock (, so that village doesn't become a collateral). That was the idea.
-Moon -Demon:"Huh? Where am I?"
-Big rock -D:"OHNOZE! A BIG ROCK!"
-smash -D:"AHHH! Blood everywhere! Except I can't can say all of this things. Because there is no air and I'm dead!" 'XoX' <- face of a dead demon