"Release them." Luna raised her hand after the punishment was completed.
"You, you will regret it!"
"You will pay ten times what I suffered today!"
"My ancestor will destroy you soon!"
"No, my fishtail, argh!"
"You dare to cripple me!? Just wait. I will slaughter your entire family and army soon!"
The nobles were released, but they cursed the executioners with anger and a strong hatred. They would return to take revenge for the suffering they experienced that day.
However, everything went according to Luna's plans.
It would take them a lot of time if they travelled all over the ocean to save the mermaids. So, they would only crush the surrounding evildoers and indirectly invite the more powerful evildoers to unite and assemble before attacking them with a combined overwhelming force.