Well. It appears that the soldiers are probably responsible for the burning, and that the all but defenceless villagers are being protected by the lone man. How much slaughter might be avoided if the soldiers were made to flee?
Summon furious lightning on one of the flanking groups I can see.
Preferably without revealing me as the source!
((Footsteps coming from in front of me? So... I can't see them yet?))
Summon a kiteshield and walk forward, look for people.
You summon a large kite shield and make your way forward. You've barely made it halfway across the street when a group of soldiers rounds the corner. They're already ina shield wall formation, clearly wary of whatever attacked their colleagues. The four at the front hunker down and brace their shields, while the three behind them aim crossbows at you. The shield holds against the bolts and they bounce off harmlessly, though one of the bolts gets stuck in the shield. As the crossbowmen reload, you see a second group approach from a side street on your left flank. The narrow side street is only wide enough for two of them to stand side by side, and they seem to have no crossbow, only two shields and a poleaxe wielding soldier behind those.
As if matters couldn't get worse, a second flanking group approaches from your right. Again two guys with shields, and two corssbowmen this time. Suddenly, you hear an eagle cry out in the distance, and the sky rumbles. A furious bolt of lightning strikes in the middle of the group on your right. You turn away and close your eyes in time, but even with your eyes closed you can see the intense light. You look, and the shield soldier on the right has been vaporized, with nothing but his boots remaining. The other three have their armour blackened and their skin charred, dead where they fell. The people behind the shield walls of the other two groups are frantically scannign their surroundings for a wizard.
"I'm not with whoever it is you mentioned, but I will see what I can do."
With that objective in mind he'd head to the center of town, trying to avoid detection. He'd also scavenge a sword from one of the fallen soldiers so as to better engage in melee. Far quieter than using a gun in these conditions.
You nod to the kid and he bolts off into the shrubs. You strap your rifle to your back and grab one of the dead soldier's swords. You head into the town, making sure to check your corners as to not run into any enemies. At one point, you need to jump underneath a cart to avoid detection from four guys running towards something. As you decide it's safe enough to continue on, you hear and see a giant lighting bolt strike where those guys were running to.
You continue on to the center. Just before you get to the square, you peek around the corner. There are three people standing in front of the church. Two knights, one with a poleaxe and one with two swords at his sides. And a robed man carrying a staff. His robes are dark grey and he's wearing a cowl, so you can't see his face. His staff is some kind of metal, with a red gemstone at the top. You can faintly hear screams and banging come from the large church they are standing in front of.
Oh, for-
Cast Flight, Farsight (see further), and Resist Cold upon myself, then teleport myself 5,000 feet upwards or so. Look down upon the surrounding area.
((For future reference, a few things to note: In combat, you can only cast a maximum of to spells per turn. Because I'm getting a bit of an overlord flashback here. Teleporting large distances always requires a roll, and the larger the distance the more can go wrong. We'll not use this rule now, since we've just started. Also, you don't actually have flight. Ever played morrowind? It's like the levetation spell from that game. basically allows you to walk on air, and go up and down as if on stairs. The same spell also allows you to float straight up or down at a lazy pace.))
You cast those spells and teleport yourself 1.5 km upward. Even with the farsight spell, you can't make out faces from this height. You can, however, see what's going on below in the town. One person, dressed in black, is holding out against three groups of soldiers dressed in grey. Oh, make that two groups, the one on her right just got wrecked by lightning coming out of nowhere. The church is on fire, and you can see two armoured knights in front of it, along with a robed figure. When you squint, you can also see a green dressed person skulking around, just out of sight of the three guys in the courtyard.
"Hey, slick, you here for the show as well? Pretty good so far, my money's on the one in black."You're startled as you hear someone speak. You look at where you think the sound came from to your left. Slowly, a robed skeleton sitting on a large cushion flaots up to your height. He wears black robes and has two sapphires where his eyes used to be. He's sitting crosslegged on the bright pink cushion and is eating a strawberry sundea. You have no idea where the ice cream is going, since he has no fleshy parts anymore.
"Nice to meetcha, I was just a few feet below you. What brings you here?"