Steal a horse

You take a horse, and the workers are in panic.
They don't dare to stop you and they hide your crime with the hope that you never walk again in their street.

You ride as fast as you can and you follow the main road.
You arrive at the ruins of an ancient city. there you find a sign pointing to the East to a village called "Erda" and another sign pointing to West to the "Old Forest"

In both places, you think that you can find something useful, but the village feels safer than the forest.