From the moment Corey entered the well and he laid eyes on Archmage Kael, he had known that he could not hope to win the upcoming battle through conventional means or without a plan.
Although he had become a lot more powerful after increasing the proficiency of many of his skills to the Transcendent level, the amount of danger he felt from Archmage Kael, the throne, the crown of black bones, and the dead tree itself was a lot.
He felt more danger from them compared to what he felt from the Throne of the Shattered Dimension of the Old Ones, and he knew that he could not win with just his skills.
He had no idea what Tier the Archmage and the dead tree was equivalent to since it seemed like they were not connected to the Universal System at all.
Record could not bring out their stats for him, and he had to go into a battle without knowing the full capabilities of the enemy.