He knew what his target would be, and he knew that he needed to stop it. The only issue was that he had to get to it in the first place. Between them were countless amounts of Bloody Dawn, all of which he would have to either kill or get around some way to get to his target.
He didn't even know if he could beat the Elder right now. In his current state, he was at the very least on the level of the Primia that were contained in a vanguard force. But he knew that they were somehow weaker than the other Bloody Dawn, and so he couldn't say for certain how strong he was in relation to the Bloody Dawn's main forces. In all likelihood, with what had happened with that new creature out in the forest, he wasn't there just yet, and wasn't even anywhere near the level he needed to be at.