With tentacles blocking the front and the Mother Worm chasing from behind, Rocky chose to risk it all and suddenly increased the speed of his armor's flight.
Seeing him accelerate, Liliya and Dusa each took one side and grabbed He Nan. Before He Nan could understand what was happening, they also sped up, catching up with Rocky.
Not until this moment did He Nan realize that Rocky and the others had not been flying at top speed before; now they were.
Indeed, that was true. Before this, Rocky, Liliya, and Dusa had merely maintained high speed, but they had not pushed their armor to its limits. This wasn't due to overconfidence but rather consideration for He Nan, as his Fourth-Generation Armor was no match for the Rune Armor in terms of speed.