Vampires

They are one of the many thousand races that exist in the universe of the manhua, known as The Demon King, Who Lost His Job.

## Appearance

In terms of appearance, they look exactly like humans, and it is extremely difficult to distinguish a vampire from a human with the naked eye.

## Background

Vampires, unlike the other races, are not a natural race. As per legends, they came into existence when the Goddess of Light cursed a human by the name of Dracula. Hence, the vampire race is composed only of the descendants of the first vampire Dracula. Due to this origin story of vampires, they are variants of humanity with the characteristics of undead beings.

At one point in time, they took over the Kingdom of France and ruled it without any challenge until the mysterious fall of Dracula.

## Society

The blood family has extremely strict lineage class restrictions. Their fertility rate is extremely low, but they can create dependents. Hence, like demons, there exists a clear hierarchy among the vampires as shown below:

* True Vampire
* High Vampires
* Dependants - These consist of converts from other races.

## Relation with Other Races

#### Demons

They have a neutral relationship with the demons where they have neither attacked nor interfered in the other's affairs.

#### Humans

They consider them humans as livestock meant to quench their thirst for blood.

#### Gods

Considering their origin, they consider them as their mortal enemies.

## Strength and Abilities

#### Blood Sucking

Vampires live by sucking blood. While sucking blood, not only increase their strength and vitality but also helps them absorb a part of their prey's powers. Vampires have a fervent desire for the blood of powerful races, especially demons.

#### Healing Ability

The unique self-healing ability of vampires puts them in a class of their own, as it has made them near-immortal beings. Except for sunlight and silverware, this ability of the race makes them un-killable.

According to legend, if the vampire body is intact, a drop of blood, a piece of meat, or even a single cell can be used to revive an individual.

#### Familiars

They can convert individuals of other races into vampires. These converts are weaker than the vampire that transformed them.

## Weakness

#### Sunlight

Due to the curse of the Goddess of Light, vampires will disintegrate in the presence of sunlight. Due to this, they can only function in the cover of darkness.

#### Silver

Weapons or objects made of silver are lethal to vampires as not only can they be killed with it, but it also prevents them from healing wounds caused due to it.

#### Familiars

As the number of familiars increases, the power of the vampire that converted them decreases.

## Trivia

* *Vampires tend to be mistaken for being part of the Demon Race.*
* *In terms of vitality, vampires are the strongest race. This is mostly due to their insanely high regeneration ability.*
* *Due to their low population, their existence is a myth to other races.*
* *Merlin did not look down on the vampires as he was wary of their blood-sucking abilities.*
* *They may treat human blood as simply food but consider demon blood an elixir that boosts their strength.*
* *Demons acknowledge that vampires have a far superior healing ability when compared to them.*
* *Merlin doubts the legend about the origins of vampires as he finds it weird that an enemy of a goddess will be bestowed with the gift of immortality.*