Completely self-reliant “blood-suckers.” They can create children by blood sucking · corruption, but probably due to the limits of just reaching the rank of Dead Apostle, they cannot create children of rank VI or above. One could say they are a stronghold.
The vampires nestled in Souya are of this rank. Calamities that create servants as their “owner,” and prey on the village. Vlov is included in this rank as well, but ultimately he “skips” past this rank through a certain method.