Ikaris then offered to bandage her broken forearms, but Malia refused his help. With a snort, she put her bones back in place by herself and waited a few minutes for her wounds to heal.
This gave the teenager a chance to witness the incredible regenerative abilities of Vampires. According to Magnus, vampire vitality was different from the one displayed in her attributes.
A Vampire could only die by being stabbed in the heart or decapitated. On the other hand, in the case of pure-blooded Vampire Progenitors like the old Archmagus, decapitation was not a weakness. They could survive being dehydrated, dismembered, drained of all their blood and even hibernate for millennia in their coffins if the situation called for it.
There was a downside to this advantage, as well. Any regeneration consumed their Blood Energy. If they did not drink human blood, they would become weaker and weaker until they were unable to move even though they were theoretically immortal.
