The nosferatu do not die like the bee when he sting once. He is only stronger; and being stronger, have yet more power to work evil. This vampire which is amongst us is of himself so strong in person as twenty men; he is of cunning more than mortal, for his cunning be the growth of ages.
– Bram Stoker
Dracula, Chapter 18. Prof. Van Helsing is the only one in the novel that appears to have the knowledge and expertise to defeat and destroy Dracula. He warns the others of the difficult task ahead against this superhuman creature.