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>>8065065
>Dracula's reincarnation cycle and being fed by the power of the mankind's evil has something to do with Mathias/Dracula's deal with Death in that game and the crimson stone
Oh I'm almost certain. Iirc, even the older games starting with 3 have something about Dracula resurrecting/being involved with an "evil deity" and while that could be Chaos, Death has at times been called a god either ingame like Judgment or that lightgun arcade game, or in official material like CV64's official website from back in the day.

On top of that, there's actually an official manga or whatever Japan only called Recordanza of gods Abyss or something. A lot of stuff finally gets spelled out here including that humanity's root is in Tranquility, the root of Chaos is humanity, and the root of chaotic beings is, well, Chaos, and that includes Death, apparently, despite what you would think since he's explicitly slated to have divine powers. Death is most likely Dracula's original middle man to Chaos and the crimson stone is their way of strengthening Dracula and in turn keeping the rest of the forces of chaos alive and coming back.
Putting aside Iga story stuff, it's still not out of the question that, while the vampirism is from a deal with the Devil/probably literally Satan, Death could still be Dracula's connection to mankind's sinful nature, what with the whole "sin is the sting of death" thing. Guy tends to have a presence in just about every game from 1 to 4, even when Dracula isn't physically present, and has strength and powers that arguably imply importance. Look at this freaking guy in 3, dude's the third to last boss before Dracula and Doppleganger and even has a resilient second form.