With Dark Souls III set to arrive soon, it's not surprising that there are only really a few hundred dedicated Dark Souls players still slaying their way through bosses and dominating enemy humans who's worlds they invade with glee. There was is one person who's world they don't want to invade, or be invaded by though and that's The King.
Why though? Surely he's no tougher than any other veteran of the game? Well no, not exactly.
Although he is tough and stands a good chance of killing you, he's different in that The King is an AI. Developed over the course of 10 months by fan of the game, "metal-crow," The King is reverse engineered to be almost unbeatable, or at least worthy of providing a very solid challenge for anyone who considers themselves highly experienced at the game.
"I don’t know how much longer the game has before the online audience becomes too low for random battles, but I wanted to give perhaps the greatest game ever made the send off it deserves," said the creator. "A sentinel, the final guardian of this game. Something that can surpass any human in a duel."
He also plans to continue working on him and has even released the source code to the public, so anyone who enjoys AI coding can add their own computer controlled warrior to the game, perhaps taking on the King, or securing themselves a place as one of the toughest opponents left in the Dark Souls universe.