Character page for Solo Farming in the Tower.

Warning: Spoilers for some characters are unmarked due to their nature as a Walking Spoiler. It is highly recommended that you read the Light Novel or Manhwa before reading any further. Proceed at your own risk!

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Sejun's Farm

Park Sejun

Black Tower Farmer, Park Sejun

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The main character, a 26-year-old NEET from Korea. He hoped to enter the Black Tower, and be the first person to conquer it, and become an overnight celebrity. One fateful day he was sucked into a black hole that abducted the first-generation of hunters/adventurers into the Tower. Sejun was dumped on an unknown floor, and trapped in a cavern.

Almighty Janitor: Farmer is by no means a powerful class, to say nothing of the fact he spends most of his time tending fields rather than battling. Yet his crops end up solving many problems in the tower, and around the world, to the point they become a linchpin in the defense of the world against the Apocalypse.
Be Careful What You Wish For: He wanted to get into the Black Tower for a chance to make his dreams of stardom come true, and that's exactly what he got. He's now trapped on a floor he's not supposed to be on, effectively soft-locking him in the Black Dragon's game. Fortunately for him, he has some cute friendly monsters eager to help him out.
The Beastmaster: Park has befriended many monsters to help him with the farm work before the Game Master has given him any taming skills as a reward.
Beware the Nice Ones: Don't treat him as a pushover, or he will bite back. Lampshaded in the Manhwa when he comedically pulls creepy faces if he thinks he can exploit someone, or if that someone is taking advantage of him.
Birthday Buddies: His birthdays on March 23rd. As all the magical monsters (except for the attentive Tower Manager) have succumbed to the Time Abyss of living for thousands of years, thus forgetting the date of their birthdays, Sejun kindly shares his with them, so no one misses out on a celebration.
Blessed with Suck: He often laments the skills handed out to him by the Tower Manager are mundane and seemingly impractical, not realizing how vital some are to the successfully running of a farm. Sometimes this results in Achievements in Ignorance as he can harvest produce no one else is capable of growing to the desired effect.
Call to Agriculture: Stranded in another world with a limited food source, Sejun had to put all his dreams of stardom on hold, planting veggies to survive. Fortunately, his crops enticed the White Rabbit Farmer couple to join and setup a farm together.
Can't Catch Up: His amazing crops maybe powering him up through the course of his adventures in the Tower, but this is meaningless when they make the already formidable monsters around far stronger than he can imagine. Being so weak is a source of angst for Park.
Cluster F-Bomb: He launches into one when he finds out the triads and Yakuza under the command of the Forces of Destruction have targeted his defenceless family back in Korea. All the monsters and Tower Manager simultaneously fly into a fit of rage that anyone dared to anger Sejun this much. Flammie the world tree is the first to wreak vengeance upon the gangs.
Didn't Think This Through: Relegated to farmwork, Sejun shelved his plans of stardom, until he started growing amazing crops that improved people's health. Confident that Theo selling his produce would gain him some form of notoriety, he failed to understand this would endanger his family once word got out, and everyone in the world wanted his Miracle Food. The Phoenix Guild was forced to intervene to avert the Park household getting abducted by foreign powers.
The Everyman: Inspired by other hunter's/adventurer's success stories, Sejun dreamed of stardom...only to be relegated the job of Tower Farmer. Even his stats screen sums him up as "ordinary". Given no talents or skills, he has to work hard to make his farm a success.
Family of Choice: As the months go by, being trapped in the Tower has Sejun confess the monsters helping him with the harvest and chores are the only family and friends he's known since he left home for university years prior.
Glory Seeker: He longs to win treasures and appear on TV talk shows as a celebrity who triumphed where others failed. The black hole phenomena that abducted the first-generation of adventurers to the Tower appeared to Sejun...but it rejected him as unworthy. The man forced his way in, only to end up trapped and lost on an unknown floor, (which was later revealed to be the topmost 99th floor).
Heel Realization:
- Sejun is about to hit a Despair Event Horizon, throwing his magical crop to the ground, when The Tower Manager refuses to let him go home, making him a lowly farmer in this fantasy world. Then he sees the rabbit monster family's sadness at his angry outburst, does he relent - realizing how much work went into growing and harvesting the vegetable, and he shouldn't waste it.
- After starting up an official business with Manager Eileen, Sejun later becomes unhappy at all the slave contracts they've been acquiring throughout all nine of the Towers. Even though some monsters love being indebted to him as he provides delicious food as payment not found anywhere else, Sejun nonetheless informs Theo if they're to continue trading as partners, monsters that work for them can no longer be called slaves, and instead, become employees of their company with salaries and privileges.
Heroic BSoD: Sejun suffers one when Theo nonchalantly tells him he's in the 99th floor of the tower, and considering that hunters from Earth were unable to advance into the 40th floor, Sejun lets out an Atomic F-Bomb, realizing that he may truly be stuck in that cave for the rest of his life. Suffers another one when the Tower Manger refuses to let him leave the tower, as she intends to keep him forever as her personal farmer. Both times he quickly regains his composure, and decides to make the best of a bad situation when he realizes how his outbursts scared the animal farmers.
Hidden Depths: Just because he's a Nice Guy doesn't mean he's stupid. Park is actually more of a shrewd businessman than most merchants in the Black Tower, and will use any opportunity, even underhanded tactics to gain leverage.
Human Pet: He doesn't realize it yet, but the Towers appearance on Earth is because the Dragons came to play with and collect as many humans, as possible, before that world is annihilated by the impending Forces of Destruction. They have done this many times across the universe. This is one of the reasons Eileen who sees him as "precious" won't let him go. When the Towers start to disappear one-by-one...doomsday draws near.
Interspecies Romance: As the story and Character Development progresses, Sejun becomes more and more enamoured with Eileen's polymorph human form (as an added bonus thinks her dragon form is wickedly cool and deserving a picture taken on his cell phone's wallpaper). Using various techniques and resourcefulness, they both find ways to mitigate Eileen's dangerously powerful nature for a short date together. He confesses after all they've been through he really loves her.
I Just Want to Be Special: Tired of his mundane ordinary life, Park believed from other hunter's/adventurer's success-stories, the Black Tower would make him rich and famous beyond his wildest dreams. And when he finally gets in through happenstance - he's made into a farmer.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Park Sejun isn't always the nicest guy, as he gleefully takes advantage of Theo's easily manipulated nature and lack of business savvy, to make him sign a business contract that is leaned heavily in his own favor. He earlier tauntingly ate food that the Tower Manager wanted when he was annoyed at her constant demands. But deep down he is a good person who values his friends, and is willing to send money to his family while he's stuck in the tower.
Locked Out of the Loop: He's stuck in a cavern on the 99th floor of the Black Tower, with no other human players in sight. Park can't hope for a rescue, and no one else is aware of his plight save the Tower Manager who wants to keep him there.
Made of Plasticine: Sejun is the weakest being in the entire Black Tower. And he's stuck on the 99th floor. In a case of Does Not Know His Own Strength, all monsters here can easily One-Hit Kill the man, so the Pritani family have to go to lengths to protect him with S-rank magical wards. Because Park's mana is so low, even these can fail at the most inopportune of times. The monsters vow to protect him, as it takes many months before Sejun is considered as strong as the weakest hunter on the 2nd floor.
Middle-Management Mook: Sejun is later given some mid-tier administrator privileges by the Tower Manager, but this doesn't make him God for a Day. Its work delegated to him in stopping the Forces of destruction that the sickly Eileen is supposed to do herself, and after completing the quest is immediately teleported back to the 99th floor.
Nice Guy: At his core, Park is kind, considerate man who won't refuse to help others (if they ask nicely). The Tower Manager begging him for energy drinks forces the guy to promise the Game Master he'll make a fresh batch later on. As time is meaningless to the monsters he later agrees to share his birthday with them all so no one gets left out.
Nominal Hero: Sejun is ultimately trying to run a farm that has many mouths to feed, so will often expect mission rewards from the Tower that are proportionate to the time and effort he's put into the quests.
Oh, Crap!: In chapter 16 he plots leaving the cave and making more money selling his produce himself by becoming a wandering merchant, only for Theo to tell him only creatures born in the tower can become wandering merchants. When Sejun asks Theo just why it takes him several days to get from the cave to the hunters in the 38th floor, Theo reveals that it's because the cave is in the 99th floor. Saujun has a brief breakdown where he lets a "fuck" loud enough for his tower manager to hear it. Since no hunter party has ever gone beyond the 40th floor due to the level of difficulty, Sejun realizes that he may truly be stuck inside the tower forever.
The Outsider Befriends the Best: The monsters of the towers, and even the Physical God dragons, grow to love Sejun over the course of the story for his miraculous crops and excellent cooking skills. Woe betide anyone who messes with the farmer or his family back in Korea.
Pauper Patches: As he journeys across the floors to setup farms and improve monster's lives everywhere he goes, his clothes become ragged. When Iona and her wizards move from the 90th floor to the 99th floor to be closer to his farm, throwing a celebration to mark their tower's completion, Sejun becomes ashamed of his appearance among so many powerful and rich creatures.
Puny Earthlings: He's so weak and low in Mana he fainted and passed out for days at the mere sight of The Tower Manager flying overhead. This is justified later in when its revealed Earth is among the very weakest worlds in the universe, so naturally humans would be frail. When the Black Tower connects to the planet Hamk with giant hamsters, they are seven times more powerful than people (though even they are no match for the monster bears from the 70th floor defending the human hunters).
Reasoning with God: After so many death-threats from the Tower Manager, Sejun could no longer put up with her behaviour and began refusing her Fetch Quests. Eventually she conceded to fairer terms and the option to postpone missions without any consequence.
Stumbled Into the Plot: There was no way, after paying off his debts and rent, he could ever enter the Black Tower...were it not for happenstance a black hole singularity appeared right next to him. The price of an admittance ticket being pawned off from a returning adventurer has already inflated to 200 million ₩. Even then, the Tower Manager still has to awaken you as a player to move onto the 2nd floor, so his was a Tragic Dream.
Sudden Game Interface: As Sejun wasn't formally invited by the Tower Manager, he is without one for many days. That is, until he is able to unlock an achievement that draws attention of his existence to the black dragon who has been searching for him. Said manager is not pleased, and considers Sejun's presence a blunder on her end she must correct. Instead of killing him, decides to make the man her farmer.
Supreme Chef: Everyone loves his cooking. Sejun credits his mother as his biggest inspiration when being creative with ingredients.
Too Dumb to Live: He has frequently angered the Physical God dragons in his pursuit of fortune and acquiring servants to help him run multiple farms. This has dangerous near-fatal consequences for him at several points in the story. Sejun recognizes they are not to be trifled with, yet repeatedly doesn't learn his lesson or take proper precautions to ensure a dragon doesn't go all Roaring Rampage of Revenge upon him.
Touched by Vorlons: Downplayed in the beginning. Once "awakened" by the dragon Game Master, a human becomes either a magic-user or a warrior to fight monsters, with permanent abilities and outfits. Sejun on the other hand, was made into the dragon's farmer and doesn't get anything...apart from resistance to illnesses. As the story progresses, Sejun has spent so much time with the powerful monsters their mana has affected him so much he's become dangerous to normal humans.
Trapped in Another World: Park's stuck on the 99th floor of the Black Tower. Humanity's best have been unable to enter the 40th floor. He's now in an Unintentionally Unwinnable situation, having no allies, items, skills, or experience needed to retreat, let alone defeating the final boss. Even if could get out of the cavern, there are kaiju-level monsters outside that would instantly swallow him up. Since been made the Tower's farmer, the black dragon will never let him go either.
Troll: He used to butt heads with The Tower Manager often. The farmer taunting the black dragon by eating all the cherry tomatoes promised to her in a Fetch Quest, right after expecting an apology earlier for being a Bad Boss.
The Unchosen One: Sejun shows up uninvited in the dragon's RPG Mechanics 'Verse Black Tower, so he doesn't end up in the 1st floor where he can at least choose to "awaken" as either a magician or warrior-class hunter. He's now stuck elsewhere, and may never be able to get home again.
Unluckily Lucky: As he starts achieving too many miracles through farming, and befriending powerful workers, the Tower system determines for someone so weak relying on the strength of others, he must suffer terrible luck with harvesting. Unknownst to him, the Tower Manager intervenes, and distributes out his bad luck across everyone on the 99th floor to lessen the misfortune.
Weak, but Skilled: The man is the weakest being on the floor where he's trapped, but gradually grows delicious Miracle Food no one else is capable of. The other dragon Tower Farmers' crops are magically potent but foul-tasting by comparison. Sejun needs the Pritani's families protection at several points in the story because of how weak he is, lest a monster One-Hit Kill him intentionally or by accident.

White Farmer Rabbits

The rabbit couple, Wolgang and Wolha

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While living alone and lost in the Tower, two monster rabbits approached Sejun. Allured by the vegetable patch he was growing in the cavern. After proving themselves, he allows them to stay. They lost their original home long ago so Sejun's cavern becomes a safe haven for them. The cute couple start up a family living with Sejun, becoming his loyal helpers and steadfast friends through thick and thin.

Animal Reaction Shot: Sejun is about to hit a Despair Event Horizon, throwing his magical crop to the ground, when the dragon Manager refuses to let him go home, making him a lowly servant in this fantasy world. Then he sees the rabbit monster family's sadness at his angry outburst, does he relent - realizing how much work went into growing and harvesting the vegetable, and he shouldn't waste it.
Ascended to Carnivorism: They're actually omnivores, much to Park's surprise when they drooled over his dinner of piranha monster. Their favourite food is still carrots.
Babies Ever After: White Farmer Rabbits, Husband and Wife, have a litter of five adorable bunnies in chapter 4. They're an energetic handful, so Sejun is happy to babysit the fluff-balls every now and then. They have a second litter later in the story.
Cute Monster: Farmer Rabbits are the first adorable sentient creatures that understand human languages the protagonist encounters. While the bunnies communicate in their own tongue, they help Sejun tend all to the crops in the cavern. They are monsters though, and become something more terrifying during a Blue Moon.
Hammerspace: The White Farmer Rabbit couple have magical items, the Husband, Wolgang, has a watering can that seemingly never runs out, and the Wife, Wolha, has a gardener's apron to pull out the right pruning or shearing tool needed for the job.
Happily Married: Both Husband, Wolgang, and Wife, Wolha, love each other very much and work as a team in the cavern farm.
Killer Rabbit: They have a friendly deposition, but they are monsters, and Park gets a glimpse of their ferocity during a Blue Moon Eclipse. But they love him too much to ever maul him, and for this reason, hide away during this event so as not to frighten their human friend.
Lies to Children: Father rabbit loves to brag and embellish the truth at times. He told a number of tall tales to his grandchildren on the restored 55th floor about how he "saved" Sejun and raised the man. Sejun is cross, but for the sake of the children, protects his Tower father from being caught. Unfortunately for the farmer, Wolgang lied so much, the truth inevitably came out making the little ones cry.
Lovable Coward: The white species of these rabbits are farmer monsters, not warriors. At the sight of an intruder, they can only tremble with fear, or run.
Moon Rabbit: Sejun had a very hard time pronouncing their real names, so named his Tower father and mother, Wolgang and Wolha respectively. Inspired by the legend of the Moon Rabbit, as they "fell" into his cave from the world above, and transform into adulthood by the power of a blue moon. The rabbit couple were thrilled.
Puppy-Dog Eyes: Having nowhere else to go, they give this to Sejun after proving themselves useful so he'll let the couple stay. This pulls on the man's heartstrings and he agrees, so long as they help with the farmwork.
Ridiculously Cute Critter: The family are in-universe adorable and Sejun some days can't resist their affections either. Their hyperactive children look up to the human as an adopted family member (uncle).
Super-Speed: Monster rabbits can show amazing bursts of speed when running, or digging out warrens for themselves. No sooner did Sejun welcome them, did they immediately build a home, and these two aren't even the Gray Builder subspecies of their race.
True Companions: They love Park, and despite the odd act of cowardice or grumbling, will always be there to help with the constant running of the farm.
Unusual Ears: The ears of the Wife Rabbit, Wolha, have black on their tips. This is to show that one of her close ancestors was a Black Warrior Rabbit, which is why one of her children becomes one.
War Refugees: They once lived in a kingdom of rabbits, known as Red Ribbon, on the 55th floor. White monsters like them, were farmers. Black rabbits were warriors, and Grays were builders. This lasted until Red Ribbon was destroyed by an invasion from the Giant locust monsters, the monster bunnies forced to scatter across several floors.

The rabbit children

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After Sejun allowed the husband and wife White Farmer rabbit monsters to stay, they immediately built themselves a warren and later, five adorable babies were born.

Babysitter Friendship: They're an energetic handful, who often keep mom and dad up all night, so Sejun is happy to babysit the fluff-balls every now and then, so the rabbit couple can get some peace before the day's work begins.
Bad to the Last Drop: The kids all have a Sweet Tooth and they're very sensitive to bitter-tasting food or beverage. Sejun's homebrew of coffee made them spit it out in disgust, though their father mildly enjoyed the drink.
Honorary Uncle: As their mother and father are True Companions to Park, they love and see him as their uncle. The man doesn't mind this, and encourages it.
Magic Tool: When they grow up, all have their own Tower items (which no one else but the owner can use) to do farmwork, ranging from watering cans, to cutting tools.
Metamorphosis Monster: Baby yellow rabbits cannot grow up until they bathe in the light of the 4th Blue Moon eclipse since they were born. They briefly transform into frightening creatures before emerging as adults with magic items in their coming-of-age ceremony. As young adults, they'll either become White Farmers, Black Warriors or Gray Builders. The rabbit couple's five children changed into four farmers and one warrior, to tend to, and defend the farm, respectively.
Obsessed with Food: As babies, they'd put just about anything in their mouths, including sweet potato saplings Sejun was trying to cultivate. Upon being ordered not to eat them, the five of them had a tantrum, until Sejun promised 'special snacks' in return.
Patchwork Kids: All except Black Rabbit are White farmer rabbits (but you'll notice the odd bit of black fur on their bodies, inherited from their mother, whose parent or grandparent was a Black warrior rabbit. The rabbit couple also have Gray Builder rabbits for nephews and nieces.
Ridiculously Cute Critter: In-universe as Sejun loves getting cuddles and affection from the little scamps. Their hyperactive children look up to the human as an adopted family member (uncle).
Sinister Scythe: Downplayed. One of adolescent rabbits grows up to utilise a scythe to help their mother cut down the oversized spring onions on the farm.
Stout Strength: One of their babies grows up to be quite the chonk little rabbit, and has his own adorable little wheelbarrow for pushing around earth and harvested foods.

Black Rabbit

After the babies coming of age ceremony to the Blue Moon eclipse, one of their children didn't transform into a White Farmer rabbit, but a Black Warrior rabbit instead.

Blood Knight: Just like the Queen Poison Honeybee he'll rush headlong into battle if he senses any monsters intruding on the cavern farm.
Cuddle Bug: All love Sejun, but the baby that grew up to be Black Rabbit, especially loved his human uncle and often slept on him. As a young adult, he never backs down from protecting Park and his family, from whatever he identifies as a threat.
Does Not Know His Own Strength: A casual demonstration of his power reduced a piranha monster into chum. This put a gloomy atmosphere over dinner as the rabbit family had to eat liquified fish guts. Sejun encouraged Black Rabbit with practice he would learn to control his power better.
Extremely Protective Child: Sejun nearly breaks down into tears thinking the Blue Moon had corrupted the adorable bunnies into Killer Rabbit monsters. They are aghast at the notion they'd ever harm Park, and Black Rabbit immediately comforts Park before earning himself "retribution kisses" for scaring his human uncle.
Forgot I Couldn't Swim: Black tried to go hunting for piranha in the cavern waters and nearly drowned. Sejun gave him swimming lessons afterwards.
Hyperspace Mallet: As he grows up into a Warrior rabbit monster, Black Rabbit instead of having a regular farming tool, has a mallet, to defend the farm and his loved ones from enemies. For a time this does leave him unemployed, as the mallet has no application for harvesting crops, until Sejun and he, realized he can hunt for piranha fish in the cavern depths.
Killer Rabbit: As a Warrior Rabbit, that is literally his job.
Pint-Sized Powerhouse: He's no taller than Sejun's knee, but make no mistake, you do not want to be on the wrong side of his mallet when Black Rabbit attacks.
Recessive Super Genes: His mother has a Warrior Rabbit somewhere in her ancestry(which is why she and some of the other children have black tips on their ears), which has come out in him.
Troll: He has a mischievous playful nature and often tries to pull pranks to avoid getting out of farming chores. Sejun often outsmarts him or ruins his pranks.
Unexpected Successor: Black Rabbit eventually becomes the new ruler of the Floor 55th's Red Ribbon once the evil Grid is deposed. By marrying the last heir Princess ChuChu, he becomes king. The two fell deeply in love, despite the large age-gap between them^note.

Queen Poison Honeybees

Sweet, 1st Queen Poison Honeybee

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A Queen poison honeybee happens upon Sejun's cavern, allured by the scent of the crops. Sweet lives on the 99th floor of the Black Tower. In swarms, these can be lethal monsters, despite their cute appearance. The farmer showed her kindness, and the wandering bee befriended him straightaway.

Babies Ever After: After Sweet accepts her home is with Sejun, she makes her hive there, having many larva. One day her drones dump an unwanted cocoon on the farmer, which turned out to be a queen larva. As a hive cannot function with two queens, Park decides to use his beekeeping skills to have a second hive outside the cavern, to protect it from monsters.
Bee Afraid: Averted. Normally, these are very dangerous carnivorous monsters that prey on other monsters, when plants are scarce. The White Farmer Rabbits run away at the sight. But Sweet vastly prefers flowers, and is a loveable monster to those she trusts.
Because You Were Nice to Me: Sejun gave Sweet flowers in exchange that she spare his life. The little monster queen already curious, was now enamoured. When offered the nectar of the entire farm, she happily warmed up to the man, becoming as docile as a kitten, despite the farmer having no skills in beekeeping.
Bishōnen Line: Downplayed. When Sweet matures into a full-fledged queen with a functioning hive, she had undergone the metamorphosis into an anthropomorphic monster around one-third of Park's height.
Cuddle Bug: Sweet, The first queen on the farm is always quick to caress Park, and contently sleep on his lap.
Cute Monster Girl: Her adult form as a proper queen is this, and more humanoid than her baby-form.
Insect Queen: Sweet soon establishes a hive, and with worker drones becomes vital to the pollination of the plants. The honeybee's more than happy to give him honey to enhance the flavour of the vegetables.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: The bees can sense a monster intruding on the cavern farm, turning more and more aggressive by the second. Only Sejun can tell them to stand down if the visitors not a threat.
Virtuous Bees: Like how the White Rabbit Farmers see Park as part of their extended-family, she too sees him as part of her hive, and orders her larva that under no circumstances are they allowed to attack him. Aside from Black Rabbit, the cavern farm has no defence, so her hive and she, protects everyone from potential-hostiles.
You Can't Go Home Again: Sweet is exiled from her original hive by the meat-eating Queen, as a single colony cannot function with two rulers. Partially subverted when she births a Queen of her own: Instead of simply casting her out, she allows the young bee to stay until she forms a cocoon, then leaves it in Sejun's care. After the second-generation Queen emerges and bonds with Sejun, the two of them are shown getting along just fine.

Theo

Theo the cat merchant

A wandering cat merchant who originally came from Granier village on the 75th floor. He sells the crops grown by Sejun to the human hunters/adventurers down on the 38th floor.

Aborted Declaration of Love: He was duped into making one back in his hometown of Granier when pursuing his love, Maril. An Ice Queen through and through, she didn't reciprocate any of his feelings, and began courting Oren, the heir of the wealthiest family in the village. Theo looked like a lovesick fool in front of everyone, and vowed revenge, that he would become the greatest merchant in Black Tower.
Accent Relapse: When flustered or upset at being conned, Theo usually slips back into his native Granier dialect finishing sentences with "nyahs" and "meows".
All Love Is Unrequited: He thought Maril, a girl from his home village loved him as much as he loved her. He was sorely mistaken when she turned out to be an Alpha Bitch, who desired riches and detested poor cats like him.
Animal Species Accent: He's embarrassed his native tongue leaves him finishing sentences with "nyah!" or "meow!", but Park explains not to be ashamed, but exploit it against humans instead when doing business.
Cat Folk: A travelling cat merchant, Theo, joins Sejun's farm, as the man grows miracle produce that helps people with dietary issues lose weight. Sejun cannot leave the floor of the Tower he's trapped on, but a merchant monster has no such restrictions, the only catch is - he's not telling the human adventurers who's growing the cherry tomatoes they so crave.
Classified Information: Due to the rules of The Tower Manager's game(a safety precaution to keep higher-level merchants from head-hunting good suppliers from the lower-level ones), he's prohibited to tell the Phoenix Guild on the 38th floor who the cultivator of the crops he's selling is (Sejun). This is a source of angst for him, as it prevents Sejun from openly making contact or inquiries to and about his family, but Theo hopes by earning more coinage, can overcome this restriction by ranking up to an intermediary-level merchant.
Cuddle Bug: Theo the merchant cat desires to become the best peddler in the Black Tower, and it seems with Sejun's wares can achieve this, but being a cat really loves getting physical affection from his human partner, and hates being away travelling for extended periods of time.
Dungeon Bypass: As a merchant monster, he's not bound by the same restrictions some other creatures and humans are, so can travel across many floors in the Black Tower after several days.
Hammerspace: His merchant's bag can store a lot of items, complete with magical spells so that food won't spoil or be heavy to carry across multiple floors of the Tower.
Green-Eyed Monster: The cat is very jealous of Sejun's attentions and always feels his importance is threatened should another monster get his business partner's praise and approval.
I Just Want to Be Loved: Theo has been abused and mistreated by other traders for a very long time. The cat claims to want to be a CEO of a merchant guild, but really, he just wants some warmth and tenderness. Happily, he finds this in Sejun.
Insult of Endearment: He often mocks Park's pitifully low Mana levels and calls his face "rotten" whenever the man's depressed or feeling the strain around being near so many powerful beings. But Theo really loves Sejun and is determined to be his favourite monster helper.
Like a Son to Me: He grows so attached to Sejun, he considers them both family. When he becomes an elite wandering merchant, he officially names himself "Theo Park".
Magically-Binding Contract: In his haste of being offered so many cooked piranha fish as part of his salary, Theo signs one with Sejun. He didn't Read the Fine Print until it was too late, and it became unbreakable. He only gets 3-5% of the Tower coin profits, the perfect incentive for him to work his little paws off selling as much produce as possible. At first, Theo believed Sejun was crazy for selling magical tomatoes to humans on the 38th floor, and went along with the scheme believing it would break the contract. Little did he know how passionate humans are about miracle foods that help you lose weight. Later, he gets a habit of whipping these out on the spot against other tower dwellers who cross him and press-ganging them into Sejun's service.
Merchant City: Some of the mid-tier floors of the Black Tower are "neutral areas" where monster merchants including Cat Folk like Theo, congregate and trade together what wares they've acquired from other floors. As humans have yet to reach half-ways up the black dragon's megastructure, they're oblivious to its existence. Though Theo, trying to become a successful merchant, has made many rivals and enemies there.
Muggles Do It Better: Defied with common-day appliances he bought from conniving goblin trader Skaram. Theo had no idea human technology doesn't run on magic, and as Park explains after the batteries run out, which can't be recharged in the Tower, its junk.
Really 700 Years Old: The Granier cat is 250 years old, a very long time to humans but is nothing in the Tower, where the adults are commonly thousands of years old. To other Tower inhabitants Theo is an adolescent.
Ridiculously Cute Critter: He's a lovable talking cat monster who craves attention from his business partner, Park.
Super Gullible: Theo was too trusting of others. Before he met Sejun, he was scammed by another wandering merchant, Skaram, and nearly went bankrupt. After joining Sejun's farm, as a business partner, he got quickly promoted for making money Park needed for the Seed Shop.
Talking Animal: Unlike any other monster Park had encountered until their meeting, Theo could speak any human language, needed for peddling his goods to those brought into The Black Tower from Earth. Adorably he slips into Animal Species Accent whenever excited or being held by Sejun.
This Is My Human: Though desiring praise as a business partner he's also very possessive of Sejun's lap and receiving affection. Theo could give The Tower Manager herself a run for her money.
Through His Stomach: The impetus for him signing a Magically-Binding Contract with Park Sejun, the cat merchant loves cooked fish and can't get enough of them.
Undying Loyalty: Theo has total confidence in Sejun as his business partner, and will do anything to please him. When the forces of destruction were scrying into his mind, the merchant cat's mental realm has a supergiant god-like form of Sejun inside it, shocking the eldritch abominations that someone could have so much faith in another being.

Cuengi

Cuengi, the Giant Crimson Bear's cub / Demon of the Apocalypse

The cub of the Crimson Giant Bear. Attracted by the smell of honey wafting from Sejun's farm, he fell into the cavern and met with the human and his monster friends. Cuengi imprinted on the man immediately, and fell in love with the taste of honey and vegetables. Cuengi sees Sejun as "his father" and visits everyday.

Beary Friendly: A loveable baby bear who is friendly to everyone working on Sejun's farm. He puts his claws to good use as a living tractor, plowing the rocky barren fields no differently than a child playing in a sandbox.
Beast of the Apocalypse: Deep down in the cub's spirit sleeps a terrifying gigantic monster bear that could potentially bring an end to the world, and destroy Mana itself. Even Fenrir was frightened by his true power. The Demon of the Apocalypse's power is a magnitude stronger than any fallen god or demon king. But Cuengi loves his bear mother and human father so much he refuses to awaken as this Kaiju, though that hasn't stopped several demonic entities trying to tempt him or lie that Sejun doesn't love him anymore.
Beware the Nice Ones: Cuengi hates liars, and has threatened to discipline daddy for sneaking food without sharing, to get him back on the path of honesty. If any monster calls Cuengi a liar? He'll give them a sound beating until they apologize.
Big Eater: Giant Crimson Bears are known to be gluttonous monsters, and Cuengi is no exception with a very healthy appetite that Sejun must work hard to appease daily. When his mother was roaming the 99th Floor for food, it wasn't doing much for her cub's growth. Eating the crops and honey on Park's farm has dramatically boosted his development, and in just one day grew larger than the rabbits. The Tower Manager warns Sejun to send the cub back to his mother quickly, or risk starvation. After a mere three days of eating the Miracle Food while visiting the cavern, Cuengi has grown to almost as tall as Park.
The Big Guy: Among the monsters commonly seen travelling with Sejun, the cub is by far the strongest and often dispatches threats to the farm with minimum effort. Sejun tries to act like a responsible Papa Wolf for the infant giant, but soon appreciates how woefully outclassed as a fighter he is by the bear cub growing stronger by the day.
Blow You Away: Eating the crops and meals provided by Sejun eventually results in him gaining minor wind powers. Cuengi is able to use these to alter his mass, allowing him to once again cuddle Sejun without crushing him.
Children Are Innocent: Cuengi is pure-hearted, even for a monster bear, seeing everything as a game. When he finally realizes his beloved human father is vulnerable in a world of monsters, he'll do anything to keep his daddy Sejun happy and safe.
Comically Missing the Point: The adorable monster didn't grasp the concept of farming until being taught, and even then, still misunderstands instructions. One of his mistakes was to plant cooked food and fish in the soil, making Sejun laugh instead of angry.
Cub Cues Protective Parent: Cuengi is an unstoppable giant bear cub of the topmost Tower floor, so few other predators can threaten him. Those that manage to make him cry, instantly provoke the wrath of his gigantic mother.
Extreme Omnivore: He'll eat anything or anyone his father gives him permission to. The Gray Wolves, led by Elka, beg the farmer to spare their lives from being devoured by the cub, after a failed escape attempt when caught trying to harm Theo at Landlord Grid's orders.
Extremely Protective Child: Mortified he nearly killed Sejun when he and Black Rabbit tried to glomp him on a mission to the 67th floor to stop the Locusts, Cuengi realizes how weak his human father truly is against his giant mother and he. The cub vows to use any means necessary to protect his small fragile daddy from all harm. When Sejun idiotically opens the title deeds to the abandoned 77th Floor farm, Cuengi is inconsolable, then is determined to bring his dad back home to him. Cuengi leads the Minotaur army down there to personally rescue the stranded man himself. No monster he encounters can stop him.
Gigantic Adults, Tiny Babies: When he fell into the cavern, the cub was only about the size of a small dog, slightly bigger than the White Farmer Rabbits. Thanks to being a Big Eater, Sejun's wondrous harvest made him grow up very fast.
Granny Classic: The bear loves Sejun's mother as his grandmother, fondly watching her cooking in Korea via the Mirror of Longing. Cuengi is ecstatic when he finally gets to visit her in person, after Earth becomes the 0th Floor of the Black Tower.
The Immune: When Sejun levelled up to Landlord, and could appoint tenants to manage the farm for him, one of his tasks was to appoint Cuengi as centurion of the farm. As such, he cannot fall under the madness-inducing effects of the Blue Moon eclipse.
Kaiju: Because of his Sizeshifter powers he can become utterly enormous if required to, after one year on the farm. In his visit to Earth Cuengi grows over Texas higher than the clouds, and taking care not to crush any humans, stomps out the infestation of mutated crops Michael McLaren has propagated while assisting the Forces of Destruction.
Parental Substitute: Cuengi loves Sejun wholly and totally, always calling him "daddy". The man upon learning the Friend of Nature talent is confused by the baby's logic: Sejun is a man. He loves and feeds me. Ergo, Sejun is my father. Though unsettled as they're not even the same species, knows it's wise to never break the heart of a bear cub that's already far bigger than him. Cuengi goes to great lengths to keep his weak father safe. After coming to daddy's rescue on the 77th Floor when up against the Gorilla monsters, Sejun sees the bear's undeniable devotion to him, and starts referring to himself as the Giant Crimson Bear cub's father.
Please, Don't Leave Me: Along with Theo, the cub makes Sejun promise to never leave the Tower to visit his family back in Korea, without taking him along.
Prone to Tears: Justified as Cuengi is still only a baby. He loves Sejun so much the bear will bawl his eyes out if he does anything that is not met with his adoptive father's approval.
Shapeshifter Mode Lock: The Anti God of Destruction assumed the form of Red-Fur's real dead cub, to experience love, and as such, is forever stuck that way. Cuengi's abilities as a Sizeshifter, telekinesis, and bottomless stomach, as and when required to save the day, are no coincidence. Its because he is the very Beast of the Apocalypse itself who makes all evil beings bent on destroying reality look like chumps. Thankfully, all he really wants is Red-Fur's and Sejun's love, as mother and father.
Sizeshifter: As the cub grows more and more massive to bridge the gap between his enormous mother and he, Cuengi is distressed to find he can no longer receive cuddles or sleep on Sejun's lap like the Rabbits or Theo. He couldn't enter the home the Gray Rabbits were building for the farmer. He is saddened until to his surprise he evolves into a Honey Bear variety of the Giant Crimson Bear, with the magic to change his size at will. He can shift to his mother's towering height, or shrink down to puppy size. Unfortunately for the eager cub, this doesn't change his mass. The giant monster baby has to take extreme care not to break his daddy's legs, or crush his body, in an accidental show of affection.
Took a Level in Badass: He leads a rescue party consisting of the Minotaur King's army down to the 77th Floor farm, after Sejun accidentally stranded himself there. Nothing can stop him bringing his human father back safe and sound.
What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?: The Demon of the End, witnessed Red-Fur mourning she lost her real cub after her homeworld Beartree was destroyed. Only she survived. The Beast of the Apocalypse was intrigued by her love, and wanted to be loved. It took on the form of her deceased bear cub for her to raise. Red-Fur loves him, but is fearful that Cuengi will one day outgrow her, and shapeshift away to follow in Sejun's footsteps. She didn't know the Beast of Destruction already loves her and never wants to leave.

The Giant Crimson Bear

Red-Fur, of the 99th Tower Floor

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A gargantuan monster red bear that lives and hunts on the 99th Tower Floor. Sejun sees her during one fateful Blue Moon encounter, and nearly doesn't live to tell the tale about it. She is the mother of Cuengi, and later befriends the farmer.

Bears Are Bad News: In an Early-Bird Cameo, the Crimson Giant Bear was turned feral by the Blue Moon, and rampaged across the 99th Floor. She detects Sejun, roaring savagely as she forced her way into his cavern, causing the man below to faint. His White Farmer Rabbits wake him up hours later, leaving him shaken and unsure how he survived the encounter. The Tower Manager protected him. Had she not intervened, Red-Fur would've swallowed him whole. The second time this happens, Sejun and Eileen had since grown complacent the dragon would protect him while working outside on the fields. But she didn't recharge her mana - her grandfather normally did this for her every time he visited her in poor health. Asking for Sejun's help instead, blocked his summoning, and so it wasn't topped up. Sejun frantically casts thundercloud to stop the Rabbits and Bees turning on each other... but there's no time left for Red-Fur. She's about to lunge and gulp him up, until Flammie the world tree saves the day.
Beary Friendly: When not being a Mama Bear for Cuengi, in spite of her frightening immensity she's really a very docile Gentle Giant around Sejun, whose farm she has vowed to protect in exchange for his Miracle Food to help her cub grow. Its thanks to her reaching out to him, by making first contact via the Tower Manager and with a helpful paw, that the young man is finally able to leave the cavern, and truly begin exploring the vast 99th Floor.
Big Eater: Giant Crimson Bears are known to be gluttonous monsters that will consume as much food as they can lay a claw on, and their bellies are never truly full. This is justified when you appreciate how insanely huge and powerful they are.
Fire Purifies: Due to Eileen's carelessness in blocking her grandfather's visit, Red-Fur goes mad from a Blue Moon while slap-bang in the vicinity of Sejun's farm. She's about to eat Sejun, who has no mana left to cover the sky over her with thundercloud. Flammie intervenes and casts a purifying fire on her, purging the Giant Crimson Bear of all negative energies. The giant regains her mind as her fur changes from red to pink, appropriately changing her name to Pink-Fur thereafter.
Gentle Giant: She's very delicate and considerate around Sejun, and his rabbit and bee workers. Considering how these monsters are a species of Gigantic Adults, Tiny Babies, they have to be gentle to carry their young around. Red-Fur is one of the strongest monsters in the entire Tower, so all are weak compared to her, and she senses the kind human farmer is especially weak so takes care not to crush him.
Guardian Entity: Unofficially, she made a deal with Sejun she would protect his farmland from other dangers if in exchange for providing honey and other foods for her cub. Sejun also throws in some food for her as well. Sejun levelled up to Landlord and appointed Cuengi as centurion of the farm, but wasn't of a high enough rank to appoint more than one protector. Eventually after some Blue Moon mishaps, she is officially made into the farm's guardian, and immune to the madness-inducing Blue Moon eclipse.
Kaiju: The monster bear is colossal, and stands over 100 feet tall, making her one of the largest monsters in the Black Tower. Just standing on her paw, Sejun is able to get a panoramic view of the Tower Floor he's trapped on.
Mama Bear: Literally. Red-Fur dearly loves her cub Cuengi as any monster mommy would, and has starved herself for days trying to find the proper food that would help him grow up massive. She becomes loyal to Sejun when he helps raise him. Theo gets on her bad side once or twice in stupidly making her affectionate cub cry, prompting Sejun to force his cat merchant to quickly apologize to the giant before things turn ugly.
Not So Invincible After All: She's a juggernaut but isn't a Physical God like the Dragons. Eileen casually slapping Sejun to stop the foolish man drinking lethal wine during the Carrot Harvest celebrations, knocked the bear and several visiting minotaurs out. Fortunately she put her massive form to good use in shielding the farm and weaker rabbits from the blast. For context, the Tower Manager wasn't even trying to attack anyone!
Outliving One's Offspring: Heartbreakingly, she lost her real cub when her homeworld Beartree was destroyed, leaving her the Sole Survivor of the giant bear race. She mourned for days, until the very Demon of the Apocalypse itself, was intrigued by her love for her fallen child. The entity wanting to be loved, took on the form of her deceased bear cub for her to raise. Though happy to raise the monster as her own, Red-Fur is fearful that Cuengi will one day outgrow her, and shapeshift away...not knowing the Beast of destruction already loves her as a mother.
Predator Turned Protector: Giant Crimson Bears are one of the most dangerous monsters in all the Towers, but she willingly protects Sejun for her cub's benefit, and grows to love the farm and the monsters living there as a second home.
Sole Survivor: Of planet Beartree. The world of giant bears was connected to the Black Tower long ago, but like Hamk with its giant hamsters, a world more powerful than lowly humans, means nothing to the Forces of Destruction. They were utterly annihilated. Red-Fur barely managed to escape to the Tower with her life. Her cub, did not survive his injuries.
Struggling Single Mother: The story doesn't elaborate on where Cuengi's biological father is, or even if there was ever a father to begin with ^note . It sadly turns out, the race of giant bears were wiped out when their homeworld was destroyed by the Beast of the Apocalypse that assumed Cuengi's form. The mother bear had no predatory threats due to her massive size and power, but finding food for her cub was a major problem. Everything she fed him in the wilderness wasn't helping him grow one inch. One day her curious cub wandered off following the scent of honey and that's how they stumbled upon Sejun's farm as a fantastic food-source.
Superboss: The Minotaur King is the Final Boss of the dragon's Black Tower, and commands a huge army of loyal warrior bulls any hunter is required to defeat 3,000 of, before they are entitled to fight him. Yet the Giant Crimson Bear is an unbelievably tough giant beast to contend with, that can rival him in strength. Humans haven't even managed to get halfway up the Tower floors. If anyone did inconceivably get up to the top floor, and foolishly go after the equivalent of a furry Godzilla, they would end up as brown bread.
Super-Toughness: Sejun often finds him worrying over nothing for her wellbeing when she eagerly dives into the maelstrom created by the invading Fire Ants, charging through Corrupted Ents attacking her, or wolfing down scalding hot food he just cooked. Nothing fazes her, and she enjoys what would be fatal to most monsters, let alone humans.

Gray Builder Rabbits

Pimik the artisan, Pipik the wood craftsman, and Pirik the architect

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Enslaved, starved, and beaten by the evil Grid, three Gray Builder Rabbits could no longer withstand their mistreatment. They tried to abscond to the higher floors beyond the landlord's influence, but were hunted down by the pig's Coyote mercenary subordinates. Thankfully, Elka intervened and brought them to Sejun's farm before they could be recaptured or killed.

Construction Is Awesome: They are naturally gifted at craftsmanship, and what they love best. The three can make just about anything if they put their minds together and have the necessary materials.
The Engineer: The Gray Rabbits build anything Sejun needs, which is greatly appreciated in the wild untamed 99th floor. Extremely grateful Sejun took them in, they later build a home for him, with a kitchen and food store.
Made a Slave: Unable to escape in the beginning, and assumed to be dead by Wolgang and Wolha, they fell into Grid's clutches. The evil pig forced them to work the fields endlessly after a Horde of Alien Locusts destroyed their home. Sejun noted by their appearance they had been beaten often.
Mistaken Identity: Like Elka of the Wolf tribe, they mistook Sejun controlling the ferocious monsters of the 99th floor as a sign that he was The Great Black Dragon of the Black Tower. Sejun doesn't correct them, but requests they call him by his birth name.
Patchwork Kids: They're the surviving nephews and niece of the White Farmer couple, as the odd bit of white fur on the artisan's and architect's bodies shows they're related (their parents perished protecting them from the Forces of Destruction). The wood craftsman Gray rabbit inherited the most from the Gray tribe side of the family.

The Dragons

The Black Tower Manager (UNMARKED SPOILERS)

The Great Black Dragon, Eileen Pritani

This character is a Walking Spoiler. Therefore, all spoilers will be unmarked. You Have Been Warned.

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^{Click here to see her after a growth spurt}

The youngest dragon of the Pritani family, and Manager of the Black Tower that looms over Gangnam, Seoul. As Game Master she oversees the forceful summoning and promoting of humans to play in her Marathon Level gauntlet, with the real promise of treasures beyond their dreams if they complete her quests.

Age-Appropriate Angst: She wants to have a serious relationship with Sejun, and doesn't like being reminded she's young for a dragon, even one using magic to reach adolescence faster. A further cause of angst is her birthday falling on May 5th, which is Children's Day in Korea.
An Offer You Can't Refuse: Eileen often threatened Sejun with death, if he didn't hand over the magical produce of the cavern farm. Eventually he couldn't tolerate this, which shocked and flustered her. Park was eventually able to get her to make reasonable requests and/or postpone quests.
Bad Boss: Zigzagged. Sejun was...little more than a slave to Eileen, never chosen to play her game, but neither ever allowed to go home. She began many threats with no rewards, until there was only so much the overworked man could take, before he chews the dragon out for being "a terrible employer". The dragon is horrified, yet struggles to apologize for her behaviour, though Sejun trolls her before she can follow-through. The death threats return. She settles on less-demanding offerings, just as the farmer decides it's wise not to provoke what amounts to a Physical God.
The Beastmaster: As Game Master of the Tower, she commands every single monster on every single floor, making her The Dreaded to sapient races.
Brown Note Being: Eileen is so powerful, even in her weakened state, that her mere presence can kill Sejun if she stays around him too long in her true form. One of the reasons she is learning to polymorph into a Human form is so she can get to know him on a face-to-face level. Even then, Eileen struggles to hold back her mana, which along with her stats as her health improves, is off the scale.
Character Development: She goes from being a selfish dragon, antagonistic towards her farmer Sejun, to gradually softening up as the weeks go by. She stops threatening him with death as a punishment and starts begging playfully. Their relationship turns more amicable. Eileen gives out advice freely, and even presenting Park with an elixir gift to commemorate the 200th day trapped in her Tower. As Sejun's magical crops grown for her give her a quality of life she thought she would never have, she in turn grows to love the man.
Character Select Forcing: She decides after capturing a human which one of two Fantasy Character Classes of Hunter they will have, whether they "awaken" as a magician or warrior, to play her game of climbing the Tower. Making Sejun her Tower Farmer was taking a third option.
Child Prodigy: She holds the record for being the youngest dragon to ever polymorph, astonishing the other dragon clans and their children, who thought anyone younger than 600 years old transforming was impossible. Eileen cleverly attributes her development to Sejun's crops, which eagerly invites all her brethren to purchase from his store.
Clingy Jealous Girl: The Tower Manager flew into a tearful rage when she saw a screensaver of popular Korean singer Serang aka 'Moonlight Fairy' on Sejun's phone. As her doting grandfather Kaiser was watching, the farmer had to think fast to avoid being blasted into the afterlife for upsetting her. The man explained he was only a fan, and never met her in person. The dragon mistakes "fan" for charity, when having no idea what human fashion is, assumed Serang's ripped jeans meant she was a beggar, and Sejun was merely helping her out of poverty, thus forgives him. Sejun wisely doesn't correct her error.
Collector of the Strange: The Pritani family have been collecting rare powerful items for millions of years. A single one of these artifacts would be worth trillions in Korean Won ₩. Heartwarmingly, Eileen adds a common "Yeosan Washed Apples" shopping bag to the vault Sejun gave her, used to hold the dried sweet potatoes the dragon requested for dinner.
Crystal Ball: Sejun was unaware she sees everything that goes on in the Tower via her ball. Her intrusions of privacy irk him at best in the beginning, but accepts there's nothing he can do while he lives in her domain. Eileen watches Sejun's work with interest, often salivating at the freshly-grown magical produce.
Destroy the Evidence: For a time she considers killing Sejun for showing up to her Tower uninvited, then realizes after his unusual achievement, the man can be put to work as her Tower farmer, so spares him.
Divine Ranks: Eileen's young, and on the bottom of the totem pole of the dragons. Her grandfather put her in charge of his Black Tower hoping the mana-rich Manager's Floor would speed up her recovery. In turn, the dragons of the other towers generally outmatch the Black Dragons in stats and power, and they themselves were only left to rule the Towers to collect species across the universe, after the God of Creation confronted the Forces of destruction, sacrificing himself in the process. As the story progresses, the Black Dragons become so absurdly overpowered by Sejun's Power-Up Food, the other Tower clans are struggling to remain competitive and not fall behind. The Black Tower itself grows and expands with the farmer's accomplishments, into a Giant Black Tower that can claim the planet it currently resides over as its 0th Floor, allowing monsters to visit Earth. Sejun's actions spread throughout all the Towers earning him praise from the dragons. Elieen couldn't be prouder of her hard-working farmer.
Does Not Know His Own Strength: In trying to save Sejun's life, who was drunk and foolishly about to consume fiery dangerous wine from the Red Tower, she slaps him away from the beverage. As Park is so weak, this act alone nearly killed him, if it weren't for her grandfather gifting Sejun with a magical protective scale beforehand.
Don't Touch It, You Idiot!: As she vows to later protect Sejun, she chides him for finding and equipping items in the Tower that haven't been appraised yet, and could be dangerous.
Fetch Quest: Eileen would force these onto Sejun to give over his magically enhanced crops, and in the beginning would threaten death as punishment for refusing... until the man began rebelling against the black dragon for her Bad Boss tendencies when she stopped offering any form of compensation for the tasks.
Game Master: Eileen Pritani is the Manager variety. No human has completed all 99 floors of her Tower, as the difficulty has forced guilds of hunters/adventurers to abort, before they even reach the 40th floor.
Giant Flyer: She's a huge imposing dragon that can use a rapier sword as a cocktail stick, and she's the The Baby of the Bunch in the black dragon family.
God Is Inept: Unlike her loving grandfather, Kaiser Pritani, who quickly dispatches any threats, Eileen is too weak to directly confront any problems the Tower encounters concerning the Forces of Destruction, and many inhabitants of the floors have suffered or had to flee to other neutral areas. She couldn't deal with the invading Red Locusts without Sejun's help.
God's Hands Are Tied: In the Light Novel, the Black Dragon cannot break the rules to her own Tower game. When asked by Sejun why she can't just give him the Tower Coins as a reward, instead of Level Grinding for them, she explains she won't have that kind of absolute power until she's an adult - in three hundred years time. In the Manhwa, she treats him like a child that hasn't come of age yet, failing to think outside an immortal's lifespan.
Goo-Goo-Godlike: At two hundred years, Eileen is still a child, and won't come of age for another three hundred. When she asks Sejun to wait for her to fulfil all her promises to him, he snaps back he'll be dead by then, to which she falls silent.
Grandparent Favoritism: Her grandfather dotes on her, but her father appears cold and distant, unable to handle the stress her mana-deficiency was putting him and the other dragons through.
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Thanks to Sejun's hard work in unlocking achievements, the status of her Tower grows until it can claim Earth as its 0th Floor. This means managers (and farmers) can visit the physical world where the Towers are currently residing, but at a very steep cost of Tower coins to generate a "safe zone" so their mana and strength don't kill regular unawakened people. Eileen really wants to visit Sejun's home, but due to her insane powers, the cost is so prohibitive she can't afford it for both farmer and her at once. Heartbroken, the dragon allows Sejun to visit his family in Korea without her, showing how much the once selfish Physical God has come to care for him.
In Mysterious Ways: Many of her actions are more than just coincidence in benefitting Park. Her black hole summoning brought him up to the 99th floor, into a cavern the kaiju monsters outside cannot easily access. The timing was also essential - a day before a Blue Moon eclipse ensured his plants would grow gigantic and avert starvation. She provides the Seed Store which draws in Theo the wandering merchant. On the 200th day of being trapped in her Black Tower, the leftovers of her elixir gift was thrown into the cavern's spring, killing a giant electric eel neither Sejun nor the rabbits knew about, and would've proved fatal.
Interspecies Romance: She becomes badly smitten for Sejun as the story progresses when she misreads his feelings for her, thinking he was proposing and her family consenting to that arrangement.
Lethal Chef: The dragon is notoriously bad at cooking, even when copying Park's actions through her Crystal Ball, her kebabs still tasted bitter making her spit them out. This angered her how a human could excel at anything better than a Reality Warper dragon. Some of her later meals turned into rank-C poisonous dishes. Eileen thoughtfully gave her farmer an elixir gift to commemorate his 200th day of being in her Tower. It was only thanks to a detoxifying onion, Park survived. Thanks to a breakdown in communication, she later thought Sejun left for the Green Tower to escape her cooking, tearfully begging him to come back to the Black Tower. Sejun is confused, then aghast as she promises to improve working on her meals.
Marry for Love: As her love for Sejun blossoms over the story, she wants to marry the man someday. When Silver dragon Sylvia enamoured by the farmer's cooking proposes to marry Sejun, she's dragged away by Eileen who threatens to beat the living daylights out of her until she annuls. Sylvia refuses... until force-fed Eileen's idea of cooking making her immediately relent.
Missing Mom: Her mother Elizabeth, disappeared when Eileen was a toddler (for a dragon) at 50 years old. She fought demonic entities attacking the planet Omid, before it got cut off from the Black Tower, leaving her stranded. She was pregnant and began to take on injuries until she was at death's door until Sejun and the Golden Bat came to her rescue. All were relieved. Elizabeth was nursed back to health and bore a son, whom Sejun christened Bongryong Ace Fritani. The young dragon dotes on Sejun and his cooking.
No Social Skills: The dragon Tower Manager has family but no friends to speak of, talks to herself, and reads all day in her Mage Tower. The man picks up on this straight-away when renegotiating the terms of the quests.
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: She may not care about human affairs, but she takes any accusation she's a terrible manager, very, very seriously.
Our Dragons Are Different: They act and behave more like Sufficiently Advanced Aliens, showing up to Earth one day and materializing vast towers across the planet for their own purposes. What magic or technology the dragons possess is unclear. What's known for sure is, people are powerless to fight back. Those captured by them, can't escape their games without playing along to the rules. Items brought outside the Towers cannot be studied or reversed-engineered. Said towers cannot be destroyed. Some nations even tried detonating nuclear weapons to either get rid of their structures, or brute-force their way inside for the untold treasures within, but the explosions had no effect whatsoever on them. Money is no object to them. The rewards given out, already abundant in the lower levels, are likely immeasurable towards the top.
People Zoo: The Pritani family, along with other Dragons of their own Towers, have been collecting races across the universe on doomed planets, about to be annihilated by the approaching Forces of Destruction. As Manager, Eileen has been overseeing the selecting and abducting of 'desirable' humans from Earth, for the past ten years. Due to her poor social skills, Eileen hasn't made any friends with those she's made into adventurers to play her game, save for Sejun, who she comes to see as "extremely precious" to her.
Pet the Dog: With Kaiju bears romping around, minotaur armies, and swarms of killer poisonous bees, the end goal 99-floor Tower is virtually unbeatable. But Eileen isn't a sadistic Game Master. The 1st floor has a training ground with no stakes, to prepare humans for the real dangers ahead. She allows people to go home if they win an admittance ticket later, anyone in-over-their-depth at the challenge can escape back to Earth. The Tower Manager gives out Sejun various crop-tending and livestock keeping abilities along with a seed store, to improve his harvests. She even gave Sejun an elixir gift that would boost all his stats, though he quickly regretted her kindness.
The Power of Family: Though Sejun was beneath their notice for a long time, and even disliked by Kaiser to begin with. The Pritani come to love him as their farmer, and son-in-law if Eileen is serious about marrying him someday. Golden dragon Raon made a disparaging comment about Park Se-jun's crops, which angered the Tower Manager's relative, Gaax who dueled him and beat him until he saw the power of the Miracle Food and apologized.
Really 700 Years Old: Eileen's 200 years old. Very young for a dragon, and is not considered to have come of age until they are 500. Her grandfather Kaiser is tens of thousands of years old. Her love for Sejun can be considered a surreal Precocious Crush and she wants to mature faster to fulfill her promises to him.
Regenerating Mana: She has a mana-deficiency her family are treating her for. While Eileen as an immortal can't die, she does feel pain and suffers from seizures. Her dragon heart hasn't beaten for two hundred years since she hatched. Sejun was a blessing in disguise, as the magic crops he grows, especially those enchanted by the Blue Moon eclipses, are rapidly healing her and her heart begins working. Ecstatic, she vows to protect Park from her Tower's dangers and her family discovering him.
Sickly Child Grew Up Strong: Thanks to Sejun's miracle foods, Eileen is able to overcome her mana-deficiency to grow more massive and healthy. The dragon loves him unequivocally for this, and vows to repay his kindness someday.
Sincerest Form of Flattery: Park befriended the mother Giant Crimson bear and her cub, but the Silver Wolf tribe mistook this as a sign that he was The Great Black Dragon of the Tower. Sejun was about to correct them, until Eileen found this all very entertaining, giving her farmer the quest to pretend to be her, to punish Elka and the Gray Wolves for attacking Theo. Park convincingly pulls it off, and she's delighted.
Star-Crossed Lovers: When Sejun finally reciprocates Eileen's love for him, she realizes her dangerous godly powers would kill him if they ever tried to have a more intimate relationship. The dragon has to try to find ways where they can create safe-zones to be together, even if its only for a few moments.
Stuck in the Doorway: When she has a growth spurt due to eating Blue Moon infused food, she tries to leave her observation room to get a larger crystal ball to compensate for her new size... and promptly gets stuck in the door, because it was built around her previous size.
Troll: She used to butt heads with Sejun often. The dragon taunted Sejun he'll be devoured by a carnivorous poison honeybee, despite already gifting the human with an affinity to nature weeks earlier.
Third-Person Person: How she often speaks via the Sudden Game Interface when communicating with Sejun.
This Is My Human: Or better, This Is My Blunder concerning Park Sejun, and she tries to cover up her mistake from the Pritani family by making him a farmer on her floor. Eileen becomes increasingly possessive of the young man as the story progresses, and jealous of his attentions, when she's supposed to be supervising the other human players.
The Right of a Superior Species: Human beings are less people and more like toys to her and other dragons of the Towers. She rewards them if they succeed her quests, but doesn't give a second thought if they fail, and end up getting killed by her countless legions of monsters.
The Very Definitely Final Dungeon: The 99th floor of the Black Tower is the final floor, one floor below her home. No human has ever conquered it. Earth's bravest most skilled guilds of hunters/adventurers have yet to manage to complete the 37th floor at the time Sejun was consumed by her black hole singularity.

The Black Tower and allies

Kim Dong-sik

Leader of the Phoenix Guild 5th team, Kim Dong-sik

A recurring character. One of the most-experienced human hunters to ever venture up the Black Tower floors, and commands a single team of hunters from the world's strongest guild.

The Ace: Zigzagged. Barring one exception who was cursed (his mentor) and had to retreat, Kim Dong-sik is considered the strongest hunter of the strongest guild of human warriors and magicians. He can easily down most monster threats without breaking a sweat. Unfortunately, in the grand scheme this makes Kim Dong-sik a Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond at best - the monsters keep getting stronger and more lethal from here on out as he progresses further up the floors.
Daddy's Girl: Kim Dong-sik has a teenage daughter in Korea whom he completely dotes on and loves. She was struggling to lose weight, until the 5th team leader secured Miracle Food cherry tomato crops from Sejun via Theo. He can only shed tears of joy whenever he makes her happy.
Humans Are Average: For all his abilities and skill, he is unable to venture more than halfway up the Tower, and cannot withstand ailments such as poison or curses the more dangerous monsters casually dish out.
Magically-Binding Contract: Wandering Merchant Theo approaches Kim Dong-sik with a proposal to deliver Tower Coins to Park Sejun's family back on Earth, in exchange for the precious Miracle Food he was unable to win at auction. Kim Dong-sik eagerly accepted the contract, though Sejun's family worried-sick at his disappearance, initially mistake this gift as news Sejun had died away in the Tower after his six-month absence. They thought the hunter was delivering a will. He has to hesitantly explain the situation.
Puny Earthlings: He's far stronger than Sejun, who after many months is only considered as strong as the weakest of hunters on the 2nd floor. But this fact doesn't mean much in the Tower, where teams of the most skilled humans have barely managed to get foothold past the 40th floor. And this is after a decade of battling, spell-casting, and questing.
Unknown Rival: Oblivious to Theo's wandering merchant Obstructive Code of Conduct that forbid him to disclose exact details on his supplier, Kim Dong-sik is unaware of the true circumstances that led to Sejun being trapped on the 99th floor. Theo spins a yarn Sejun is a solo-hunter high up on the Tower. This astonishes the Phoenix Guild hunter who has never heard of a human hunter braving the Tower's vast floors all alone, and considers him the greatest hunter. Unknowing Park is actually a farmer, trapped through happenstance, and not a full-fledged warrior.
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Kim Dong-sik has had to retreat from the 40th floor more than once, not just because of a giant Spider Swarm, but these tenacious arachnids are poisoning his comrades, and they like so many humans, have no defensive against poisons or curses.

Jeras

Officer Jeras, of the Secret Inspection Bureau

A mysterious gray fox posing as a rookie merchant who is really a member of the Wandering Merchant Association's Secret Inspection Bureau, based on the Black Tower's 75th floor. His main job is to investigate and punish any malpractices and crimes committed by rogue traders.

All Crimes Are Equal: One of his missions given by his superiors was to investigate stolen items from Landlord Grid's warehouse on the 55th floor. Jeras makes no secret that he despises Grid, who is infamous as a wicked boar that exploited and mistreated rabbit tenant farmers, formerly of the Red Ribbon Kingdom after the plague of Locusts destroyed it.
Awesomeness by Analysis: Jeras is no fool. He's painfully aware Scaram is scamming merchants with common appliances from the human world. What he wants to know is: how. There shouldn't be any method a goblin could acquire a continuous supply from Earth, unless he's exploiting someone else. Exposing Scaram is meaningless if there's a willing or unwilling participant to his racket.
Cunning Like a Fox: He's a resourceful officer, and will stoop to grovelling, wearing disguises, and being cheerfully amicable all to get those under his suspicion to lower their guard so he can interrogate their methods.
Detective Animal: The gray fox was on a mission to capture Scaram, who was scamming rookie wandering merchants, by disguising himself as a rookie merchant and catching the con artist in the act. Unfortunately, Theo unknowingly interfered with their investigation to expose Scaram.
Failed a Spot Check: The officer didn't notice Theo had purchased an ordinary straw hat from the blacksmith's on the 75th floor shopping district. The same item that matched the description of goods stolen from Landlord Grid. But since he hates the boar with a passion, decides it's nothing worth fretting over.
Inspector Oblivious: Jeras doesn't know how Scaram is smuggling human junk appliances in the Tower, or how Theo became an overnight-success selling crops to human hunters on the 38th Floor. Theo's poor-timing of trying to help Jeras avoid being scammed by the goblin, thereby messing up the undercover operation briefly puts the gullible cat under scrutiny.
Pet the Dog: Or cat in this case. Once he's convinced Theo is a skilled honest merchant, not involved with Scaram or doing anything illicit, he clears him of all suspicion.
Reasonable Authority Figure: He's a lawful good fox who has the power to strip someone of their status as a merchant, including all their privileges and skills that go with it. This leaves them unable to do business again, vulnerable to monsters, and unable to travel between floors in the Tower.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: When angry if an operation is foiled by his underling's incompetence, Jeras doesn't show it, but his eyes glow menacingly brightly.

Minotaur King

Boss of Black Tower's 99th floor, Uma

Uma is the ruler of all minotaurs, and the Boss monster of the floor where Sejun is trapped on. As this is the 99th floor of the Black Tower, this makes him the Final Boss for any hunters who seek wealth and fortunes beyond their wildest dreams.

Always a Bigger Fish: For as stupidly powerful as he is, Uma's strength woefully pales in comparison to the Dragons, as without them, he's just a monster who got promoted to the position of Boss Monster by them to guard that floor and access to the waypoint. In the chains of command, this makes him, along with the 882 other Bosses across all nine towers, no more than a low-level manager.
Amazonian Beauty: The females are every bit as strong as the males. Ox Number 4 is far stronger than Number 3 who has a crush on her, and is reputedly second only to Uma. She will kick the ass of anyone who is disrespectful to Sejun.
Animal Species Accent: The minotaurs all end their sentences with "moo", would which make them adorable, if they weren't all over 10 feet tall and massively buff.
Berserk Button: Openly call them "thieves" at your own peril, they are warriors that value honor above all things, and will fly into a near-unstoppable rage if you don't mince your words carefully.
The Dreaded: All the monsters of the other floors fear his army and him, and for good reason. The Wandering Merchants Association try to always keep tabs on his armies movements, as it sends the Tower into a chaotic panic if they were to suddenly travel to other areas.
Gaia's Lament: All of the minotaurs are big eaters that need to devour a lot of vegetation to get stronger. Consequently, this has turned the land around the waypoint from a fertile grassy field, into a barren wasteland, forcing them to eat mud. Sejun is angry at first they stole his crops, but can't help but take pity on their situation, so arranges food for them.
Gate Guardian: Every floor of the dragon's towers has a King Mook special boss monster that guards the waypoint permitting access to the next floor up (as well as any floors human hunters have previously visited). The rules of the Tower mean the boss can only leave their designated area for one hour per month. They try to keep it for partying with other monsters, so woe betide anyone that's enough of a nuisance to have forced them make an unscheduled departure from their post.
The Good King: He's a firm, but caring, ruler for the minotaurs, and will fly into an Anger Born of Worry if any of them are absent and unaccounted for.
Monster Roommate: As Sejun is stuck on his floor, he must coexist with him peacefully and through corporation together they can prosper. There is no way the farmer, too weak to beat even the 2nd floor, could hope to stand against his minions and him in an official battle.
Portal Network: Unless a dragon reassigns and teleports him elsewhere, he's bound to the waypoint of the floor that he rules as Boss over. Sejun realized his error in saving at his waypoint without needing to defeat him - there's no floor above, he can't go to the Manager's area, or return to the 1st floor where the exit for Earth is located. Sejun is hopelessly trapped on his floor. Fortunately, he is able to find a loophole, when Theo begins securing land title deeds to farms of other floors, then befriending the resident bosses there to use their waypoints to return to 99th floor when required.
The Very Definitely Final Dungeon: The 99th floor is the final floor of the Black Tower, and the minotaur king is the Final Boss. Insanely powerful, the reward for beating him (if that were possible), is bountiful treasure from the Tower Manager. Of course there's no threat to his undefeated record, as Earth's bravest most skilled adventurers struggle to get beyond the 40th floor.
Worthless Yellow Rocks: They're one of the very few races in the story that has no want or need for Tower Coins. They insist on being paid with Sejun's crops for meals instead.

Elka

Silver Wolf Tribe Chieftain, Elka

Of the 85th Black Tower floor, Elka and his loyal wolves, Elko and Elki, are commissioned by the greedy landlord Grid, with finding a rare and very valuable Straw Hat item that came into the possession of Theo.

Canis Major: His tribe and he are huge silver wolves that when standing upright, tower over an adult human (about half the height of the Minotaur underlyings that serve Uma). As he's from the 85th floor, you'd be foolish to pick a fight with him...unless you're backed up by more powerful monster friends.
Curb-Stomp Battle: On the receiving end of this from Minotaur warrior, Ox Number 4. While all are faster than her, they cannot overcome her indomitable brute strength and are effortlessly defeated. The wolves are spared by Theo as they'll be of great use to Sejun's farm as bodyguards.
Heel–Face Turn: After hearing Elka out, the Chieftain is Easily Forgiven by Sejun, and as atonement for his past misdeeds nullifies his previous Magically-Binding Contract with the evil Grid and puts him under a new contract to protect wandering merchant Theo. A kindness done not just out of altruism, but pragmatism, as killing the silver wolves would earn them the hatred of their struggling tribe down on the 85th floor, which he can ill-afford while trying to run a farm. Elka at last ends up becoming the Noble Wolf his grandfather always believed he would.
I Did What I Had to Do: Though his people greatly protested, Elka had no choice but to abandon honored traditions and become little more than a hitman for Grid. It was only through commissions could he acquire the food needed to feed his tribe. Elka has had to resort to an unethical model of business, extorting other monsters for Tower coin, outright even killing them if they failed to pay their debts to Grid.
Know When to Fold 'Em: Though a powerful warrior in his own right that's on a mission to feed his people, and willing to fight Minotaurs Ox Numbers 3 and 4, both of whom he stands no chance against, even he appreciates fighting The Giant Crimson Bear of the 99th floor is suicide, and quickly surrenders, begging for his life.
Mistaken Identity: Because Park has befriended powerful monsters from the 99th floor, the Silver Wolf tribe mistook this as a sign that he was The Great Black Dragon of the Tower. Sejun was about to correct them, until Eileen found this amusing, giving her farmer the quest to pretend to be her, to punish Elka and the Gray Wolves for attacking Theo. Elka begs to be spared, which Sejun agrees to, especially as Theo needs bodyguards. As the man convincingly pulls it off, unlike other monster allies, Elka never does find out he's not the Tower Manager. Elka later finds the homeless Builder Gray Rabbits on his travels and mistakenly assumes they were escaping Sejun's farm, and apprehends them. Unknowingly rescuing them, and reuniting them with their farmer White Rabbit family. This act of kindness would have far-reaching benefits, as the builders, among many constructions, build a farmhouse for Sejun.
Mook Promotion: He eventually becomes the Boss Monster of the 85th floor to guard its waypoint. He takes the responsibility of being a guardian, and raising wolf cubs so seriously, his fur is starting to go thin.
Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Was an adorable wide-eyed optimistic wolf cub who admired his grandfather, the previous Chieftain, very much. Until one day a mysterious famine and drought griped the 85th floor. The wolf tribes began to starve as the years passed, until the situation turned desperate as the monsters turned on each other to fight for what little remained. Elka's grandfather perished in the fighting. To survive, Elka had to abandon the old ways and become a wandering mercenary for Grid, the evil boar who profited the most off the wolves' suffering.
Wounded Gazelle Gambit: Overpowered and subdued by Ox Number 4, Elka, Elko, and Elki all pretend to be unconscious when brought forward to Sejun to decide their fate. The free mercenaries then snatch back the Straw Hat for their commissioner, until they realize their escape route is blocked off by Red Fur of the 99th floor and the wolves are forced to surrender.

Antagonists

Scaram

Wandering goblin merchant, Scaram

A minor character. Scaram is a travelling merchant who supposedly sells "rare items" in the Black Tower. However, his deals are shady, and intentionally catch inexperienced first-time peddlers unawares.

Asshole Victim: He's ultimately erased from existence by the Tower Manager's grandfather Kaiser Pritani, for his wickedness, and being a spy for the dragons of the White Tower. Though brutal, it's hard to feel any sympathy for him when we later see what he was doing to the poor Golden Bat in a White Void Room.
Bad Boss: Scaram's cruel abusive treatment of the Golden Bat makes him utterly contemptible, when the magical creature is forced to smuggle items from Earth, and kept alone and hungry in the Void Prison.
Con Man: He exploits naïve animal-folk merchants with everyday common household appliances from the human world. Said items were brought into the Black Tower when the Manager began abducting people to play her games, years ago. Most inhabitants of the Tower have no idea human-tech doesn't work without electricity, and cannot be recharged by the Tower's Magitek. He swindled Theo out of almost all of his money in buying useless merchandise. He later managed to dupe Theo's old hated Granier-village rival, Oren, out of all the money his father Izrael lent him during the Red Locust crisis.
Didn't See That Coming: Theo managed to not only make a profit, but outrank him in the merchant leaderboard (into the top 1000), baffling him, as he knew there was no way any merchant could've sold everyday junk for serious Tower coinage. Scaram is oblivious to the contract the pushover cat made with Sejun, the Miracle Food being sold, and can only vent his frustration.
False Friend: Scaram manulpatively grooms Theo into thinking he's his friend out for his best interests and doing him a personal favor by tipping him off with information of a seed store customer on the 99th floor. In truth he's only out for himself in a competitive dog-eat-dog (or goblin-eat-cat) world.
Jerkass: The goblin intended to not only bankrupt Theo, but trap the cat merchant in usury, by offering a high-interest loan he couldn't refuse. Theo would spend the rest of his life slaving over a debt he could never repay. This evil scheme backfired, as he did not account for the successful contract the cat made with farmer Sejun.
Meaningful Name: His name is an obvious pun on 'scam', as he's a fraudster who deceives other sellers of their money for junk.
Our Goblins Are Different: Goblins are the mainstay threat between the 11th-20th floors of the Tower. Yet Scaram and his friends operate beyond those areas, have become traders instead of monster enemies. They appear civilized, well-dressed, and friendly; yet their business practices are dishonest and sordid.

Michael McLaren

Michael McLaren, Vice Chairman of Gagel Foods

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A minor character. The antagonist Vice Chairman of "Gagel", a huge food corporation. Partnered with pharmaceutical giant "Easter", Michael is hindering the spread and use of Sejun's miraculous magic crops for Earth, and unknowingly, accelerating the planet further towards its destruction.

Demonic Possession: He is later consumed by one tenth of Fenrir's shattered core to contaminate the United States with his mutated tomatoes, and push the world closer towards Doomsday.
Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke: Seeing the magical cherry tomato as new product he could monopolize on, he blocks Sejun's produce being exported, buying it all up from Theo, and seeks to reverse-engineer it on the lower floors. Michael's second attempt at his "Tower Farm Project" like the first, failed spectuarly. Not only don't his tomatoes have any health benefits, but the Tower treats the tasteless mutant vegetables no different from a wild monster that earns a hunter a little XP if its destroyed!
MegaCorp: He controls 39% of the world's food market. His desires to control the entire global market, causing world hunger to maximise profits result in his company and ethics becoming Greenwashed Villainy. He suppresses Sejun's newly developed sturdy blade green onions which were effective at halting the plague of giant locusts, one of the manifestations of the Forces of Destruction. He opts instead to dump his insecticides across Africa where the vermin have first appeared on Earth. This fails and allows them to spread across continent into other countries.
Mirroring Factions: While the greedy Landlord Grid has no knowledge of him, Michael is very much aware this boar is causing him serious problems in purchasing seeds from the upper floors. While diametrically opposed to him, they are identical in their selfish pursuits, as both deliberately mess with and reduce food supplies of their worlds, and force poor indebted people into slave contracts, solely to increase profits.
Obliviously Evil: He has no idea he cannot stop the approaching Forces of Destruction from claiming Earth as the latest planet to its long death-toll. By being a Corrupt Corporate Executive, Michael's not only shunning the one means he has that could save everyone, but hastening the advent of Doomsday.
Refusal of the Call: Michael was one of the first-generation of adventurers 'awakened' by the Tower Manager and brought via a black hole to the 1st Floor. Despite being chosen, Michael opted to leave back to Earth as soon as it was possible to attempt to colonise the lower floors for farming.
Sterility Plague: He found out there was a punishment for "awakened" humans escaping the Tower too early, using the admittance tickets before reaching the 10th floor. They (and any plants they brought with them) would go infertile, leading to a lot of adventurers going back in if they ever wanted to have children! The lack of fertility applied to plants as well as animals. Michael had no way to raise the level of the seeds he was using for his Project, they failed to sprout, and he gave up on bringing seeds in from outside. The equally-corrupt Landlord Grid obstructed him getting seeds from the animal merchants... until Theo appeared years later with Sejun's amazing crops.
Suit with Vested Interests: Taking the position of Vice Chairman of the company from his father, Michael is only concerned with Gagel's growth, and blind to the danger he's putting himself, and the whole world into.

Grid

Landlord Grid, of the Wild Boar tribe

An evil and supremely greedy monster who commands the Wild Boar tribe. When the Rabbit tribe were being massacred by the Forces of Destruction invading the Black Tower 100 years ago, Grid used the opportunity to take over. He built a huge castle on the 55th floor over the former Red Ribbon Kingdom, and has exploited the survivors, turning them into slaves.

0% Approval Rating: Just about everyone in the Black Tower hates him, and for good reason. The Merchants guild and Wizard council have frequently voiced their concerns he is purposefully hoarding food, or raising the price of goods, during famines. These complaints fall on deaf ears. Faced with starvation, wandering Mercenaries like the Coyotes (and formerly the Gray Wolf Tribe) only obeyed him because they had no other choice.
Asshole Victim: He is torn apart by Iona the hamster Wizard of Destruction. Thoroughly pissed off at the pig's latest failed attempt to kill her, she unleashes the rarely-seen 5th level of her anger. What can normally destroy an entire floor of the Black Tower, is localized entirely on him. The evil monster is cut up into meat, and later given to Sejun as a gift (who mistook it as an item). His castle is utterly destroyed, allowing the Rabbits to take their home back.
Greed: A walking textbook example. Grid is utterly selfish, and more than happy to monopolize the distribution of food. He cares nothing if the monsters of the Tower to suffer hardship and starve, so long as he can profit off their collective misery and gain more power. Even in death, his remains soak up and horde any toxins of the people who eat his flesh, he was that greedy.
Opportunistic Bastard: Grid has never let a good crisis go to waste. He easily conquered the 55th floor after the Red Ribbon Kingdom fell, and used mysterious famines to further his grip over the Black Tower's food supply. The Boar has even collaborated with the White Dragons of the White Tower, who are feuding with Eileen's grandfather.
Slavery Is a Special Kind of Evil: The Black Rabbits were all killed trying to defend their home against the Forces of Destruction embodying a Horde of Alien Locusts. Having nowhere to go, the surviving White Farmer and Gray Builder rabbits were turned into slaves by Grid and his men, forcing them to work the fields. Sejun noted that Pimik, Pipik, and Pirik who escaped were half-starved and had been beaten often.
Work Off the Debt: Defied. Grid is a Bad Boss who is already surrounded by thousands of slaves. If someone fails to repay a debt to him, including those he created in the first place, his Mercenaries will kill them.

Characters / Solo Farming in the Tower

Sejun's Farm

Black Tower Farmer, Park Sejun

The rabbit couple, Wolgang and Wolha

The rabbit children

Black Rabbit

Sweet, 1st Queen Poison Honeybee

Theo the cat merchant

Cuengi, the Giant Crimson Bear's cub / Demon of the Apocalypse

Red-Fur, of the 99th Tower Floor

Pimik the artisan, Pipik the wood craftsman, and Pirik the architect

The Dragons

The Great Black Dragon, Eileen Pritani

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The Black Tower and allies

Leader of the Phoenix Guild 5th team, Kim Dong-sik

Officer Jeras, of the Secret Inspection Bureau

Boss of Black Tower's 99th floor, Uma

Silver Wolf Tribe Chieftain, Elka

Antagonists

Wandering goblin merchant, Scaram

Michael McLaren, Vice Chairman of Gagel Foods

Landlord Grid, of the Wild Boar tribe

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Sejun's Farm

Black Tower Farmer, Park Sejun

The rabbit couple, Wolgang and Wolha

The rabbit children

Black Rabbit

Sweet, 1st Queen Poison Honeybee

Theo the cat merchant

Cuengi, the Giant Crimson Bear's cub / Demon of the Apocalypse

Red-Fur, of the 99th Tower Floor

Pimik the artisan, Pipik the wood craftsman, and Pirik the architect

The Dragons

The Great Black Dragon, Eileen Pritani

This character is a Walking Spoiler. Therefore, all spoilers will be unmarked. You Have Been Warned.

The Black Tower and allies

Leader of the Phoenix Guild 5th team, Kim Dong-sik

Officer Jeras, of the Secret Inspection Bureau

Boss of Black Tower's 99th floor, Uma

Silver Wolf Tribe Chieftain, Elka

Antagonists

Wandering goblin merchant, Scaram

Michael McLaren, Vice Chairman of Gagel Foods

Landlord Grid, of the Wild Boar tribe

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