As Yuri defeats more monsters and absorbs their souls, their Malice accumulates inside him and, once the level is high enough, allows Fox Face and the Four Masks to manifest in the real world.
This is represented by ingame by Yuri's Talisman changing colour depending on the level.
In ascending order; Blue, Green, Yellow and, finally, Red.
While in the red, Fox Face will randomly appear in battles and fight Yuri. Though he can be beaten, he will continue to appear until the malice has been cleared out in the Graveyard.
Due to the events of the story, Fox Face is replaced in the Europe section of the game with the Four Masks, and after Alice takes on the burden on Yuri's curse, Malice will only accumate when Alice is in the active party.
Malice can be cleared at any level, regardless, and specific enemies summoned by the Four Masks will only appear at certain colours; Evil 1 at blue, Evil 2 at green, Evil 3 at yellow, and Evil 4 at red. In the Europe section of the game, these are replaced by the similarly named, Gust Eins, Gust Zwei, Gust Drei and finally, Gust Vier.
In addition, the game keeps track of a hidden point score which determines which item is dropped after fighting an Evil or Gust monster. Every regular enemy in the game is allocated a value which contributes to this score. The range of the score is between 1 - 100.
There doesn't appear to be any solid way of determining a given enemy's value, however; some give more points than others.
Items[]
Malice Value | Item Dropped |
01-03 | Thera Leaf |
04 | Seal of Wisdom† |
05-06 | Mana Leaf |
07 | Key to Success† |
08-09 | Pure Leaf |
10-14 | Thera Leaf |
15-19 | Mana Leaf |
20-24 | Pure Leaf |
25 | Seal of Vitality† |
26-29 | Thera Leaf |
30-34 | Mana Leaf |
35 | Silver Hand† |
36-39 | Pure Leaf |
40-41 | Thera Leaf |
42 | Kirin Scale† |
43-44 | Mana Leaf |
45-49 | Pure Leaf |
50 | Seal of the Soul† |
51-52 | Thera Leaf |
53-55 | Mana Leaf |
56 | Seal of Force† |
57-59 | Pure Leaf |
60 | Seal of Speed† |
61-62 | Thera Leaf |
63 | Seal of Strength† |
64-65 | Mana Leaf |
66-69 | Pure Leaf |
70 | Seal of Life† |
71-73 | Thera Leaf |
74-76 | Mana Leaf |
77 | Seventh Key† |
78-79 | Pure Leaf |
80-83 | Thera Leaf |
84 | Seal of Aura† |
85-87 | Mana Leaf |
88-90 | Pure Leaf |
91 | Monkey Paw† |
92-93 | Thera Leaf |
94-97 | Mana Leaf |
98 | Seal of Luck† |
99 | Dice of Caesar† |
100 | Nothing |
Note†: These items can only be gained once, and are replaced by either Thera, Mana or Pure Leaves if the player is able to gain the same level.