Almost positive I had completed the lamia story before. Unless hitting lvl 30 and fighting the corresponding demon was part of it. IDK, I had been bouncing between different saves trying to do it with/without the lamia. I tried to see if I could get to it before I got the salamander form while bad end hunting. But I don't think that's possible. Found out what the bad end was after getting the ryu form and just going bac with the salamander form again. Thanks again for the help, and for making such an awesome game in the first place.