Ismiral, Chaser, Paladin, Salvation and Effi
So the latest chapter offered more insight surrounding what happened between Chaser/Paladin and Bishop at Langorde.
Bishop tries to kill Chaser for good but Paladin sacrifices himself to save Gogyeol.
Paladin is seemingly aware of the the whole project new born and its purpose, and yet opposed Bishop there. He then confirms that the church of thorns is named "church of Arch Antalasia". Anatalasia being the ninth elder's hometown means that the ninth who froze themselves for the sake of humanity is actually god Daltaris
Salvation aka God looks very similar to Paladin. His gift was said to ressemble Victoria's by Engen. Bishop considers Salvation's gift to be perfect and it being the reason behind Salvation not losing to Engen
Prim admits she wouldn't be able to kill Salvation even if she wanted to, which means he wasnt going to die to that blast from Engen for sure. And finally, Baekji noticed something was off about Salvation's gift and warned Engen about it towards the end of the fight, which means we didnt to see the full extent of what Salvation is capable of
My prediction would be that they imbued him with Paladins gift, at least partially, so that Salvation will keep growing stronger mid fight and not die. They stole Reagans data which allows them to genetically pass on gifts and Salvation oddly looks similar to Paladin
Prim considers Salvation to be a child in an adult's (Paladins?) body
Now why is 7 hanging around Effi and Chaser? Bishop has no use for Chaser and was about to kill him so what's the agenda there? We see 7 sneaking behind Effi to give her love advice in chapter 235 and in the latest chapter 7 used Yeon's gift to make Chaser perceive him as Effi. I think we can safely conclude that manipulating Chaser (and Effi if she's still alive) do help 7 achieve his goal in some way
The easy answer would be both Chaser and Effi having useful abilities/haxed gifts, kinda like Dusk. But IMO there's a bit more to it, I think 7 is trying to take advantage of Salvation inhabiting Paladins body by using Chaser to trick God or manipulate him
Controlling the mind of Gasmask doctor to not completely erase Paladins memories of Gogyeol would make Salvation naturally fond of Chaser too