 As the regular sacrifices continue the islanders approach the king for help , as they are worried there will soon be no young girls left . The king again asks the advice of the <unk> , who tentatively suggests that the king 's only daughter , Princess Gem @-@ de @-@ lovely , his most prized possession , will have to be offered to the stoor worm to encourage it to leave . During the ten @-@ week period of grace before the princess has to be sacrificed , messengers are despatched to every corner of the realm offering the kingdom , marriage to the princess , and the magic sword the king had inherited from the god Odin . 
