It went ever so well all things considered.
So that brings up the question was Death working for them then or are they all working for Death now?
Well we can clearly see that CVRPG Death is strongly inspired by Discworld Death, so nothing is a surprise for him.
He knew that this would happen, in my opinion he is using Alec condition to distract the hero's so the sorceress have enough time to resurrect Lord Dracula without being interrupted.